Rebecca Wallenfelsz
Full Name
Rebecca Wallenfelsz
Job Title
Partner
Company
Chapman & Cutler LLP
Speaker Bio

Rebecca is a partner in Chapman and Cutler LLP’s Trusts and Estates Department, and has been practicing law since 1997. Rebecca has extensive experience representing individuals and institutions in trust and estate matters. Rebecca’s extensive experience in estate planning matters includes drafting a variety of wills, trusts and premarital agreements, and in planning for and minimizing estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes and related income taxes, including taxes related to retirement plan assets.  Rebecca also represents a variety of fiduciaries and beneficiaries in the administration of estates and trusts, including addressing fiduciary risk issues, tax issues and litigation matters, such as will and trust construction, breach of fiduciary duty and contested probate matters.

In 2011, Rebecca was named to the Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch” list of outstanding lawyers. In 2012, she was elected to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a prestigious professional organization for skilled and experienced lawyers in the trusts and estates practice.  She co-Chairs the Probate and Fiduciary Litigation Committee of ABA-RPTE Division.