Estate Lawyers Chicago Kenneth M. Bloom, a founding member

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Kenneth M. Bloom Chicago Estate Attorney Kenneth M. Bloom, a founding member of the firm, is a CPA and attorney and practices in the areas of estate planning and administration, wills, trusts, probate, asset protection, real estate, general corporate, and business transactional matters. Ken graduated with honors in accountancy from the College of Commerce, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Ken received his law degree from the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he concentrated in estate planning and tax law and was a member of the Moot Court Society.

Ken is a past chair of the Asset Protection Committee of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA). He continues to serve on the CBA's Internal Finance Committee, where he was appointed in 1995 as its youngest member in the 125-year history of the committee. Ken's leadership positions and honors in the Young Lawyers Section (YLS) of the CBA include receiving the Milton H. Grey Award for Outstanding Project Leadership, was the association's Treasurer, and served as a seven year member of the Board of Directors, two-term chair of the Estate Planning Committee and a Senior Project Coordinator. Ken also belongs to the CBA's Tax Law, Probate Practice, Federal Estate & Gift Taxation, Trust Law (past member, Executive Board) and Elder Law Committees. He is an esteemed member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council, the Illinois State Bar Association Trust and Estate Section, the American Bar Association, Real Property and Probate Section, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society and the American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants.

Ken lectures extensively and is published regularly in his specialty areas, including journals of the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Chicago Bar Association, as well as the Chicago Tribune. Ken authored a bi-monthly column in LifeTimes, the BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois newsletter on tax and estate planning matters. Ken is a member of the Special Needs Alliance and regularly attends the Stetson University Law School's Special Needs Trust Symposium. Ken was awarded an ABA grant to present a Hospice and Homebound Elderly Pro Bono Legal Assistance program in Vancouver, British Columbia, appeared on a Chicago television station's Law Week broadcast as an estate planning panelist, and served as an Illinois delegate to several ABA General Assemblies. Ken was interviewed by CBS News regarding the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case. Ken also has the honor of serving as Leadership Fellow and Chair of the planned giving committee for the American Technion Society.

Ken is rated among the top six percent of Illinois estate planning attorneys as selected by his peers and the American Research Corporation, and has received the highest rating of distinction by Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. Ken is listed in the Who's Who in American Law as well as the National Register of Who's Who in Executives and Professionals. In addition, Ken was named to the exclusive roll of 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Illinois Super Lawyers.
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