About
Samantha D. Pennington earned her Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the Chicago John Marshall Law School in 2009, graduating in the top 1/3 of her magnificence. She persisted her criminal training at John Marshall and, in 2010, earned a Legum Magistra (LL.M) in Tax Law, with an emphasis in property planning. Prior to regulation college, Samantha spent 3 years working as a paralegal in employment discrimination and products legal responsibility.
While in regulation school, Samantha earned several awards and recognitions which includes; being hand decided on as an LL.M scholar to function coaching assistant to Professor Barry Kozak where she taught JD candidates; incomes a CALI Award for excellence in Partnership Taxation; and triumphing 2nd location usual, 2d fine quick and 2nd first-rate oralist in the Mugel National Moot Court Competition in Buffalo, New York. While incomes her J.D., Samantha clerked at the Chicago primarily based corporation, Kamerlink, Stark, McCormick and Powers, where she developed sizable revel in in divorce and custody cases.
While incomes her LL.M, Samantha served as a legal extern with the Illinois Department of Revenue in which she assisted the Illinois Associate General Counsel with character and estate income tax subjects. In 2009, Samantha joined the celebrated in-house tax suggest group at the Chicago based Fortune 500 countrywide strength organisation, Integrys Energy Corporation. While with Integrys, Samantha targeted on areas of business regulation and honed specialized abilties in approach and making plans as well as audit safety in federal and multi-state company, partnership and confined legal responsibility employer taxation.
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- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
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Graduation year: 2009
Graduation year: 2006
