CHICAGO, IL — Openly gay Clark Hill attorney Ray J. Koenig III will present at the “Successful Estate Planning In & Out of Court” seminar on May 11th hosted by the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section — Estate Planning Committee. Ray will address guardianship avoidance and provide navigation for young estate planners. For registration and more information, please visit www.chicagobar.org.
Ray J. Koenig III, is a member in Clark Hill’s Litigation Practice Group in its Chicago office. He practices in the areas of probate litigation, trust litigation, fiduciary litigation, elder law, estate planning, and estate administration, with an emphasis on will, trust, guardianship, and advance directive contests and other fiduciary litigation. Ray has represented individuals, families, financial institutions, medical institutions, and governmental organizations in all areas of his practice. Ray has extensive trial, appellate and mediation experience in state and federal courts.
Ray is frequently appointed Guardian Ad Litem and defense counsel by judges in guardianship cases, and has been appointed Special Administrator in probate matters. Ray has also been appointed Special Assistant Attorney General in numerous matters. While a student at DePaul University College of Law, Ray was a member of Moot Court and took first place in the all-school Negotiations Competition. More recently, Ray served on a task force formed by the Commissioner of the City of Chicago Department on Aging to develop and draft legislation to significantly revise the Illinois Elder Abuse and Neglect Act.