Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Samantha Weissbluth is senior counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP, concentrating her practice on estate and trust litigation with a particular interest in risk management. Ms. Weissbluth began her career in estate planning, administration and employee benefits and has channeled her experience and knowledge into a successful estate and trust litigation practice. Her current practice encompasses all aspects of estate, trust and fiduciary litigation, including breach of fiduciary duty issues, judicial constructions of will and trusts, will and trust contests, tax litigation, contested heirship, adoption and paternity issues, charitable pledge disputes, guardianship matters, estate planning malpractice, wrongful death actions, and appeals. She also has significant experience in estate, trust, guardianship and charitable administration. Ms. Weissbluth is a frequent author and selected publications of note include: "Fiduciary Litigation Decisions," Monthly Trusts & Estates Magazine e-newsletter, January 2006 – present Co-author, "Termination of the Trust," published in the Trust Administration handbook by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), 2008 Co-author, "Trust Litigation," published in the Trust Administration handbook by the IICLE, 2008 Co-author, "Will Contests," published in the handbook entitled, Litigating Disputed Estates, Trusts, Guardianships and Charitable Bequests, IICLE 2009 Co-author, "Trust Contests," published in the handbook entitled, Litigating Disputed Estates, Trusts, Guardianships and Charitable Bequests, IICLE 2009 Co-author, "Heirship, Adoption and Paternity," published in the handbook entitled, Litigating Disputed Estates, Trusts, Guardianships and Charitable Bequests, IICLE 2009 Ms. Weissbluth's professional activities include significant pro bono work, membership on the Young Professional's Advisory Committee of the Chicago Community Trust and membership in the Chicago Bar Association. Ms. Weissbluth earned both her B.A. (English and political science) and her law degree from Northwestern University. She is admitted to the bar in Illinois and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Areas of Practice

• Estates & Trusts
• Tax, Valuation and Fiduciary Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois Bar Association (Member)
• Chicago Bar Association (Member)

Education

• Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
  J.D.
  
  Law Journal: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Articles Editor
• Northwestern University
  B.A.
  Major: English
  Major: Political Science

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Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60654

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(312) 832-4591

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(312) 832-4700

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http://www.foley.com