Adam J. Poteracki practices in the areas of trusts and estates, business transactions, and real estate. He represents fiduciaries, businesses, families and individuals in trust and estate planning and administration, including litigation of disputed probate and trust matters. Adam has extensive experience in all areas of probate practice, including decedents’ estates, minor guardianship, and disabled adult guardianship. He is a director and past president of the Northwest Suburban Estate Planning Council, an organization of attorneys, accountants, trust officers, and other financial professionals dedicated to promoting excellence in estate planning. Adam also represents clients in business transactions and real estate matters. He advises clients on business structuring and governance, the purchase and sale of commercial and residential real estate, tax-deferred exchanges, commercial loan transactions, and mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on closely held business growth and succession planning. Adam is licensed to practice law in both Illinois and in Wisconsin and frequently advises clients regarding cross-border legal issues in his areas of practice. Adam is Chair of the Firm’s Business & Real Estate Transactions Group.

James J. Riebandt concentrates his practice in the areas of business transactions, real estate, trusts & estates, and labor and employment. Early in his career, he handled a variety of civil litigation cases before developing a transactional practice which now includes business sale and acquisition, formation and representation, residential and commercial real estate sale, purchase and leasing, drafting and review of a variety of financial documents and estate and trust planning and administration. He served as a member of the Palatine Zoning Boarding of Appeals and for twenty-one years he was a Director of the Oakton Community College Educational Foundation including two terms as President. Jim was a founding member of the Holy Cross High School Alumni Education Endowment Fund, serving as President as well. He began his practice with Daley, Reilly and Daley in 1975 and joined Palmer, Blackman and Mancini in 1978 which became Riebandt and DeWald in 1990, where he served as President and Managing Partner until his affiliation with Di Monte & Lizak on January 1, 2013. He is also the long-time public address announcer for the Chicago Bears and the DePaul Blue Demons Men’s Basketball Team.

James Siwek is a practicing lawyer in the state of Illinois who handles Family and Estate cases.