​​NEIL T. GOLTERMANN
Senior Attorney

​​Phone:   (630) 434-0400 ext. 139
Direct Line:   (630) 434-0548
Fax:   (630) 434-0444
​Neil T. Goltermann concentrates his practice in estate planning, probate administration, business transactions and planning, corporate law, and real estate.

Neil has a comprehensive estate planning practice that includes the use of wills, trusts, advanced estate planning, asset protection planning, probate and trust administration. His practice involves assisting clients in planning for the lifetime management, protection and distribution of their assets, including individuals and families with high net worth, and advising individuals and companies with regard to business succession planning, probate and trust administration. In his practice, Neil has also represented entrepreneurs, professionals, and small and mid-size businesses in the full range of business organization and operations, buy-sell and employment agreements, the sale of businesses and other commercial transactions, employment law and practice, and business succession.

Neil resides in Naperville, Illinois with his wife, Julie, where they raised their three, now adult, children. Over the years he Neil has volunteered in a number of different capacities as a coach for youth sports, and with various community and church activities. Neil has volunteered with Boy Scout Troop 505-Naperville (Assistant Scoutmaster 2006 – 2013; Charter Organization Representative 2013 – ). He served two terms as the Clerk of Session for Knox Presbyterian Church of Naperville, where he is also an elder. He also served as a co-moderator for Knox’s Permanent Funds Ministry Committee, assisting in the organization and management of the church’s endowment fund. Neil is on the DuPage Foundation Professional Advisory Committee. He previously served on to the Family Shelter Service Planned Giving Advisory Council. He also serves on the Board of DayOnePACT, Inc. and Von Oven Scout Reservation, Inc. When he is not otherwise preoccupied, Neil has trained for and run in triathlons, as well as bicycle events.

​​REPRESENTATIVE CASES

  • ​​Union Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Joliet v. Village of New Lenox, 152 Ill. App. 3d 919, 505 N.E.2d 1, app. den., 116 Ill.2d 577, 515 N.E.2d 128 (1987), cert. den. 485 U.S. 906 (1988)
  • In re County Collector, 229 Ill. App. 3d 641, 593 N.E.2d 1134, app. den. 146 Ill.2d 628, (1992)
  • Channahon Park Dist., Will County v. Bosworth, 145 Ill. App. 3d 820, 495 N.E.2d 1367 (1986)
  • Reed-Custer Cmty. Unit School Dist. No. 255-U v. Pollution Control Bd., 232 Ill. App. 3d 571, 597 N.E.2d 802 (1992)
  • Matter of Collector's Application for Judgment for Taxes Paid Under Protest for Year 1988, 223 Ill. App. 3d 896, 585 N.E.2d 110, app. den. 145 Ill.2d 634 (1992)
​BAR ADMISSIONS
  • Illinois 1980
PUBLICATIONS
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  • Drafting an All-Star Lineup of Co-Trustees for Trust Management, Co-Author, DCBA Brief, Vol. 28 (June 2016)
  • Snowbirds, Reverse Snowbirds, and the Illinois Income Tax Act, DCBA Brief, Vol. 24 (2011-12)
  • The Related Trustee: Old Lessons Learned from New Case Law, DCBA Brief, Vol. 23 (2010-11)
  • DuPage County Estate Planning Council: Monthly Legal Updates 2008 -
​PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Illinois State Bar Association 
  • Trusts & Estates Council
DuPage County Bar Association 
  • Estate Planning and Probate Committee
          Chair 2010 – 2011
          Vice-Chair 2009 – 2010
Tax Law Committee
  • Chair 2011 – 2012 
DuPage County Estate Planning Council
  • Board Member, 2014 -
  • Treasurer, 2017 - 2019
  • President, 2019 -
DuPage Foundation 
  • Next Generation Initiative
    • Steering Committee (Co-Chair 2008 – 2011 and 2013)
  • Professional Advisor Committee 2014 –
    • Chair (2019 -  )
Suburban Chicago Planned Giving Council
  • Board Member, 2009 – 2011
​EDUCATION
​DePaul University School of Law, Chicago, IL, 1980
  • J.D.
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 
  • B.A., Economics
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