Top Rated Estate Planning & Probate Attorney in Chicago, IL

The Law Offices of Max Elliott, Ltd.

| 500 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60611-3775

Visit: www.maxelliottlaw.com/max-elliott.html

Phone: 877-535-1600

Fax: 312-253-7618

Selected to Rising Stars: 2017 - 2019

Licensed Since: 2011

Education: DePaul University College of Law

Practice Areas:

Estate Planning & Probate (90%),
Closely Held Business (10%)

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Attorney Profile

Maximillienne "Max" Elliott is the founder of The Law Offices of Max Elliott, Ltd., located in Chicago, Illinois. She 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.

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 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, sits on the U.S. Trust Council of Influence for Estate Planning in Chicago, is a faculty member for Lawline 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.

Practice Areas

Estate Planning & Probate (90%): Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Power of Attorney, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills

Closely Held Business (10%)

Focus Areas

Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Power of Attorney, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills

Selections

Rising Stars: 2017 - 2019

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About Max Elliott

Admitted: 2011, Illinois

Professional Webpage: https://maxelliottlaw.com/max-elliott.html

Honors/Awards:

Editor, The Advocate, DePaul University College of Law
Co-Editor-In-Chief, the DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law, DePaul University College of Law
Recipient of the Top Contributor in Estate Planning Award from Avvo
Top 100 Black Lawyers by the National Black Lawyers organization

Bar/Professional Activity:

Association of African American Financial Advisors, Member, Legal Faculty Volunteer
Lawline, Volunteer Faculty Member
American Bar Association, Member
Illinois State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates, Member
The Bernie Mac Foundation, General Counsel
Chicago Bar Association Trust Law Committee, Member of the Executive Committee
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Center on Influence on estate planning, Member

Pro bono/Community Service:

Chicago Women’s Health Center, Volunteer
DePaul University College of Law Career Services, Volunteer
Marillac St. Vincent Family Services, Volunteer
Esquire CLE, Volunteer Faculty Member
Legal Advisory Board of Raise the Floor Alliance
Illinois State Bar Association, Volunteer
Chicago Bar Association, Volunteer
Cook County Bar Association, Volunteer
Black Women Lawyers’ Association, Volunteer
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), Volunteer faculty member

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Author, "Ms. Thang, Real Knights Don't Show Up at 3 in the Morning," published by Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster
"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
"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
"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

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