River Valley Law Firm

11/04/2022

Last week, at the annual conference of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners, I had the honor of speaking about the impact of tax policy on charitable gift planning. This was a dynamic group of intelligent, engaged professionals who made tax policy a fun topic to teach.

11/04/2022

11/04/2022

Next year, the estate, gift, and GST tax exemptions will increase by almost a $1 million. The annual gift tax exclusion will increase by $1,000. The top federal estate tax rate will remain 40%.

09/22/2022

TODAY: Estate Planning Seminar -

08/08/2022

Today’s Monday Motivation to Keep Working on Your Legacy is from one of my sons’ heroes, Anthony Rizzo (he turns 33 today), the former Cubs first baseman who caught the final out of the 2016 World Series, ending the Cubs’ 108 year drought--the longest such occurrence in all major North American sports.

08/04/2022

Two Documents All Young Adults Must Have Now - https://mailchi.mp/70e1bc1db20a/how-can-loved-ones-access-your-apple-devices-when-you-die-9054917

08/01/2022

Today's Monday Motivation to Keep Working on Your Legacy comes from Michael E. Ge**er, whose book I just reread last week. It's left me inspired and rejuvenated to keep working on my vision for my law firm. Thank you, Michael!

08/01/2022

This is a great way to support the Naperville Area Humane Society!

Time is running out to place your orders for our Fall Flower Fundraiser! The deadline is next week Monday, August 1.

We are selling two sizes of Garden Mums (9” & 12”) in the colors yellow, orange, purple & white. Please click on the link below to place your order today.

Click here to place your order ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ccu0r6

07/19/2022

Today's Monday Motivation to Keep Working on Your Legacy is inspired by my weekend experience: my daughter and I spent our weekend at a mother-daughter social emotional intelligence retreat hosted by the Wright Foundation--three days of exploring and facing difficult questions that often go unaddressed in our busy lives. It's all still new to me but I am thankful that my daughter has the opportunity to put these important concepts into practice as a teen. Thank you, Dr. Robert (Bob) Wright, MCC.

07/11/2022

Today's Monday Motivation to Keep Working on Your Legacy is inspired by hikers from Illinois whom I met on my recent Grand Canyon hiking trip. When you're far from home and in an unusually harsh environment, anyone who represents home instantly becomes a friend and ally. Each of these people are amazing and I am thankful for the opportunity to meet them, albeit briefly.

--The woman who made it a point to tell me she graduated from Carl Schurz High School "many, many" years before I graduated from Lane Technical College Prep High School. She was hiking out of the Grand Canyon after completing an intense six-day camping and rafting trip on the Colorado River with other women.

--The group of polite, engaging young men from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who hiked down from the North Rim the day before, camped at Indian Garden, and were making their way up the South Rim with all their camping gear when we met them at the 3-mile rest stop. What a great summer activity and bonding experience for college students!

--The suburban couple who completed the Rim2Rim a few years ago and were back just for a short hike. We met them towards the end of our hike, sporting Chicago Marathon shirts.

--The humble 56-year-old father of five who began running marathons at 48, after he became an empty nester. He's run the Rim2Rim several times. He's not from Illinois but his wife is originally from St. Louis, which feels close enough to Chicago when you're meeting deep down in the Grand Canyon and you are the only humans around.

06/21/2022

Are you on Facebook? Insta? Twitter? LinkedIn? WhatsApp? Snapchat? What will happen to all the content on your account if you get sick or you pass away? Who can access it? Do you have a Digital Legacy contact?