team-member

Jacob Handelman

N/A

Licensed for 26 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Estate Planning

Language

English

About

Jacob B. Handelman enjoys a passion for helping people prepare for the future, making communities safer and giving families a chance to own a home instead of renting. He was an editor of the Loyola Law Journal, received the AmJur award for obtaining the highest grade in Trusts & Estates, loves inspecting dilapidated buildings and envisions how repairing them will improve problematic neighborhoods. For many years as an Assistant Corporation Counsel Jacob prosecuted owners of Drug-Houses, worked with the Chicago Police Department, aldermen and neighborhood community groups. Jacob later worked with the City’s Troubled Buildings Initiative and the Community Investment Corporation to turn around distressed condominium buildings. Jacob has renovated scores of affordable homes and as an attorney represented many corporate, family and individual clients. He is on the Avodah Chicago Advisory Council, Board of Directors of the Dearborn Realtist Board and taught over 300 members of the community how to be a City of Chicago court-appointed receiver.

Practices Areas

Estate Planning

Litigation

Real Estate

Language

English

Contact

Handelman Law GroupSouthport and Addison StreetsChicago, IL, 60657

Office: N/A

Website: N/A

Reviews

Helen
January 30, 2022

I highly recommend Mr. Jacob Handelman. He was patient, caring, and compassionate when interacting with my cousin who is a handicapped senior citizen.

Vanessa
January 5, 2022

I have used Attorney Handelman for several real estate transactions. He is very responsive and stays abreast of issues that may arise. This last closing was a nightmare because of all the stipulations required by the Village and the buyer's threat to walk away. However. Mr. Handelman intervened with village officials to ensure my closing would occur timely. He provides exemplary service and is an overall honest and compassionate human being. I will use him again for all of my future real estate deals.

Stacey
November 28, 2021

I was very pleased to have Jacob to represent me. He was very nice and pleasant to talk to and he kept me informed on every transaction that was taking place in a timely manner. I would definitely want to do business with him again. I would definitely recommend him to people who are looking for a extraordinary attorney.

Daniel
November 5, 2021

Attorney Jacob handelman has been a helpful, knowledgeable, and thorough guide for both me and my fiance. He has guided us through the legal process of becoming each other's power of attorneys in the event of medical necessity, as well as helping us create our wills. Thanks to Jacob, we feel secure in the knowledge that our preferences will be carried out according to the law. Thank you Jacob Handelman!

anonymous
November 5, 2021

Jacob was a patient, confident, responsive and extremely knowledgeable partner to my wife and I in our real estate transaction. I was only too happy to have him represent us as a Buyer, and I would retain him again in a heartbeat.

Andrew Bransky
July 9, 2021

Creating a new business and a partnership; Jacob was able to step in and seamlessly create and implement the entire process. With the benefit of hindsight, Jacob enabled me to focus on actual work saving an incredible amount of time. He brings an old school intimate and personal sense of attention to the relationship. His high quality work saved so much time and importantly money.

Ami
July 7, 2021

Jacob was our lawyer when we sold our house. His understanding of our needs and amazing office made everything easy and simple. We really appreciated that his responses to our questions were timely and felt that he really cared about the work he did on our behalf.

Helen
January 30, 2022

I highly recommend Mr. Jacob Handelman. He was patient, caring, and compassionate when interacting with my cousin who is a handicapped senior citizen.

Vanessa
January 5, 2022

I have used Attorney Handelman for several real estate transactions. He is very responsive and stays abreast of issues that may arise. This last closing was a nightmare because of all the stipulations required by the Village and the buyer's threat to walk away. However. Mr. Handelman intervened with village officials to ensure my closing would occur timely. He provides exemplary service and is an overall honest and compassionate human being. I will use him again for all of my future real estate deals.

Stacey
November 28, 2021

I was very pleased to have Jacob to represent me. He was very nice and pleasant to talk to and he kept me informed on every transaction that was taking place in a timely manner. I would definitely want to do business with him again. I would definitely recommend him to people who are looking for a extraordinary attorney.

Daniel
November 5, 2021

Attorney Jacob handelman has been a helpful, knowledgeable, and thorough guide for both me and my fiance. He has guided us through the legal process of becoming each other's power of attorneys in the event of medical necessity, as well as helping us create our wills. Thanks to Jacob, we feel secure in the knowledge that our preferences will be carried out according to the law. Thank you Jacob Handelman!

anonymous
November 5, 2021

Jacob was a patient, confident, responsive and extremely knowledgeable partner to my wife and I in our real estate transaction. I was only too happy to have him represent us as a Buyer, and I would retain him again in a heartbeat.

Andrew Bransky
July 9, 2021

Creating a new business and a partnership; Jacob was able to step in and seamlessly create and implement the entire process. With the benefit of hindsight, Jacob enabled me to focus on actual work saving an incredible amount of time. He brings an old school intimate and personal sense of attention to the relationship. His high quality work saved so much time and importantly money.

Ami
July 7, 2021

Jacob was our lawyer when we sold our house. His understanding of our needs and amazing office made everything easy and simple. We really appreciated that his responses to our questions were timely and felt that he really cared about the work he did on our behalf.

Helen
January 30, 2022

I highly recommend Mr. Jacob Handelman. He was patient, caring, and compassionate when interacting with my cousin who is a handicapped senior citizen.

Vanessa
January 5, 2022

I have used Attorney Handelman for several real estate transactions. He is very responsive and stays abreast of issues that may arise. This last closing was a nightmare because of all the stipulations required by the Village and the buyer's threat to walk away. However. Mr. Handelman intervened with village officials to ensure my closing would occur timely. He provides exemplary service and is an overall honest and compassionate human being. I will use him again for all of my future real estate deals.

Stacey
November 28, 2021

I was very pleased to have Jacob to represent me. He was very nice and pleasant to talk to and he kept me informed on every transaction that was taking place in a timely manner. I would definitely want to do business with him again. I would definitely recommend him to people who are looking for a extraordinary attorney.

Daniel
November 5, 2021

Attorney Jacob handelman has been a helpful, knowledgeable, and thorough guide for both me and my fiance. He has guided us through the legal process of becoming each other's power of attorneys in the event of medical necessity, as well as helping us create our wills. Thanks to Jacob, we feel secure in the knowledge that our preferences will be carried out according to the law. Thank you Jacob Handelman!

anonymous
November 5, 2021

Jacob was a patient, confident, responsive and extremely knowledgeable partner to my wife and I in our real estate transaction. I was only too happy to have him represent us as a Buyer, and I would retain him again in a heartbeat.

Andrew Bransky
July 9, 2021

Creating a new business and a partnership; Jacob was able to step in and seamlessly create and implement the entire process. With the benefit of hindsight, Jacob enabled me to focus on actual work saving an incredible amount of time. He brings an old school intimate and personal sense of attention to the relationship. His high quality work saved so much time and importantly money.

Ami
July 7, 2021

Jacob was our lawyer when we sold our house. His understanding of our needs and amazing office made everything easy and simple. We really appreciated that his responses to our questions were timely and felt that he really cared about the work he did on our behalf.