$ 250-500 per hour
Samuel M. Dotzler
About Samuel
Biography
Sam’s experience in a large firm has exposed him to and allowed him to focus on to complex estate and business planning opportunities. Sam’s experience with a small firm taught him how to meet the client’s needs in the most efficient manner possible. His experience in these two firms enables Sam to serve his clients at the highest level while staying grounded enough to provide the services the client actually needs.
The client experience with Dotzler Law focuses on the fact that the client’s needs drive the relationship, not the attorney’s. We want to get to know you and what you are really trying to accomplish. Then we can build on that to identify your legal needs and wants. Then we can work with you to put a plan in place that takes care of all of those things, a plan that takes care of you.
Prior to founding Dotzler Las, as a member of the Trusts and Estates Practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Sam focused on estate, tax and business planning for clients of significant wealth, including the structuring of tax-advantageous solutions for transferring wealth and closely-held business interests to younger generations. Mr. Dotzler advised clients with regard to gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, succession planning, leveraged wealth transfer techniques, charitable planning, trust and probate administration and the integration of estate plans and corporate structures.
Prior to joining Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Mr. Dotzler practiced law at Hoogendoorn & Talbot LLP focusing on Probate, Trusts and Estates. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, where he serves as a Co-Chair of the Estate Planning Committee of the Young Lawyer Section, the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Dotzler earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College in 2000, where he now serves as a Director on the St. Olaf College Alumni Association Board of Directors, and his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 2006. He is admitted to practice in Illinois.
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Fees and Rates
Cost
Hourly Rates
Retainer
Always
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
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Licensed in Illinois for 19 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 2006
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Location
Dotzler Law, LLC
464 Central Ave, Ste. 10, Northfield, IL, 60093
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Samuel M. Dotzler's Reviews
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Posted by anonymous | May 28, 2024 | Hired Attorney
This review is from a person who hired this attorney.
Disorganized and frustrating
We hired Sam for our estate planning. He is friendly and knowledgeable, but the firm is very disorganized. After our initial call with him, we went through a series of admins and paralegals. A new person was emailing us almost every month. The process was impersonal and took 3 times longer than we we...
Posted by Kerry | August 17, 2012
Outstanding Experience with Dotzler Law
We worked with Dotzler Law on the development of a will and other important estate planning docs and had the most AMAZING experience!! It is not always an easy topic to talk about or think about but they could not have been more wonderful. They are not structured like the traditional law firm which...
Posted by Steve | July 5, 2012
Very Highly Recommended for a Living Will/Trust
Sam helped my family create a living will/trust and made the whole process so easy! Sam was flexible in meeting with me & my family, he asked the right questions to make sure all documented captured exactly what we wanted, and he was able to explain things to us in concise, easy to understand terms....
Posted by Marcia | July 4, 2012
Estate planning
Sam went above and beyond what I had asked in his drafting. He thought of things that I had not thought of and made recommendations for contingencies well en excess of the standard contingencies. He consequently, created a document that will definitely stand the test of time.
Samuel M. Dotzler's Lawyer Endorsements
"I highly recommend Mr. Dotzler because he is extremely knowledgeable and a wonderful lawyer. Everyone I refer to him is thrilled with his representation as he is easy to work with, very thorough, and dedicated to what he does. I have, and will continue to, refer anyone with any kind of estate planning need to Mr. Dotzler!"
"I endorse Mr. Dotzler. He is experienced, knowledgeable and easy to work with. I trust him for all my estate and trust matters and recommend him to all of my clients."
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Experience
Work Experience
2012 - Present
President, Dotzler Law, LLC
2008 - 2012
Attorney, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP
2006 - 2008
Attorney, Hoogendoorn & Talbot
Associations
2010 - Present
St. Olaf College Alumni Board of DirectorsBoard Member
2010 - Present
Chicago Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Estate Planning CommitteeCo-Chair
Illinois State Bar Association
Member
Chicago Bar Association
Member
Education
2006
Suffolk University Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
2000
Saint Olaf College
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2010
Chicago Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Estate Planning Committee
Generation Skipping Tax Planning
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers