Oana L. Militaru
Oana’s practice focuses on: lifetime and testamentary estate planning, including special needs planning; estate and gift taxation; providing specialized services to family businesses; estate and trust administration; estate and trust litigation; business formation, planning, and transactions, including real estate transactions.
Oana was a member of the committee tasked with drafting legislation to allow electronic wills in Illinois, (enacted July 26, 2021 as the Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act).
Education:
“Simion Barnutiu” Law School, Romania (Juris Doctor, 2001)
The John Marshall Law School (Juris Doctor, 2011)
Bar Admissions:
Illinois (2011); U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (2013)
Membership:
Illinois State Bar Association, Trust & Estates Section Council - Secretary;
Illinois State Bar Association, Federal Taxation - Section Council - Member
Romanian Bar Association - Co-founder and Board Member.
Speaking Engagements:
August - September 2021 - ISBA - “Electronic Wills and Remote Witnessing Act.”
August 2021 - IICLE - “Electronic Wills and Remote Witnessing Act.”
March 2019 - ISBA - “What Every Estate Planner Should Know About Special Needs Planning”
March 2019 - DiMonte & Lizak, LLC Learning Series Seminars - in collaboration with Margherita Albarello - “Navigating the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family & Medical Leave Act, and Workers Compensation Absences, and the Benefits of Special Needs Planning.”
September 2017 - IICLE Special Needs Conference - “Substitute Decision Making.”
September 2016 - IICLE Special Needs Conference - “Limited Guardianship: A Customized Approach to Substitute Decision Making.”
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