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Atty. Patrick S. Sylvester is a north suburban Chicago estate planning, asset protection, and probate attorney who is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Florida. 

Atty. Patrick Sylvester helps clients achieve their goals related to the management, protection and distribution of their assets. 

Atty. Sylvester concentrates his legal practice in the areas of ............... 

            »  Wills
            »  Revocable Living Trusts
            »  Advanced Estate Planning
            »  Asset Protection Planning
            »  Special Needs Trusts
            »  Guardianship
            »  Probate
            »  Trust Administration
            »  Will Contests
            »  Trust Contests
            »  Real Estate Transactions
            »  Starting and Maintaining Business Entities
            »  Family Law             

Atty. Sylvester earned his bachelor’s (BA) and master’s (MA) degrees from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota and his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Hamline University School of Law – Minnesota.

Prior to forming Sylvester Law Firm, Atty. Sylvester served as an estate planning and probate attorney at law firms in Illinois and Wisconsin.  He also served as a Vice President & Trust Officer for a Chicago bank and trust company, and prior to that he served as the Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Jeffrey D. Thompson of Minnesota’s Third Judicial District. 

Preceding the study and practice of law, Atty. Sylvester was an educator, having taught economics, political science and history at a college preparatory academy in Arizona. 

As a multi-state estate planning and probate lawyer, Atty. Sylvester represents individuals, families and business owners in northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida. 

He has taken and passed the bar exams on the first try in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Florida, and is currently licensed to practice law in each of those states. 

Atty. Sylvester is recognized by attorneys, CPAs, trust officers, bankers, insurance professionals, brokers and the financial planning community as being an authority on the use of wills, trusts, advanced estate planning tools, and estate planning for special needs.  

Atty. Sylvester is an active member of the Illinois Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and the Financial Planning Association. 

Atty. Sylvester is also a skilled divorce and family law attorney.  We invite you to visit Sylvester Law Firm's divorce and family law web-site at www.SylLawFirm.com.

When not practicing law, Atty. Sylvester likes to play golf, read books, write, and spend time with his nephew (Kyle) and nieces (Tori and Annie).  

Following are some of Atty. Patrick Sylvester's favorite non-work related web-sites ...............
            »  The Golf Channel
            »  The Golf Warehouse
            »  PGA Tour
            »  Paul Fredrick clothing
            »  Brooks Brothers clothing
            »  JoS. A. Bank clothing
            »  Allen Edmonds shoes
            »  American Enterprise Institute
            »  The Heritage Foundation
            »  Chicago Tribune
            »  Wall Street Journal
            »  Forbes