Jonathan Michael

onathan W. Michael is the founder of the The Michael Law Group, P.C. Jonathan is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Florida.

Jonathan’s practice focuses on estate and gift tax issues, with an emphasis on wealth and business succession planning for closely held business owners and entrepreneurs.

Jonathan also has extensive experience in representing corporate and individual executors and trustees in probate and trust administration matters, including advising clients: in properly carrying out their fiduciary duties; contested estates, actions to construe and/or reform estate planning documents containing improper or ambiguous terminology or scrivener’s errors; and gift and estate tax controversies with state and Federal taxing authorities. .

Jonathan represents a broad array of clients, including business owners and entrepreneurs, executives, individuals and families with inherited wealth, not-for-profit organizations and charities, and individuals in the entertainment industry.

As an Adjunct Professor in the LL.M. Program at The John Marshall Law School, Jonathan has developed and currently teaches the “Basic Estate Planning” and “Advanced Estate Planning” courses. Additionally, Jonathan is a sponsor-liaison to the Chicago Family Business Council at DePaul University, where he advises owners of family owned and closely held businesses on a wide variety of business and succession issues.