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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

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

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

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

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

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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