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Articles
Articles & Seminar Materials
Written Materials by Robert J. Kolasa
CAVEAT: While the articles and seminar outlines were current at the time of their publication or presentation, such materials have not been updated and thus may not accurately reflect current law.
Estate Planning Articles
Trusts and Estates
February 2020
Illinois Bar Journal
July 2019
Trusts and Estates
May 2019
Trust and Estates
April 2018
The Docket,
Lake County Bar Association
January 2017
Illinois State Bar Association
Trusts & Estates Newsletter
April 2016
Illinois State Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Newsletter, July 2014
(also published in The Docket, Lake County Bar Association, August 2014)
Illinois Bar Journal
November 2013
Illinois Bar Journal
December 2012
The Docket
Lake County Bar Association
March 2011
Illinois State Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Newsletter
October 2010
(also published in The Docket
Lake County Bar Association September 2010)
Illinois Bar Journal
December, 2009
Illinois Bar Journal
November 2008, March 2009
The Docket
Lake County Bar Association
February 2009
Trusts and Estates
February 2020
“What To Say If Your Clients Ask: “Since The Death Tax Has Been Repealed, Why Do I Need Estate Planning?”
The Docket
Lake County Bar Association September 2001
“Advise Your Clients on How They Can Increase Their Incomes, Avoid Capital Gains Taxes, Reduce Estate Taxes and Become a Saint”
The Docket
Lake County Bar Association
August 1995
Seminar & Class Outlines
Lake County Bar Association
May 19, 2018
Lake County Bar Association
November 13, 2015
Lake County Bar Association
September 20, 2012
Estate Planning Seminar, Gurnee, IL
February 25, 2015
The Chicago Financial
Planning Group
July 23, 2014
Lake County Bar Association
October 17, 2013
Lake County Bar Association
September 20, 2012
Illinois Institute of Continuing
Legal Education
Advanced Issues in Estate
Planning Seminar
February 10, 2012
“Making Gifts can Reduce Illinois Estate Taxes”
Illinois Bar Journal
December 2012
Illinois Institute of
Continuing Legal Education
Advanced Issues in
Estate Planning Seminar
February 10, 2012
Estate Planning Seminar
February 2012
Lake County Estate Planning Council
January 13, 2010
Abbott Men’s Retirement Club
November 4, 2009
Lake County Bar Association
November 11, 2008
Class Outline Highland
Park Adult Education Class
2008
Power Point Presentation
College of Lake County
Adult Education Class
October 2005
Class Outline
College of Lake County
Adult Education Class
October 2005
Lake County Bar Association
November 16, 2001
Lake County Bar Association
Estate Planning Seminar
November 21, 2003
(also presented to the North Suburban Bar Association, Estate Planning Seminar, March 20, 1997)
Chicago Bar Association
Basic Probate Primer:
Decedents’ Estates
March 2, 1998; January 15, 1997
Lake County Bar Association
Estate Planning Seminar
February 16, 1998
Lake County Bar Association
Estate Planning Seminar
November 1995
Waukegan Public Library Seminar
October 29, 1994
Asset Protection Articles
The Docket
Lake County Bar Association
May 2006
The Docket
Lake County Bar Association
August 2005
The Docket
Lake County Bar Association
July 2005
Legacy Articles
The Journal of Real Estate Taxation (Summer 1985)
Based on Mr Kolasa's Georgetown (LL.M. Tax) thesis
The Michigan Assessor
(April 1982)
Reprinted from the Michigan Tax Law Journal
Volume Eight, Number Three
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