Of Counsel

Del Koch is of counsel to the firm and concentrates her practice in estate planning, probate and trusts. Her practice includes preparing wills and trusts of all levels of complexity and counseling clients regarding estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes, asset reallocation, estate tax planning for non-U.S. citizens and planning for retirement, life insurance and closely-held business assets. She emphasizes non-tax estate planning issues as well, including planning for disabled beneficiaries, asset protection and prenuptial agreements. She also handles the settlement of decedents' estates and trust administration.

Ms. Koch graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, maxima cum laude, from Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, in 1978. She received a Juris Doctor degree, special honors with high distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1981. While there, she was admitted to the Order of the Coif and served as a Note and Comment Editor of the Iowa Law Review. After graduation, Ms. Koch joined the Chicago office of Sidley & Austin, where she practiced as an associate member of the Corporate and Securities Group for one year and the Estates and Trusts Group for over three years. Since then she has concentrated her practice in estates and trusts.

She is admitted to the Illinois Bar and belongs to the DuPage County Estate Planning Council, the Illinois State Bar Association and the DuPage County Bar Association.