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Nicole Soltanzadeh

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Awards

Primary Practice Area

Estate Planning

Language

English

About

An experienced legal professional, Nicole M. Soltanzadeh is a counselor who advises clients in estate planning, estate and trust administration, and real estate negotiations.  She possesses diverse and extensive experiences in litigation, estate planning, and real estate and business transactions.Early in her career, Nicole earned substantial experience as a litigator, advocating for her clients routinely in state and federal court, and at the trial and appellate levels.  She has skillfully brought hundreds of cases to closure through mediations, settlement conferences, and trials. Her experience as a litigator informs her planning, as she is mindful of the planning traps to avoid when working with clients. Nicole is passionate about proactive planning and providing her clients with the peace of mind in knowning that their assets are well-managed and their loved ones are provided for.Nicole graduated with honors from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., a top-tier law school at which she gained valuable experience clerking for the U.S. Department of Justice, serving as a research assistant for her professor’s treatise on professional responsibility, and clerking for small and mid-sized litigation boutiques.  She also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from Northwestern University. Nicole has practiced in California, Illinois, and Michigan. She now lives in Chicago and maintains her Illinois and Michigan law licenses.  She is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Trust and Estates, Real Estate, and Elder Law Sections, and is an active member of Wealth Counsel, Elder Counsel, and the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys.

Practices Areas

Estate Planning

Real Estate

Probate

Language

English

Contact

The Law Office of Nicole M. Soltanzadeh20 N. Clark St., Suite 3300Chicago, IL, 60602

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Reviews

Ed & Kris
March 31, 2019

We hired Nicole to represent us for a recent real estate transaction and she went above and beyond for us, helping to make this a smooth and seamless process. Nicole did a thorough job reviewing all the documents, carefully explaining and summarizing the information in a manner that was easy for us to understand. She also helped us negotiate the property taxes in our favor. We were also very pleased with Nicole's organizational skills and attention to detail. She initiated and kept all parties in constant communication, and was instrumental at the actual closing. We would definitely hire Nicole again for real estate and other legal services in the future.

anonymous
March 9, 2019

We have had the pleasure of working with Nicole on two occasions. Last year she walked us through an estate/trust planning process and helped us navigate the complexities of Illinois tax laws. What separates Nicole from other professionals I have worked with is her proactive nature. When there were actions or items she could take off our plate she did. If there were things only we could do, she kindly helped remind us of what we needed to do and how to do it. This allowed us to develop, review, and finalize our trusts in a relatively short-time period. A year later, we retained Nicole as our real-estate attorney for a dual-agent real estate transaction. While we initially were recommended an attorney by our real estate agent, my wife and I decided it would be beneficial for us to retain a completely independent attorney that had no ties to the real estate agent in order to ensure our best interests were represented. I could have not been more pleased with the result. Nicole elegantly navigated tense moments and helped us to keep the deal alive when it could have easily fell apart. While some real estate attorneys are interested in closing as many deals as possible in the shortest amount of time, Nicole took the time to help us think strategically about how to best proceed when challenges came up. To sum up her impact on the deal, after our closing our real estate agent said, "that was one of the smoothest closings I have had in a long time." If there are life events and attorney needs, Nicole will be our first call.

Tim
January 14, 2019

Nicole is a professional who works ONLY in her clients best interest. Many opportunities arose for which Nicole could have easily suggested/proposed that additional work be performed, however Nicole clearly cut to the chase and explained that although it would be possible for additional work to be performed related to certain aspects of the case, it would be likely that any additional benefits realized would be less than the additional legal fees associated with the same.

Jeff
June 5, 2018

Nicole worked closely and diligently for me on so many different levels, going far beyond what I thought of as an attorney's responsibilities to their client. She made sure that I understood all that we worked on and that she was correctly putting into effect my desires and wishes.

Ed & Kris
March 31, 2019

We hired Nicole to represent us for a recent real estate transaction and she went above and beyond for us, helping to make this a smooth and seamless process. Nicole did a thorough job reviewing all the documents, carefully explaining and summarizing the information in a manner that was easy for us to understand. She also helped us negotiate the property taxes in our favor. We were also very pleased with Nicole's organizational skills and attention to detail. She initiated and kept all parties in constant communication, and was instrumental at the actual closing. We would definitely hire Nicole again for real estate and other legal services in the future.

anonymous
March 9, 2019

We have had the pleasure of working with Nicole on two occasions. Last year she walked us through an estate/trust planning process and helped us navigate the complexities of Illinois tax laws. What separates Nicole from other professionals I have worked with is her proactive nature. When there were actions or items she could take off our plate she did. If there were things only we could do, she kindly helped remind us of what we needed to do and how to do it. This allowed us to develop, review, and finalize our trusts in a relatively short-time period. A year later, we retained Nicole as our real-estate attorney for a dual-agent real estate transaction. While we initially were recommended an attorney by our real estate agent, my wife and I decided it would be beneficial for us to retain a completely independent attorney that had no ties to the real estate agent in order to ensure our best interests were represented. I could have not been more pleased with the result. Nicole elegantly navigated tense moments and helped us to keep the deal alive when it could have easily fell apart. While some real estate attorneys are interested in closing as many deals as possible in the shortest amount of time, Nicole took the time to help us think strategically about how to best proceed when challenges came up. To sum up her impact on the deal, after our closing our real estate agent said, "that was one of the smoothest closings I have had in a long time." If there are life events and attorney needs, Nicole will be our first call.

Tim
January 14, 2019

Nicole is a professional who works ONLY in her clients best interest. Many opportunities arose for which Nicole could have easily suggested/proposed that additional work be performed, however Nicole clearly cut to the chase and explained that although it would be possible for additional work to be performed related to certain aspects of the case, it would be likely that any additional benefits realized would be less than the additional legal fees associated with the same.

Jeff
June 5, 2018

Nicole worked closely and diligently for me on so many different levels, going far beyond what I thought of as an attorney's responsibilities to their client. She made sure that I understood all that we worked on and that she was correctly putting into effect my desires and wishes.

Ed & Kris
March 31, 2019

We hired Nicole to represent us for a recent real estate transaction and she went above and beyond for us, helping to make this a smooth and seamless process. Nicole did a thorough job reviewing all the documents, carefully explaining and summarizing the information in a manner that was easy for us to understand. She also helped us negotiate the property taxes in our favor. We were also very pleased with Nicole's organizational skills and attention to detail. She initiated and kept all parties in constant communication, and was instrumental at the actual closing. We would definitely hire Nicole again for real estate and other legal services in the future.

anonymous
March 9, 2019

We have had the pleasure of working with Nicole on two occasions. Last year she walked us through an estate/trust planning process and helped us navigate the complexities of Illinois tax laws. What separates Nicole from other professionals I have worked with is her proactive nature. When there were actions or items she could take off our plate she did. If there were things only we could do, she kindly helped remind us of what we needed to do and how to do it. This allowed us to develop, review, and finalize our trusts in a relatively short-time period. A year later, we retained Nicole as our real-estate attorney for a dual-agent real estate transaction. While we initially were recommended an attorney by our real estate agent, my wife and I decided it would be beneficial for us to retain a completely independent attorney that had no ties to the real estate agent in order to ensure our best interests were represented. I could have not been more pleased with the result. Nicole elegantly navigated tense moments and helped us to keep the deal alive when it could have easily fell apart. While some real estate attorneys are interested in closing as many deals as possible in the shortest amount of time, Nicole took the time to help us think strategically about how to best proceed when challenges came up. To sum up her impact on the deal, after our closing our real estate agent said, "that was one of the smoothest closings I have had in a long time." If there are life events and attorney needs, Nicole will be our first call.

Tim
January 14, 2019

Nicole is a professional who works ONLY in her clients best interest. Many opportunities arose for which Nicole could have easily suggested/proposed that additional work be performed, however Nicole clearly cut to the chase and explained that although it would be possible for additional work to be performed related to certain aspects of the case, it would be likely that any additional benefits realized would be less than the additional legal fees associated with the same.

Jeff
June 5, 2018

Nicole worked closely and diligently for me on so many different levels, going far beyond what I thought of as an attorney's responsibilities to their client. She made sure that I understood all that we worked on and that she was correctly putting into effect my desires and wishes.