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ELDER LAW • ESTATE PLANNING • WILLS & TRUSTS • GUARDIANSHIP & PROBATE LITIGATION

Happy New Year!

Wow, another new year is here. The annual opportunity has arrived to both reflect on the past year and to plan for the new year. Setting the table for 2024 is an exciting opportunity for Generation Law to focus on providing best-in-class client services. What can we do better? This is a question that business leaders are constantly asking themselves. However, is the path to the answer best pointed inward? I'd argue no.

What can we do better? For the most part, I believe that is a question that should be pointed outward. What do our clients think that we can do better? That is where the golden truth lies. Simple client feedback is priceless to our practice. Broadening the scope of general feedback, couldn't we all be better, in any regard, if we lucked into the opportunity to receive feedback about our behaviors, professional or personal? On the topic of feedback, it is worth noting that not all feedback is rooted in honesty or specific enough to provide value.

Maybe you are familiar with the story 'The Emperor's New Clothes', a classic tale that demonstrates what a lack of honest feedback can do. Ultimately, insincere feedback, or lack of feedback altogether, can have dire consequences and end up in poor results over and over again. Of course, feedback is a two-way street, and only starts with the genuine feedback itself. The other side of the street is the recipient of the feedback and what the recipient is willing to do with it. Open mindedness is key to positive growth and evolution.

So what am I getting at? At Generation Law, we want to hear from you in 2024. If you have a good, bad, or in between experience and feel any inclination to share your thoughts, please call or email us. We want to hear from you! We want to evolve as quickly and often as we need to in order to exceed client expectations. Most of all, we want to make 2024 a great year for our clients, however we may impact that.

So, if you think about Generation Law, what comes to mind? Feel free to send the good, the bad, or even the ugly to [email protected] any time.

JANUARY'S NEWS TO KNOW

2024 Estate Planning and Elder Care Legislation (Illinois and Federal)

Navigating the complexities of estate planning and elder care can be daunting, especially when faced with ever-changing laws and regulations. To help you stay informed, this post summarizes the relevant legislative changes taking effect in Illinois in 2024 as well as inflation related changes to certain Federal limits in 2024.

A Love Story and Caregiver Fatigue

Imagine caring for an ailing loved one to the point where you might even consider a “mercy killing.”

Virginia “Ginger” Sanders was confined to a wheelchair after a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. Her husband, George, was devoted to her, and alone did all the chores needed around the home. In addition he was her sole caretaker and companion, he even applied her makeup. He did everything.

FIRM BRIEF

Generation Law Employee Spotlight

Matt Johnson

Chief Operating Officer

At the dawn of the Great Resignation in 2020, Matt left behind the financial services industry to join the Generation Law team. Matt works with the partners focusing on business transformation and strategic planning to ensure that Generation Law offers a best-in-class client experience aimed at frictionless legal services with a personal connection.

Matt graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts and began his career in operations management at Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC. Eventually taking his talents to the financial services industry, Matt directed servicing design projects and business transformation initiatives. Fresh out of the corporate gauntlet, Matt brings a unique perspective to Generation Law having experience working in law firms of all sizes in tandem with demonstrated success in modern business management.

After high school, Matt had the ambition to become an attorney, however, he chose the path of least resistance and married an attorney instead. Four children later, Matt is a busy dad keeping track of hockey, gymnastics, soccer, basketball, baseball, ballet, and whatever the future may bring. In his free time, Matt enjoys riding his Ural sidecar motorcycle, listening to extreme heavy metal, and drinking lots of black coffee.

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