Max Elliott
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Estate Planning & Probate Attorney in Chicago, IL
Selected to Rising Stars: 2017 - 2021
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Maximillienne "Max" Elliott is the Managing Attorney and Founder of The Law Offices of Max Elliott, Ltd., with offices in Chicago, Illinois and New York City, New York. Ms. Elliott, who is licensed in Illinois, handles a variety of matters for her clients, including complex and estate planning and administration, probate, and guardianships. Ms. Elliott also provides advice and counsel to family- and women-owned small businesses, with a focus on cybersecurity for all business stakeholders.
Before pursuing studies for her legal career, Ms. Elliott spent several years working with Fortune 500 companies in a variety of capacities. She then obtained a position with the Office of the President of the American Bar Association. This experience prompted her to pursue a legal education, and she enrolled at DePaul University College of Law and was admitted to practice in 2011. While in law school and for a period of time after she graduated, Ms. Elliott clerked at a boutique firm, where she assisted the principal attorney in estate planning, probate, family law and regulatory compliance before starting her own practice.
During her relatively brief legal career, Ms. Elliott has earned the high esteem of her fellow professionals, as evidenced by her induction in Marquis Who’sWho® in America; a recipient of Martindale Hubbell's AV-Preeminent, the highest honor bestowed upon lawyers; inclusion as an American Bar Foundation Fellow; a member of the National Black Lawyers - Top 100, and receipt of a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo. She is also a member of the Executive Committee for the Chicago Bar Association's Trust Law Committee, a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council, sits on the U.S. Trust Council of Influence for Estate Planning in Chicago, is a faculty member for Lawline, IICLE (Illinois Institute of Legal Education), and Esquire-CLE where she presents continuing legal education on estate and business planning for attorneys nationwide, and belongs to the Trusts and Estates Section of the Illinois State Bar Association. Ms. Elliott is frequently asked to speak before groups of fellow professionals on topics ranging from family to estate planning to small law firm marketing techniques.
- 90%Estate Planning & Probate
- 10%Closely Held Business
Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2022
- Rising Stars: 2017 - 2021
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About Max Elliott
First Admitted: 2011, Illinois
Professional Webpage: https://maxelliottlaw.com/max-elliott.html
Pro bono/Community Service
- Marillac St. Vincent Family Services, Volunteer
- DePaul University College of Law Career Services, Volunteer
- Cook County Bar Association, Volunteer
- Chicago Women’s Health Center, Volunteer
- Legal Advisory Board of Raise the Floor Alliance
- Black Women Lawyers’ Association, Volunteer
- Illinois State Bar Association, Volunteer
- Esquire CLE, Volunteer Faculty Member
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), Volunteer faculty member
- Chicago Bar Association, Volunteer
Scholarly Lectures/Writings
- "Improving Afghanistan Maternal Mortality Rates despite the Lack of the Rule of Law," International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI) Human Rights and Rule of Law Review, Fall 2010
- "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: What the Reversal of U.S. Asylum Law Means to Advocates and Women Asylum Seekers," The Women's Advocate, Fall 2009
- "Catching Up with International Criminals in the Twenty-First Century: Modifying and Accelerating U.S. Extradition," White Paper, Library of the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda, Spring 2009
- Author, "Ms. Thang, Real Knights Don't Show Up at 3 in the Morning," published by Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster
Educational Background
- Northwestern University, 2007
Other Outstanding Achievements
- American Bar Foundation Fellow, 2016
- Induction into Marquis Who’sWho® in America. For more than a century, Marquis Who’sWho® has chronicled the lives of the most accomplished individuals and innovators from every significant field of endeavor, including business, medicine, law, education, art, entertainment, religion, and politics, 2021
Bar/Professional Activity
- Chicago Estate Planning Councl, 2019
- Association of African American Financial Advisors, Member, Legal Faculty Volunteer
- U.S. Trust, Bank of America Center on Influence on estate planning, Member
- Lawline, Volunteer Faculty Member
- Chicago Bar Association Trust Law Committee, Member of the Executive Committee
- Illinois State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates, Member
- The Bernie Mac Foundation, General Counsel
- American Bar Association, Member
Honors/Awards
- For more than a century, Marquis Who’sWho® has chronicled the lives of the most accomplished individuals and innovators from every significant field of endeavor, including business, medicine, law, education, art, entertainment, religion, and politics, Marquis Who’sWho® in America, Representing Illinois Lawyers, Marquis Who’sWho®, 2021
- , AV-Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell, 2019
- Co-Editor-In-Chief, the DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law, DePaul University College of Law, DePaul University College of Law, 2010
- Recipient of the Top Contributor in Estate Planning Award from Avvo
- Top 100 Black Lawyers by the National Black Lawyers organization
- Editor, The Advocate, DePaul University College of Law
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Last Updated: 5/15/2022