Jeffrey P. O’Kelley is an attorney specializing in estate and trust litigation, and he is the acting lead chair of the Lake County Bar Association Trusts and Estates Committee. He specializes in estate and trust disputes such as will and trust contests, claims for financial exploitation of the elderly and disabled, will and trust construction cases, complex fiduciary litigation and contested guardianship proceedings. In addition, Mr. O’Kelley has extensive appellate litigation experience, including the published decisions of In re Estate of Walsh (2012 IL App (2d) 110938) and In re Estate of LaPlume (2014 IL App (2d) 130945). Mr. O’Kelley also practices in the fields of estate planning and commercial litigation, as well as estate and trust administration. He has written for the Illinois Bar Journal, the Illinois State Bar Association Trusts & Estates Newsletter, as well as the Lake County Bar Association Docket. He is an active member of both the Illinois State Bar Association and the Lake County Bar Association. Mr. O’Kelley graduated with honors from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, and he has been licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois since 2009.