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Patricia A. Hoke

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Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Natural Resources Law Award, 1991; Journal of Legal Medicine Award, 1991. Research Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Review, 1990-1991. Author: "Handout, Family Law Section Education Series," Court Awards and Standards, December 8 and 15, 1990, Panelist Wenona Y. Whitfield, SIU School of Law; "A Further Analysis of Bush v. Turner," Family Law Newsletter, Vol. 33, No. 5, p. 6, June, 1990, Illinois State Bar Association; "DNA Tests in Criminal Prosecutions - Too Much Evidence or Not Enough?" 11 J. Legal Med. 481, 1990; "Estate Planning: Schools Out: A Practice Primer for New Attorneys, IICLE, 1999 Edition; "Estate Planning", Starting Points: The Fundamentals of Practice in Illinois, IICLE, 2001 Edition; "Premarital Agreements," Illinois Family Law, IICLE, 2008 Edition; Panelist "Ethical Dilemmas in Estate Planning", IICLE, October, 2008. Adjunct Professor, Trust and Estates, SIU School of Law, Summer, 2006-2008. Instructor, Southern Illinois University, School of Accountancy, Master of Accountancy Program, State and Local Taxation, Fall 2005. Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2006 and Chair, 2004-2005, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Jackson County Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, American Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

  • Estate Planning
  • Probate
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Law
  • Guardianships

Education

  • Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois
    J.D. magna cum laude - 1991
    Law Review: Southern Illinois University Law Review, Research Editor, 1990 - 1991

  • Southern Illinois University
    B.S. - 1988

  • Southern Illinois University
    M.A. - 2003 Major: Accounting

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 1991

Classes/Seminars

  • Adjunct Professor, Trust and Estates, SIU School of Law, Summer, 2006 - 2008
  • Instructor, Southern Illinois University, School of Accountancy, Master of Accountancy Program, State and Local Taxation, Fall 2005

Honors & Awards

  • Recipient: Natural Resources Law Award, 1991
  • Journal of Legal Medicine Award, 1991

Associations & Memberships

  • Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Member, Board of Directors, 1998 - 2006
  • Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Chair, 2004 - 2005
  • Jackson County Bar Association
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Published Works

  • Author: "Handout, Family Law Section Education Series," Court Awards and Standards, December 8 and 15, 1990
  • Panelist Wenona Y. Whitfield, SIU School of Law; "A Further Analysis of Bush v. Turner," Family Law Newsletter, Vol. 33, No. 5, p. 6, June, 1990
    Illinois State Bar Association; "DNA Tests in Criminal Prosecutions - Too Much Evidence or Not Enough?" 11 J. Legal Med. 481, 1990
  • "Estate Planning: Schools Out: A Practice Primer for New Attorneys, IICLE, 1999
  • Edition; "Estate Planning", Starting Points: The Fundamentals of Practice in Illinois, IICLE, 2001
  • Edition; "Premarital Agreements," Illinois Family Law, IICLE, 2008 Edition; Panelist "Ethical Dilemmas in Estate Planning", IICLE, October, 2008