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Past Speaking Engagements

Estate Planning 101: Protect Your Family’s Future

October 16, 2025

Attorneys Catherine E. Lenert (“Katie”) and Lydia Park joined forces with co-presenters (and, our co-hosts) from the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley and Old Second National Bank at the educational seminar titled: “Estate Planning 101: Protect Your Family’s Future.” Our firm was thrilled to co-host this important and informative, and both Katie and Lydia were delighted to be presenters.

Property POAs and Medicaid Planning

September 19, 2025

Catherine E. Lenert (“Katie”), Lydia Park, and Constance Renzi (“Connie”) presented at the Annual Elder Law Short Course, for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), which was held in Burr Ridge, on September 18th and 19th. Katie and Lydia joined forces and co-presented a session titled: But I Just Did What Mom Wanted Me To Do….Pursuing a Claim Against an Agent Under the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Connie was tapped to co-present a session titled: Medicaid Planning Gone Bad-Very Bad….Now What. All three were thrilled to, once again, present at IICLE’s Annual Elder Law Short Course and appreciated having the opportunity to share their knowledge and collaborate with their fellow elder law attorneys.

IL-NAELA Spring 2024 UnProgram

May 30, 2024

Attorney Constance Renzi (“Connie”) led a “break-out” session at the Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (“IL-NAELA) Spring 2024 UnProgram, which was held on May 30, 2024. During the break-out session, Connie facilitated and led her peers in a vibrant discussion regarding the advance directive for Health Care options available in Illinois, along with the related legal and drafting considerations for attorneys.

Estate Planning 101: Protect Your Family’s Future

April 25, 2024

Attorneys Catherine E. Lenert (“Katie”) and Constance Renzi (“Connie”) teamed up with the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley on April 25, 2024 to co-host and present an educational seminar titled: “Estate Planning 101: Protect Your Family’s Future. Katie and Connie were thrilled to, once again, team up with the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. The seminar was held at the Oswego Public Library.

Long-term Care Planning

November 3, 2023

Attorney Catherine E. Lenert (“Katie”) presented at the Illinois Credit Union League’s upcoming 46th Annual Attorneys’ Conference, on November 3, 2023. The topic for Katie’s session was “Long-term Care Planning.” Having been a presenter at a previous Annual Conference for the group, Katie was delighted to present, again, for the Illinois Credit Union League and to have the opportunity to educate fellow attorneys on this important topic.

Illinois State Bar Association Online Program

September 21, 2023

Attorney Constance Renzi (“Connie”) co-presented at an online program sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association’s Disability Section Council. The program was designed for Illinois attorneys, and was titled “Medicaid, Medicare, and Long-Term Care Needs — Rights, Responsibilities, and Remedies.” The seminar provided attorneys with information needed to advise clients regarding long-term care needs, Medicare, and Medicaid for long-term nursing home care.

Estate Planning 101: Protect Your Family’s Future

April 27, 2023

Attorneys Catherine E. Lenert (“Katie”) and Constance Renzi (“Connie”) joined forces with the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley and co-presented a complimentary estate planning seminar. The seminar was designed to help educate attendees as to the basics of estate planning.

Illinois State Bar Association’s Elder Law Section Council Annual Seminar Series

April 18, 2023

Attorney Constance Renzi (“Connie”) co-presented a session at the Illinois State Bar Association’s Elder Law Section Council’s Annual Seminar Series. The program was designed for Illinois attorneys, and was titled “The Illinois Practitioner Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment Form and Its Purpose: A Primer for Attorneys.” The seminar provided attorneys with a comprehensive overview of the Illinois Practitioner Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (“POLST”) form. In addition the seminar addressed how attorneys might incorporate a discussion regarding the POLST form, with clients, when talking about health care advance directive options.

National Business Institute Course

September 27, 2022

Attorney Catherine E. Lenert (“Katie”) presented a session at the National Business Institute’s course, “Medicaid Planning: The Completer Toolkit for Attorneys” in a live video webinar format. Although this was a legal course designed with attorneys in mind, accountants, estate and financial planners, nursing home administrators, investment advisers, continued care managers, and paralegals who attended also benefited from this informative and educational program.

Illinois State Bar Association’s Annual Elder Law Boot Camp

April 13, 2022

Attorneys Catherine E. Lenert and Constance Renzi co-presented a session at the Illinois State Bar Association’s Annual Elder Law Boot Camp. The program was designed for Illinois attorneys, and was titled “Drafting Powers of Attorney 101.” In addition to educating their colleagues as to the important role these legal documents play in life care planning, Katie and Connie also emphasized the importance of understanding that POAs are not fill in the blank forms. Additionally, the session included practical tips for drafting customized POAs for clients, which take into consideration a client’s particular needs, wishes, and circumstances.

IICLE’s 16th Annual Elder Law Short Course

October 29 – 30, 2020

Both Catherine E. Lenert and Connie Renzi participated as a presenter and a moderator, respectively, at the 16th Annual Elder Law Short Course presented by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE).

Medicaid Planning

November 22, 2019

Both Catherine E. Lenert and Connie Renzi presented at the 15th Annual Elder Law Short Course presented by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE). The course was a two-day conference. Katie co-presented on the topic of Litigating Nursing Home Abuse Cases: What Every Elder Law Attorney Needs to Know. Connie presented to attorneys new to the practice of elder law, and provided providing both “practical tips” and information on the Medicaid eligibility rules for long-term care.

Recent Publications

Steven A. Andersson co-authored with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf an Opinion/Editorial titled, “REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT–WE CAN ALL AGREE ON AXING THE TAMPON TAX” which Newsweek published on April 15, 2019.

April 2019