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A Power of Attorney for Health Care  allows YOU to decide who can make medical decisions on your behalf. one. You can give directions to the agents you select, conferring as much authority and limitations as you decide. If and when you become unable to speak for yourself, then your health care agent can decide:

  • Between Treatment A or Treatment B
  • Where you live (nursing home or your own home)
  • When it’s too late for treatment

What Our Chicago Clients Are Saying About Us

  • S. B.

    Dear Eric, I just want you to know how much I appreciate everything you've done for me and the thoroughness with which you did it. You are indeed a most impressive will-maker, including the the serendipitous coverage your "compulsivity" supplies. You truly lift the experience from the quotidian to an art-form. In addition, you are a real mensch, in its best sense: open, warm, caring, understanding and honest. Again, my thanks to you and your staff for your help. With best wishes, S.B

  • Gina M.

    Eric and Julie: On behalf of the Edgebrook Women's Club would like to thank you and express our gratitude for your wonderfully informative presentation to our group. As was evident from the many questions your information was needed, very well received and your situational examples registered with many in the audience. Thank you again for providing a much needed and informative presentation.

  • Susan H.

    "Eric, Thanks again for helping me get this signed and completed. It's a big comfort knowing that my will and estate is in order. Thank you again for your generosity and friendship. I really appreciate being able to get this taken care of and with a certain level of confidence. I trust you and feel really comfortable with your advice. I've already referred some friends to you. I will continue to be your advocate and biggest fan!"

  • Ken B.

    "We felt very comfortable with both attorneys. We would feel comfortable if we had to call to have questions answered. The atmosphere with Mr. Matlin was great, and we left the office feeling positive about something that is so important to us."

  • Dale D.

    "I believe Eric did an excellent job communicating the related issues, options and was very helpful in assisting in making final decisions. The process was very helpful and resulted in us making the right decisions for ourselves. It was very easy and educational to work with Eric Matlin and his team."

  • 19Sep
    Being a trustee or executor is stressful. Become de-stressed.

    You have been chosen by a family member or friend to act for them or on behalf of their family in times of

  • 31Aug
    Do you need a health care power of attorney? The answer might surprise you.

    Let’s back up a little bit and talk first about what a health care power of attorney is. A health care power of

  • 31Aug
    Should I agree to serve as executor?

    Have you been appointed as the executor of an estate? Carrying out your duties can feel overwhelming and sometimes like a second job.

  • 31Aug
    How to Contest a Will in Illinois

    When a person passes away with a will, that will is submitted to probate. Probate is the process by which the directives in

  • 13Jun
    DO “DINKS” NEED ESTATE PLANNING?

    We often hear the from our married clients who have double income and no kids: "We do not have any kids so we only

  • 30Mar
    DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR HEALTHCARE AGENT SHOULD BE? TAKE THIS QUIZ TO FIND OUT.

    QUIZ for HOW TO PICK A HEALTH CARE AGENT OR PROXY Sophie was laying in her bed feeling feverish and a little bit lost. 

  • 30Mar
    Should You Use A “Do-It-Yourself” Estate Planning Service?

    QUESTION: Should You Use A “Do-It-Yourself” Estate Planning Service? Many people ask whether it is a good idea to use a DIY estate planning service to

  • 2Apr
    Living Without a Will

    A recent Gallup Poll has indicated that at least 56% of U.S. citizens do not have a will in place. Taking a closer

  • 2Apr
    In re Estate of Marion Young Tait 2017 IL App (3d) 150834

    In the recently decided appellate case, In re Estate of Marion Young Tait, the third district of the Appellate Court of Illinois was faced with

  • 28Mar
    Electronic Records and end-of-life plans

    Planning for the future of your health care doesn’t stop when you ink your name at the bottom of a Power of Attorney,

  • 7Apr
    Spring Cleaning – Getting Your Documents Organized for Your Estate plan

    It is officially spring!  When many of us awaken from our long winter hibernation just in time for annual spring cleaning, the perfect

  • 20Dec
    Are You Covering Your Children’s Health Insurance Costs Without Any Access to Their Medical Information?

    The Affordable Care Act requires plans that offer dependent coverage to make the dependent coverage available until the adult child reaches the age

  • 1Nov
    WHAT IS CAPACITY, AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?

    Mom is 78 years old, living alone after the death of Dad.  She was recently diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Mom

  • 1Oct
    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  All of us probably know somebody who has been affected by breast cancer.    According to Cancer.org, breast

  • 5Apr
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    Local author pens estate planning book

    Alan P. Henry, Freelance Reporter 12:59 am CDT March 28, 2018   The challenge, as Eric Matlin saw it, was to write a

  • 12Apr
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    Should Your Executor Be Your Eldest Child?

    When we meet with our estate planning clients to talk about who might act for them in the event of disability or death,

  • 18Apr
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    Barbara Bush’s Comfort Care Decision at End of Life – Rest in Peace

    At the end of life, families are often faced with decisions about whether to continue to treat health conditions facing a loved one

  • 23Apr
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    Estate planning attorney Eric Matlin pleads guilty to entertaining readers

    Attorney Eric G.  Matlin was recently featured in a weekly Sunday Breakfast article in the North Shore Weekend by JWC Media, written by

  • 7Jun
    BE KIND; EVERYONE YOU MEET IS FIGHTING A HARD BATTLE
    "Be Kind; Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle"

    “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” Each year, nearly 45,000 Americans commit suicide, and that’s

  • 12Jun
    Non-traditional relationships also need estate planning.

    If you have an important non-traditional relationship other than marriage, it is especially imperative that your legal affairs are in order. Sometimes the

  • 8Dec
    WHEN DO YOU NEED ESTATE PLANNING? HOW TO START AT ANY AGE
    When Do You Need Estate Planning? How to Start at Any Age

    When do you need estate planning? At every stage of adult life! Estate planning isn’t just something older people with great wealth do.

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  • When Do You Need Estate Planning? How to Start at Any Age
  • Non-traditional relationships also need estate planning.
  • “Be Kind; Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle”
  • Estate planning attorney Eric Matlin pleads guilty to entertaining readers
  • Barbara Bush’s Comfort Care Decision at End of Life – Rest in Peace
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