Private Wealth Law - Illinois
Band 3
What the Team is Known For
Barnes & Thornburg is a key player in the Illinois private client market. The firm is adept at handling estate, business and charitable gift planning and is commended for its commitment to high-quality client service.
Strengths
Barnes & Thornburg are extremely knowledgeable in their area of law. They have deep understanding of the issues at play and how to approach resolving the issues. They are very professional.
Their biggest strength is that of being able to listen and work with our family and our circumstances instead of trying to force us into one solution. This requires both people skills and legal skills. Having worked with other estate planning lawyers, I have felt pigeonholed by how they do things. Our work with Barnes & Thornburg has resulted in some very simple solutions and some very complex solutions. Each one was designed to the specific circumstance and for our family.
Notable practitioners
Stephanie Denby counsels private clients on setting up relevant governance structures as part of their wealth planning strategies. She is well regarded for her work in the field.
Stephanie Denby is great. She is a great listener who is great at distilling what information you have provided to her to customise options for developing an estate plan, implement the plan, and deal with hiccups that come up and changes in family circumstances. While she has the highest level of sophistication, she is able to customise what our family needs: sometimes that is easy and basic things; other times it is highly nuanced and complex.
Stephanie Denby is an excellent lawyer and very deep thinker. She has a brilliant mind and she can deal with significant complexity while being incredibly responsive and a really phenomenal practitioner.
Stephanie Denby has a level of sophistication that is off the charts.
Stephanie Denby is one of the finest lawyers I have ever worked with. I cannot say enough about her and her skill set. I trust her implicitly and she has a brilliant mind.
Douglas Robson assists wealthy families, business owners and entrepreneurs with tax, succession and wealth planning matters.
I think extremely highly of Douglas Robson. He is an excellent lawyer who works with clients with complex balance sheets. Douglas is able to navigate complex tax issues while being a very down-to-earth, pleasant person to work with. Clients feel very at ease with him because of his great bedside manner.
