Kathryn G. Shores
Partner
Kathryn Shores focuses her practice on estate and trust administration, litigation, and planning, including a focus on guardianship administration and litigation. Ms. Shores has successfully litigated matters in both state and federal court, and regularly appears in courts in Lake, Cook, and McHenry Counties.
In her guardianship and elder law practice, Ms. Shores knows that planning and caring for a disabled or aging family member can be both overwhelming and emotional; therefore, it is her goal to approach every matter with diligence and compassion. Ms. Shores takes pride in listening to and understanding each unique client's situation, in order to obtain the best result possible for the client.
Ms. Shores is a nationally Certified Guardian and currently chairs the Lake County Bar Association's Guardianship Help Desk.
Areas Of Practice
- Trusts and Estates
- Guardianship, Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Litigation
- Special Needs Planning
- Estate and Trust Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 2007
- Illinois, 2008
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2008
Education
- Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida
- J.D. – 2007
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Law Review: Stetson Law Review, Articles Editor, 2005 – 2007
- Stetson University, Deland, Florida
- B.A. – 2004
- Honors: cum laude
- Major: Political Science
Published Works
- Survey of Illinois Law: Trusts and Estates, Contributing Author, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Volume 39, Summer 2015
- The Docket, Author, The Void Transfers to Caregiver Act: A New Tool in the Fight Against Elder Abuse (May, 2015)
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker, Introduction to Guardianship (LCBA Guardian Ad Litem Training), 2016
- Speaker, Reducing Fiduciary Liability (IICLE Elder Law Short Course), 2016
- Speaker, Guardianship Inventories and Accountings (ISBA Guardianship), 2015
- Speaker, Interstate Guardianship Issues (IICLE Elder Law Short Course), 2017
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, 2015 to Present
- Lake County Bar Association, 2013 to Present
- National Guardianship Association, 2015 to Present
- National Certified Guardian, 2015 to Present
- Lake County Bar Association, Guardianship Help Desk, Chairman, 2016 to Present
Past Employment Positions
- Gordon & Karr LLP, Associate Attorney, 2009 to 2013
- State Attorney's Office, Sixth Judicial Circuit, FL, Assistant State Attorney, 2007 to 2008
Pro Bono Activities
- Guardianship Help Desk, 2014 to Present
- PADS of Lake County, 2012 to 2015
Languages
- English