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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