Anthony B. Ferraro

Attorney Anthony B. Ferraro is both an Attorney and a CPA.  Mr. Ferraro has a Master’s Degree in Taxation.  He has dedicated more than 30 years to helping people in the Chicago metropolitan area.  He deals with all three phases of our lives, consisting of delivering services in estate planning, long term care planning, and estate and probate administration.  Mr. Ferraro delivers seamless services with his knowledge, experience, and resources to every client who walks though the door.  Mr. Ferraro works hard to assist you in your maturing years, senior years, and post death years.  Mr. Ferraro concentrates on delivering strategies that are both legal and ethical.  His caring is exemplified by his straight forward approach in candor.  Mr. Ferraro can deliver insight into the nature of your legal challenge.  Finally, he and his firm deliver results by our clientele.

What distinguishes Mr. Ferraro and his firm is their willingness to ask prospective clients what it is that concerns them.  Listening is the key to the beginning of counseling.  Through his trained and capable listening skills Mr. Ferraro can deliver peace of mind and inform his clients how smart elder law attorneys obtain seamless care for their own families throughout the phases of life, whether it be your maturing years, senior years, or post death years.

Mr. Ferraro received his Bachelor’s of Commerce in Accountancy, his Master’s Degree in Taxation, and his Law Degree from DePaul University respectively in years 73, 76, and 82.  Mr. Ferraro is the past president of the Justinian Society of Lawyers and is a participating member in the AARP panel of participating attorneys.  Mr. Ferraro is also on the Commercial Panel as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.  Mr. Ferraro provides workshops and classroom lectures such as Don’t Go Broke in a Nursing Home and The Elder Care Journey throughout metropolitan Chicago.  Mr. Ferraro is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Areas of Practice:

• Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Medicaid Asset Protection Planning
• Long Term Care Planning & Qualification
• Guardianship
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Estate Tax Matters
• Commercial Transactional Law
• Commercial Arbitration & Mediation

Certification/Specialties:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), State of Illinois, 1978

Bar Admissions:

• Illinois, 1983
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1983

Education:

• DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1983
  J.D.
• DePaul University Graduate School of Commerce, Chicago, Illinois, 1976
  M.S.
  Major: Taxation
• DePaul University College of Commerce, Chicago, Illinois, 1973
  B.S.
  Major: Accountancy

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Are You Getting Your VA Benefits? “Secret Dollars”: A Veteran’s Benefit is Revealed for Long Term Care, 2007 – Present
• 5 Step Plan: Legally Protect Your Assets from Nursing Home Costs, 2007 – Present
• A Will or a Living Trust? Which is Better? Estate Planning Makes the Decision Easy, AARP, Loyola University, 1996 – Present
• You’ve Been Named Executor or Trustee: What Now?, College of Lake County, 1996 – Present
• Faculty Member, Commercial Disputes Instruction Panel, American Arbitration Association

Honors and Awards:

• Past President, Justinian Society of Lawyers, 1996 – 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Panel of Participating Attorneys in AARP Legal Services Network
  Member
• AARP Legal Checkup Seminars
  Lecturer
• American Bar Association
• American Association of Retired Persons
  Member, Panel of Participating Attorneys
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Past Elected Member of General Assembly
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Past Member of Section Council on Business Advice & Financial Planning
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Past Member of Standing Committee on Pensions and Profit Sharing
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Illinois Society of CPA’s
  Past Member, Estate and Gift Tax Section
• DePaul College of Law
  Past Member, Alumni Association Board
• American Association of Attorney-CPA’s, Inc.
  Past Member
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys