About
Perry Smith obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Education from Loyola University of Chicago in 1977 and a Juris Doctor diploma from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, in 1985. He is also a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer.
He started out working for the Lake County State’s Lawyer’s Office in late 1985. During his time in that office he worked inside the Traffic, Misdemeanor, and Felony Review Divisions earlier than spending greater than three years in the Felony Trial Division. He left that workplace at Labor Day 1990 and started out his affiliation with Bernard Wysocki.
Mr. Smith does property planning (wills, trusts, powers of legal professional for both fitness care and assets, switch on demise gadgets, and DNRs) and litigation. He handles the subsequent regions of practice:
• Social Security incapacity claims
• Personal damage claims
• Probate for decedent’s estates
• Guardianships for disabled men and women and minors
• Family regulation
• Construction litigation and mechanic’s liens for each contractors and belongings owners
• Eminent domain for property owners
• Contract litigation
Mr. Smith became admitted to the Bar of the State of Illinois in 1985, the general bar of america District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1989, and its trial bar in 1990. He become admitted to the bar of america Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 1989, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 2000, and the United States Supreme Court in 2001.
Mr. Smith is currently the Treasurer of the Lake County Bar Foundation (the charitable wing of the Bar Association). He is likewise a past President and Treasurer of the Lake County Bar Association and a beyond Delegate to the Illinois Bar Association Assembly. He is likewise a licensed distance strolling train thru the Road Runners Club of America and is both a member and the teach of the Grayslake Running Club and an avid golfer and bowler.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Social Security Disability
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Emminent Domain
- Mechanic s Liens
Costs
Certificates
Languages
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Special Assistant Lawyer General
Illinois Lawyer General s Office
1991 - Assistant State s Lawyer
Lake County State s Lawyer s Office
1985
Educations
Graduation year: 1981
Graduation year: 1972
