Elizabeth Fink

Elizabeth Fink is a Chicago attorney whose practice focuses on Elder Law, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration, Guardianships, and Medicaid Planning. She has practiced law in Chicago since 2009 and represents clients throughout the metropolitan area. Her work includes wills, powers of attorney, probate and small-estate administration, trust administration, long-term care planning, special needs trusts, and guardianship matters involving older adults, families, beneficiaries, and fiduciaries.

Elizabeth earned a B.A. from Denison University and completed a semester of study at Justus-Liebig-Universität in Giessen, Germany. She later earned her Juris Doctorate from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago and was admitted to the Illinois State Bar in May 2009. Her legal career has remained concentrated on elder law and estate matters, including planning, administration, guardianships, and long-term care concerns.

Elizabeth has served in leadership and mentoring roles within the elder-law and probate community. She was President of the Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys in 2020 after serving on its board for many years. She participates in the Chicago Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee and Probate Practice Committee and previously served as a mentor in probate and estates through the association’s lawyer mentoring programs.

Elizabeth Fink is a member of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Elder Law Short Course planning committee and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She was selected to Illinois Rising Stars from 2016 through 2019 and to Illinois Super Lawyers from 2020 through 2025. Her practice combines estate planning, probate and trust administration, guardianship, Medicaid planning, and elder-law leadership within the Chicago legal community.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Whiteheadfink Elder Law, LLC
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• President and Board Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), Illinois Chapter (2020)
• Member, Elder Law Committee and Probate Practice Committee, Chicago Bar Association
• Former Mentor, Chicago Bar Association Lawyer-to-Lawyer and Group Mentoring Programs in Probate and Estates
• Member, Elder Law Short Course Planning Committee, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE)
• Member, Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
• Board Member, Find Your Anchor

Licensed State

• Illinois

Education

• The John Marshall Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Denison University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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