Kathleen Kwak joined the firm as an associate in October of 2006. She is a native of Chicago and received her BS in Secondary Education with a concentration in English, with a minor in Reading from Indiana University - Bloomington. Upon receiving her education degree, she worked as a paralegal for two years before deciding to attend law school at Valparaiso University School of Law and graduating in May of 2004. While in law school, she participated in Valparaiso University's summer comparative law program in Cambridge, England. She was Vice President of the Student Bar Association and of the Phi Alpha Delta Law fraternity.

Ms. Kwak is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association, and currently focuses her practice in real estate law.

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Jeffrey Waller joined the firm as an associate after completing his studies at the DePaul University College of Law. At DePaul, he was a member of the Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems. Originally from Oak Harbor, Washington, on Whidbey Island, Mr. Waller moved to the Midwest to attend Washington University in St. Louis where he was an honors graduate with degrees in History and American Culture Studies.

Mr. Waller concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, general probate and guardianship. He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois and the American Bar Associations, as well as the Association of Special Needs Planners. Mr. Waller serves on the Center for Disability and Elder Law's Board of Young Professionals and, in 2008, Mr. Waller acted as co-chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Young Lawyers Section Committee on Mental Health and Disability Law. In his free time, Mr. Waller plays baseball in the Midwest Suburban League and is an avid sports fan.

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