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August 28, 2018Wills & TrustsBlake Law Group

FIDUCIARY LITIGATION, EDWARDSVILLE, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS

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MARION, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ESTATE DISPUTES, PROBATE LITIGATION, WILL AND TRUST CONTESTS, ATTORNEYS
SIMPLE WILLS, TRUSTS, ADVANCED MEDICAL DIRECTIVE, ESTATE PLANNING LAW FIRM SERVICING CLIENTS FROM THE EDWARDSVILLE, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA

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  • $195,000.00+ RECOVERY IN MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE AND TRUST DISPUTE CASE, THERE WAS A CLAIM THAT THE SECOND WIFE, STEPMOTHER TO OUR CLIENTS, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER HUSBAND TO BASICALLY DISINHERIT HIS NATURAL CHILDREN, THIS CASE INVOLVED DURESS, UNDUE INFLUENCE, LACK OF MENTAL CAPACITY AND TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH AN INHERITANCE EXPECTANCY, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM MACOUPIN COUNTY, CARLINVILLE, GILLESPIE AND STAUNTON, JERSEY COUNTY, GRAFTON, JERSEYVILLE AND BRIGHTON, MADISON COUNTY, GRANITE CITY, COLLINSVILLE AND HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS.
  • METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WILL AND TRUST CONTEST LAW FIRM, TESTIMONIALS FROM CLIENTS IN REGARD TO WILL AND TRUST CONTESTS AND OTHER ESTATE PLANNING ISSUES (1) “BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. IS A FIRST RATE LAW FIRM THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO ANYONE WITHOUT HESITATION. AS A NOMINAL INCOME BENEFICIARY OF MY DECEASED FATHER’S TRUST, I HIRED BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C., IN REGARD TO ISSUES WITH THE TRUSTEE RELATING TO MISMANAGEMENT AND OTHER MATTERS. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. AGGRESSIVELY PURSUED MY INTEREST FROM THE START, INCLUDING FILING LAWSUITS TO REMOVE THE TRUSTEE AND TO SET ASIDE THE TRUST. BECAUSE OF BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND ZEALOUS REPRESENTATION OF MY INTERESTS, THEY ACHIEVED A RESULT THAT GREATLY EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. I WENT FROM RECEIVING A SMALL MONTHLY STIPEND AS AN INCOME BENEFICIARY UNDER THE TRUST, TO RECOVERY IN EXCESS OF $1,000,000.00, ALL WITHIN A SHORT TIME FRAME FROM THE DATE I HIRED BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. TO THE DATE THE CASE WAS CONCLUDED. I WAS IMPRESSED. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. KEPT ME ADVISED IN REGARD TO WHAT WAS OCCURRING. I WAS AN OUT-OF-STATE CLIENT AND HAD NEVER DEALT WITH BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. PREVIOUSLY. THEY TREATED ME WITH RESPECT, ANSWERED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, EXPLAINED VARIOUS OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES AND FOLLOWED MY REQUESTS AND INSTRUCTIONS. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. ACHIEVED A RESULT FOR ME THAT I COULD NOT HAVE EVEN IMAGINED WHEN I INITIALLY CONTACTED THEM FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION.” -P.S.D. (2) “I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. THEY NOT ONLY SHOWED PROFESSIONALISM BUT MADE ME FEEL “AT EASE” WHEN DISCUSSING LEGAL MATTERS. I FOUND MY LEGAL NEEDS TO BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY TO DISCHARGE MY OBLIGATIONS. IF AND WHEN I NEED A LAW FIRM AGAIN, BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. WILL BE MY FIRST CHOICE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.” – A.Z. (3) “BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. RECOVERED IN EXCESS OF $300,000.00 ON MY BEHALF IN A CONTESTED TRUST LITIGATION IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE PREPARATION AND AGGRESSIVE REPRESENTATION AS BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. ASSUMED THE ROLE OF LEAD COUNSEL IN THE LITIGATION ON MY BEHALF. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE EXPEDITED PACE OF THE LITIGATION AND I GREATLY APPRECIATED THE HARD WORK OF MY ATTORNEYS IN THE CASE. THE EXPERT HANDLING OF THE CASE BY BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. WAS A BLESSING FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR MY CHILDREN’S NEEDS AND FUTURE EXPENSES AS A RESULT OF THE SUBSTANTIAL RECOVERY. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C.’S SERVICES AND REPRESENTATION HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYONE.” – A.K., AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM BOND COUNTY, GREENVILLE, POCAHONTAS AND MULBERRY GROVE, FAYETTE COUNTY, ST. ELMO, VANDALIA AND RAMSEY, EFFINGHAM COUNTY, EFFINGHAM, ALTAMONT AND BEECHER CITY, ILLINOIS.
  • EXPERIENCED “AV” RATED PROBATE ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT VANDALIA, FAYETTE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, PROBATE, WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATE CLIENTS AND CONTROVERSIES OR DISPUTES. WE HAVE MORE THAN FORTY (40) YEARS TRUSTED EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO OBTAINING EXCELLENT RESULTS IN REGARD TO ESTATE LITIGATION MATTERS, TRUST CONTROVERSIES, WILL CONTESTS, REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS, LAWSUITS AGAINST TRUSTEES, SETTING ASIDE POWER OF ATTORNEYS, CONTESTED GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS, OBJECTIONS TO ESTATE CLAIMS, REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS, CHALLENGING CORPORATE FIDUCIARIES, OBJECTING TO FEES, DEPOSITIONS OF WILL CONTEST CASES, MEDIATIONS IN REGARD TO TRUST DISPUTES, ISSUES INVOLVING CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS, DISPUTES BETWEEN BENEFICIARIES AND TRUSTEES, CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING HEIRS AND EXECUTORS AND OTHER MATTERS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM MACOUPIN COUNTY, CARLINVILLE, GILLESPIE AND STAUNTON, JERSEY COUNTY, GRAFTON, JERSEYVILLE AND BRIGHTON, MADISON COUNTY, GRANITE CITY, COLLINSVILLE AND HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS.
  • OVER $425,000.00 RECOVERED FROM PHONY HEIR AND DISQUALIFIED ADMINISTRATOR, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PEKIN, TAZEWELL COUNTY, EUREKA, WOODFORD COUNTY, BLOOMINGTON, MCLEAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS. WE WERE HIRED BY CLIENTS FRM THE CENTRALIA AND SALEM AREAS OF MARION COUNTY IN REGARD TO A DISPUTED ESTATE. THERE WAS A PERSON, WHO HAD RETAINED COUNSEL, THAT WAS CLAIMING THAT HE WAS THE ONLY HEIR THAT SHOULD RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM AN ESTATE IN EXCESS OF $400,000.00. NOT ONLY THAT, THE SAME PERSON WAS SERVING AS ADMINISTRATOR AND NEITHER HE NOT HIS ATTORNEY ADVISED THE COURT THAT BECAUSE OF AN ADOPTION DECADES AGO HE WAS NO LONGER AN HEIR, WAS NOT ENTITLED TO SERVE AS ADMINISTRATOR AND WAS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY PROCEEDS FROM THE ESTATE. AFTER COURT PROCEEDINGS AND VARIOUS PLEADINGS WERE FILED HE WAS REMOVED FRM OFFICE AND HIS ATTORNEY DISCHARGED. IF OUR CLIENTS HAD NOT HIRED COUNSEL THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN NONE THE WISER AND WOULD HAVE LOST EVERYTHING AND NO ONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT OCCURRED, EXCEPT POSSIBLY THE PERSON WAS ADMINISTERING THE ESTATE THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE AN HEIR AND/OR HIS ATTORNEY. WITH THE TAX-FREE RECOVERIES RECEIVED BY OUT CLIENTS, THEY WERE ABLE TO PAY OFF DEBTS, TAKE CARE OF EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND HAD SAVINGS FOR THEIR RETIREMENT, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM HANDLING ESTATE LAW, FAMILY LAW, REAL ESTATE LAW AND TAX LAW CASES.
  • ESTATE PLANNING LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE WOOD RIVER, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY, ASSUMPTION, PANA AND TAYLORVILLE, COLES COUNTY, CHARLESTON, MATTOON AND OAKLAND, CLARK COUNTY, MARSHALL, CASEY AND MARTINSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

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    $195,000.00+ RECOVERY IN MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE AND TRUST DISPUTE CASE, THERE WAS A CLAIM THAT THE SECOND WIFE, STEPMOTHER TO OUR CLIENTS, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER HUSBAND TO BASICALLY DISINHERIT HIS NATURAL CHILDREN, THIS CASE INVOLVED DURESS, UNDUE INFLUENCE, LACK OF MENTAL CAPACITY AND TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH AN INHERITANCE EXPECTANCY, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM MACOUPIN COUNTY, CARLINVILLE, GILLESPIE AND STAUNTON, JERSEY COUNTY, GRAFTON, JERSEYVILLE AND BRIGHTON, MADISON COUNTY, GRANITE CITY, COLLINSVILLE AND HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS.

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  • METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WILL AND TRUST CONTEST LAW FIRM, TESTIMONIALS FROM CLIENTS IN REGARD TO WILL AND TRUST CONTESTS AND OTHER ESTATE PLANNING ISSUES (1) “BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. IS A FIRST RATE LAW FIRM THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO ANYONE WITHOUT HESITATION. AS A NOMINAL INCOME BENEFICIARY OF MY DECEASED FATHER’S TRUST, I HIRED BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C., IN REGARD TO ISSUES WITH THE TRUSTEE RELATING TO MISMANAGEMENT AND OTHER MATTERS. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. AGGRESSIVELY PURSUED MY INTEREST FROM THE START, INCLUDING FILING LAWSUITS TO REMOVE THE TRUSTEE AND TO SET ASIDE THE TRUST. BECAUSE OF BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND ZEALOUS REPRESENTATION OF MY INTERESTS, THEY ACHIEVED A RESULT THAT GREATLY EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. I WENT FROM RECEIVING A SMALL MONTHLY STIPEND AS AN INCOME BENEFICIARY UNDER THE TRUST, TO RECOVERY IN EXCESS OF $1,000,000.00, ALL WITHIN A SHORT TIME FRAME FROM THE DATE I HIRED BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. TO THE DATE THE CASE WAS CONCLUDED. I WAS IMPRESSED. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. KEPT ME ADVISED IN REGARD TO WHAT WAS OCCURRING. I WAS AN OUT-OF-STATE CLIENT AND HAD NEVER DEALT WITH BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. PREVIOUSLY. THEY TREATED ME WITH RESPECT, ANSWERED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, EXPLAINED VARIOUS OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES AND FOLLOWED MY REQUESTS AND INSTRUCTIONS. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. ACHIEVED A RESULT FOR ME THAT I COULD NOT HAVE EVEN IMAGINED WHEN I INITIALLY CONTACTED THEM FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION.” -P.S.D. (2) “I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. THEY NOT ONLY SHOWED PROFESSIONALISM BUT MADE ME FEEL “AT EASE” WHEN DISCUSSING LEGAL MATTERS. I FOUND MY LEGAL NEEDS TO BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY TO DISCHARGE MY OBLIGATIONS. IF AND WHEN I NEED A LAW FIRM AGAIN, BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. WILL BE MY FIRST CHOICE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.” – A.Z. (3) “BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. RECOVERED IN EXCESS OF $300,000.00 ON MY BEHALF IN A CONTESTED TRUST LITIGATION IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE PREPARATION AND AGGRESSIVE REPRESENTATION AS BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. ASSUMED THE ROLE OF LEAD COUNSEL IN THE LITIGATION ON MY BEHALF. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE EXPEDITED PACE OF THE LITIGATION AND I GREATLY APPRECIATED THE HARD WORK OF MY ATTORNEYS IN THE CASE. THE EXPERT HANDLING OF THE CASE BY BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. WAS A BLESSING FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR MY CHILDREN’S NEEDS AND FUTURE EXPENSES AS A RESULT OF THE SUBSTANTIAL RECOVERY. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C.’S SERVICES AND REPRESENTATION HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYONE.” – A.K., AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM BOND COUNTY, GREENVILLE, POCAHONTAS AND MULBERRY GROVE, FAYETTE COUNTY, ST. ELMO, VANDALIA AND RAMSEY, EFFINGHAM COUNTY, EFFINGHAM, ALTAMONT AND BEECHER CITY, ILLINOIS.

    September 27, 2022

  • EXPERIENCED “AV” RATED PROBATE ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT VANDALIA, FAYETTE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, PROBATE, WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATE CLIENTS AND CONTROVERSIES OR DISPUTES. WE HAVE MORE THAN FORTY (40) YEARS TRUSTED EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO OBTAINING EXCELLENT RESULTS IN REGARD TO ESTATE LITIGATION MATTERS, TRUST CONTROVERSIES, WILL CONTESTS, REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS, LAWSUITS AGAINST TRUSTEES, SETTING ASIDE POWER OF ATTORNEYS, CONTESTED GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS, OBJECTIONS TO ESTATE CLAIMS, REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS, CHALLENGING CORPORATE FIDUCIARIES, OBJECTING TO FEES, DEPOSITIONS OF WILL CONTEST CASES, MEDIATIONS IN REGARD TO TRUST DISPUTES, ISSUES INVOLVING CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS, DISPUTES BETWEEN BENEFICIARIES AND TRUSTEES, CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING HEIRS AND EXECUTORS AND OTHER MATTERS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM MACOUPIN COUNTY, CARLINVILLE, GILLESPIE AND STAUNTON, JERSEY COUNTY, GRAFTON, JERSEYVILLE AND BRIGHTON, MADISON COUNTY, GRANITE CITY, COLLINSVILLE AND HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS.

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