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Biography: Meika B. Mersman joined Paul F. O'Keefe, P.C. in October 2006 and practices estate planning, probate law, including contested and uncontested estates, and civil litigation. After law school but before joining Paul F. O'Keefe, P.C., she worked for the firm of Urban & Burt, Ltd. in Oak Forest, Illinois, where she practiced estate planning, probate law, real estate transactional law and litigation, and corporate law.
Practice Areas: Probate - contested and uncontested estates, estate planning, real estate, litigation.
Admitted: Illinois, 2004; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2005.
Law School: Chicago-Kent College of Law (Chicago, Illinois), J.D., 2004; Valparaiso University School of Law (Valparaiso, Indiana).
College: Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, Illinois), B.A., Business, 2001; Dean's List, Graduated with High Honors.
Member: (2004-Present): Chicago Bar Association (Sections on: Trust Law, Probate Practice, Civil Practice, and Solo/Small Firm Practitioners; Young Lawyers Association), Illinois State Bar Association (Sections on: Trust and Estates; Civil Practice and Procedure; General Practice); Lake County Bar Association (Estate Planning and Probate Committees) and American Bar Association (Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law).
Development: 2006, CBA seminars: New QILDRO Law, Basic Probate Primer: The ABC's of How to be a Probate Attorney; How to Form an IL Business Entity: Corporation and its Alternatives, Parts I & II; YLS - Corporation Practice: The Ten Questions All Contracts Answer; YLS - Estate Planning: Probate ABC's; Trust Law, Uniform Trust Act: Art. 4 of Uniform Trust Act; Empowered Trust Drafting & Client Communications.
2006, other seminars: Basic Title Forms & Procedures (ATG), LLC vs S Corp (IICLE), Basic Estate Planning: Tax drafting (IICLE).
2007 seminars: Motion Practice in Cook County Circuit Court's Law Division (CBA), Women in the Law -Professional Development Next Generation Rainmakers (CBA), Professional Liability Loss Control (CAN/Pearl Inst.), Probate Guardian Ad Litem Training (ISBA), Estate Planning Basics (NBI).
Community Involvement: Big Shoulders Fund Auxiliary Board
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