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ISBA Reference Number: 31
County: Cook Circuit: Cook
Geographic area served by the practice: Greater Chicago area serving North, Northwest and West Suburban areas.
Practice Area(s): Probate and non-probate administration; fiduciary income tax and estate tax preparation and audit practice; Estate Planning; residential and commercial real estate transactions including sales, purchases, development, management; corporate and LLC organization; small business sales and acquisitions.
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Approximate monthly cash flow: $8,350
Gross revenue for each of the last three years: 2021 - $106,453; 2022 - $103,498; 2023 - $101,092
Number of currently employed nonlawyer office staff: None
Number of currently employed lawyers: 1
Year when practice established: 1970
Reason for selling: Retirement
Is transition assistance available? Yes The only time limitation being due to my wife's health situation.
ISBA Reference Number: 30
County: Stephenson Circuit: 15
Geographic area served by the practice: Northwest Illinois
Practice Area(s): general practice, litigation, family, personal injury, workers compensation, probate, wills, real estate, business
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Approximate monthly cash flow: $30,000.00
Gross revenue for each of the last three years: 2022-$398,000,00; 2023-$337,000.00; 2024-$381,000.00
Number of currently employed nonlawyer office staff: 2
Number of currently employed lawyers: 1
Year when practice established: 2017
Reason for selling: I plan to retire.
Is transition assistance available? yes
Please provide any additional information you would like a prospective purchaser to know Well established highly respected law firm with large client base and hundreds of original wills in firm will safe.
ISBA Reference Number: 29
County: Cook Circuit: Cook
Geographic area served by the practice: Entire State of Illinois
Practice Area(s): civil litigation, primarily subrogation and commercial litigation
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Approximate monthly cash flow: $30,000 to $48,000
Gross revenue for each of the last three years: approximately $350,000 to $580,000 over the last 7 years
Number of currently employed nonlawyer office staff: 2+
Number of currently employed lawyers: 1, just me
Year when practice established: 1993
Reason for selling: Retirement
Is transition assistance available? Yes
Please provide any additional information you would like a prospective purchaser to know: Many long term clients with consistent repeat referrals. Long term employees would make the transition easy since they already know their responsibilities. Experience and reputation lead to successful case results and great growth potential.
ISBA Reference Number: 27
County: McHenry Circuit: 22
Geographic area served by the practice: Primarily McHenry County which is the Northwest suburb of Chicago
Practice Area(s): General Civil Practice, Personal Injury, Eminent Domain, Civil Litigation, Real Estate and Business Transactions including Zoning and Development, Personal Trusts, Estate Planning and Probate.
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Approximate monthly cash flow: $49,000 monthly average for past 5 years excluding the year 2022 see below.
Gross revenue for each of the last three years: 2024 at 604,000; 2023 at 595,467; 2022 at 1,373,000; 2021 at 773,827
Number of currently employed nonlawyer office staff: one and a half
Number of currently employed lawyers: 2 including myself
Year when practice established: 2018
Reason for selling: Retirement. I started practice in 1982. I had partners from 1990 until 2018 when I became a solo practitioner.
Is transition assistance available? Yes I would be happy to assist in a transition to introduce the future owner to existing clients.
Please provide any additional information you would like a prospective purchaser to know I have been privileged to represent clients with a wide variety of legal needs. I have always undertaken a wide caseload because the variety has made it possible to have a successful practice no matter what the economy did. Although I was not raised here I have been privileged to have a long standing relationship with many people in McHenry County. In some cases I have worked with up to four generations from the same family over the years.
In addition, I own a building that is currently one third the law practice and two thirds occupied by good tenants. The building will be for sale but does not have to be purchased as part of the law practice.
ISBA Reference Number: 25
County: Maricopa County, AZ (No offices in Illinois)Circuit: NA
Geographic area served by the practice: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin
Practice Area(s): Civil- Healthcare collections
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Approximate monthly cash flow: 40,000+
Gross revenue for each of the last three years: $274,799.00; $433,302.00; $672,725.00
Number of currently employed nonlawyer office staff: 1
Number of currently employed lawyers: 2
Year when practice established: 2021
Reason for selling: Owners are retiring.
Is transition assistance available? Yes
Please provide any additional information you would like a prospective purchaser to know Established firm looking to sell thriving niche practice in healthcare collections with significant growth potential to a firm with a multi-state practice looking to expand. Retiring attorneys and paralegal willing to consult part time into 2026 to ease transition.
ISBA Reference Number: 24
County: McHenry Circuit: 22
Geographic area served by the practice: Primarily McHenry and Kane County. Huntley (including Del Webb Sun City), Lake in the Hills and Algonquin.
Practice Area(s): Trusts and Estates, including drafting estate plans and estate administration, adult disabled guardianships, real estate and opportunities for business formation, general civil litigation.
Option to purchase office building as well - includes tenants and out buildings on 2 acres in town.
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Approximate monthly cash flow: $25,000
Gross revenue for each of the last three years: 2024 - $350,500; 2023 - $195,000 (50% time); 2022 - $324,500 (75% time)
Number of currently employed nonlawyer office staff: 1
Number of currently employed lawyers: 1 (solo)
Year when practice established: 1995
Reason for selling: Getting ready to retire and taking a more active role as law school professor.
Is transition assistance available? Yes
Please provide any additional information you would like a prospective purchaser to know This is the longest standing practice in Huntley as its primary location. Established in 1995, it grew with the Village of Huntley and is well suited to serve the Del Webb community as well as the surrounding area. There are many clients where estate plans and real estate transactions were made that formed long standing client relationships, with many family members returning to manage their family's estate administration and real estate transactions. Founder is active in the community having served on governmental boards, foundation boards and bar association (past president), that will aid a prospective buyer in continuing the goodwill in the community.
ISBA Reference Number: 23
County: Cook Circuit: 1
Geographic area served by the practice: Northbrook practice serving primarily Cook County and Lake County, and also on occasion serving McHenry County and DuPage County
Practice Area(s): Primarily Family Law, focusing on Divorce, both pre-decree and post-decree, Complaints to Establish Father/Child Relationship, occasional Petitions for Orders of Protection, and occasional DCFS cases.
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Approximate monthly cash flow: $50,000 but depends upon number of clients retained each month
Gross revenue for each of the last three years: $626,000 in 2020, $571,000 in 2021, $653,000 in 2022 and $660,000 in 2023
Number of currently employed nonlawyer office staff: 2
Number of currently employed lawyers: 1
Year when practice established: 1989
Reason for selling: Age 65 and looking to retire
Is transition assistance available? Yes; I will stay on to work part time, meet with prospective and existing clients, and provide litigation strategies.
Please provide any additional information you would like a prospective purchaser to know This business is difficult. You must be willing to work hard, be diligent, return client phone calls the very same day the calls come in, and work weekends on occasion. You must be detail oriented, patient, and honest with your clients at all times.
The practice "ebbs and flows." Sometimes you have four new clients in one week, and sometimes you have no new clients for one or two months. After having been in business since 1989, I find that the business goes "back & forth" between being busy and slow.
ISBA Reference Number: 22
County: Madison Circuit: 3
Geographic area served by the practice: Primarily in the "Metro East" area of St. Louis in Madison and St. Clair Counties, Southwestern Illinois
Practice Area(s): Elder law, estate planning, trusts, probate administration and non-probate settlement of estates, guardianships, commercial and residential real estate transactions, real estate development, business sales, corporate and LLC organization, business law and planning, foreclosures, landlord/tenant law, evictions, commercial and residential leases, owned in-house title insurance agency, and real estate escrow closings.
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Approximate monthly cash flow: $28,000
Gross revenue for each of the last three years: 2024 $363,000; 2023 $331,000; 2022 $307,000
Number of currently employed nonlawyer office staff: 4
Number of currently employed lawyers: 1, just myself
Year when practice established: 1968
Reason for selling: Retirement. My father started this law practice in 1968 and I joined him in 1990.
Is transition assistance available? Yes, I can assist by introducing the new owner to existing clients, mentoring the new owner if desired, and thereafter possibly serving as a temporary consultant or "of counsel" for a short time if the new owner wishes.
Please provide any additional information you would like a prospective purchaser to know I also own and will be selling my office building, buildable vacant lot next door, large parking lots, all equipment including computer hardware and software, commercial telephone system, conference tables, workspace desks, appliances, etc. I have many long term clients, therefore I do not rely on a small number of clients to drive income. This law practice has generated consistent revenues for many years from referrals by satisfied clients with no advertising/marketing necessary due to the firm's "good will" value. In recent years some potential business and clients have been referred out by me to other lawyers as I wind down. Therefore there is much growth potential to keep multiple lawyers busy, if desired. Present staff are well trained/experienced and would help the new owner with a seamless transition.