John M. Kennelly

John M. Kennelly
Officer
Email: jmkatny@aol.com

Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Elder Care; Real Estate Transactions; Business Law; Litigation; Family Law.

Admitted: 1978, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1983, U.S. Tax Court; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Loyola University, Chicago, J.D., 1978

College: University of Minnesota Morris, B.A., 1970

Member: National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Born: Graceville, Minnesota, 1949

ISLN: 905928935

Holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota and a Law degree from Loyola University, Chicago and has been practicing law since 1978. He has lived in the Oak Park and River Forest Community since 1972.

Represents individual and business clients in estate planning and probate matters and as advocate

and advisor in commercial and residential real estate transactions including acquisition, financing, condominiums, mechanics liens and foreclosures as well as probate, general contract and tort litigation, family law, and collections

Admitted to practice in the following courts:

United States Supreme Court
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Illinois Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Federal Trial Bar
Federal Tax Court
Member of the Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Panel.

Experienced in Trial and Appellate work before all Illinois and Federal Courts of general jurisdiction as well as Federal Bankruptcy Court, Arbitration panels and Administrative hearing boards.

Litigation experience includes contract, probate, family law, employment and tort litigation, commercial and residential foreclosures, collection litigation at both trial and appellate level.