Oana L. Militaru

Oana’s practice focuses on: lifetime and testamentary estate planning, including special needs planning; estate and gift taxation; providing specialized services to family businesses; estate and trust administration; estate and trust litigation; business formation, planning, and transactions, including real estate transactions.

Oana was a member of the committee tasked with drafting legislation to allow electronic wills in Illinois, (enacted July 26, 2021 as the Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act).

Education:

  • “Simion Barnutiu” Law School, Romania (Juris Doctor, 2001)

  • The John Marshall Law School (Juris Doctor, 2011)

Bar Admissions:

  • Illinois (2011); U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (2013)

Membership:

  • Illinois State Bar Association, Trust & Estates Section Council - Secretary;

  • Illinois State Bar Association, Federal Taxation - Section Council - Member

  • Romanian Bar Association - Co-founder and Board Member.

Speaking Engagements:

  • August - September 2021 - ISBA - “Electronic Wills and Remote Witnessing Act.”

  • August 2021 - IICLE - “Electronic Wills and Remote Witnessing Act.”

  • March 2019 - ISBA - “What Every Estate Planner Should Know About Special Needs Planning”

  • March 2019 - DiMonte & Lizak, LLC Learning Series Seminars - in collaboration with Margherita Albarello - “Navigating the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family & Medical Leave Act, and Workers Compensation Absences, and the Benefits of Special Needs Planning.”

  • September 2017 - IICLE Special Needs Conference - “Substitute Decision Making.”

  • September 2016 - IICLE Special Needs Conference - “Limited Guardianship: A Customized Approach to Substitute Decision Making.”