Samuel Dotzler
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Licensed for 15 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Business
Language
English
About
Sam’s experience in a large firm has exposed him to and allowed him to focus on to complex estate and business planning opportunities. Sam’s experience with a small firm taught him how to meet the client’s needs in the most efficient manner possible. His experience in these two firms enables Sam to serve his clients at the highest level while staying grounded enough to provide the services the client actually needs. The client experience with Dotzler Law focuses on the fact that the client’s needs drive the relationship, not the attorney’s. We want to get to know you and what you are really trying to accomplish. Then we can build on that to identify your legal needs and wants. Then we can work with you to put a plan in place that takes care of all of those things, a plan that takes care of you. Prior to founding Dotzler Las, as a member of the Trusts and Estates Practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Sam focused on estate, tax and business planning for clients of significant wealth, including the structuring of tax-advantageous solutions for transferring wealth and closely-held business interests to younger generations. Mr. Dotzler advised clients with regard to gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, succession planning, leveraged wealth transfer techniques, charitable planning, trust and probate administration and the integration of estate plans and corporate structures. Prior to joining Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Mr. Dotzler practiced law at Hoogendoorn & Talbot LLP focusing on Probate, Trusts and Estates. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, where he serves as a Co-Chair of the Estate Planning Committee of the Young Lawyer Section, the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Dotzler earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College in 2000, where he now serves as a Director on the St. Olaf College Alumni Association Board of Directors, and his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 2006. He is admitted to practice in Illinois.
Practices Areas
Estate Planning
Business
Probate
Language
English
Contact
Reviews
We worked with Dotzler Law on the development of a will and other important estate planning docs and had the most AMAZING experience!! It is not always an easy topic to talk about or think about but they could not have been more wonderful. They are not structured like the traditional law firm which is great and we appreciated the honesty and personal attention. Sam took the time to explain important details in the process and answer all of our questions. The turnaround time was quick and the quality of his work was outstanding. We would highly recommend Dotzler Law!
Sam helped my family create a living will/trust and made the whole process so easy! Sam was flexible in meeting with me & my family, he asked the right questions to make sure all documented captured exactly what we wanted, and he was able to explain things to us in concise, easy to understand terms. Sam’s rates are very reasonable and we are very happy with the outcome of everything. We highly recommend him to others.
Sam went above and beyond what I had asked in his drafting. He thought of things that I had not thought of and made recommendations for contingencies well en excess of the standard contingencies. He consequently, created a document that will definitely stand the test of time.
We worked with Dotzler Law on the development of a will and other important estate planning docs and had the most AMAZING experience!! It is not always an easy topic to talk about or think about but they could not have been more wonderful. They are not structured like the traditional law firm which is great and we appreciated the honesty and personal attention. Sam took the time to explain important details in the process and answer all of our questions. The turnaround time was quick and the quality of his work was outstanding. We would highly recommend Dotzler Law!
Sam helped my family create a living will/trust and made the whole process so easy! Sam was flexible in meeting with me & my family, he asked the right questions to make sure all documented captured exactly what we wanted, and he was able to explain things to us in concise, easy to understand terms. Sam’s rates are very reasonable and we are very happy with the outcome of everything. We highly recommend him to others.
Sam went above and beyond what I had asked in his drafting. He thought of things that I had not thought of and made recommendations for contingencies well en excess of the standard contingencies. He consequently, created a document that will definitely stand the test of time.
We worked with Dotzler Law on the development of a will and other important estate planning docs and had the most AMAZING experience!! It is not always an easy topic to talk about or think about but they could not have been more wonderful. They are not structured like the traditional law firm which is great and we appreciated the honesty and personal attention. Sam took the time to explain important details in the process and answer all of our questions. The turnaround time was quick and the quality of his work was outstanding. We would highly recommend Dotzler Law!
Sam helped my family create a living will/trust and made the whole process so easy! Sam was flexible in meeting with me & my family, he asked the right questions to make sure all documented captured exactly what we wanted, and he was able to explain things to us in concise, easy to understand terms. Sam’s rates are very reasonable and we are very happy with the outcome of everything. We highly recommend him to others.
Sam went above and beyond what I had asked in his drafting. He thought of things that I had not thought of and made recommendations for contingencies well en excess of the standard contingencies. He consequently, created a document that will definitely stand the test of time.