Personal injury and probate

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so in 2012 the Supreme Court of Illinois

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passed a law that said anytime a

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survival act lawsuit is going to be

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filed that it needs to be filed by

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someone who is a court appointed

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representative by a probate judge so

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personal injury attorneys really need to

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be aware that to have standing to file

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their lawsuit they need to get a probate

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estate representative appointed and

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that’s where we come in we’re probate

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experts we’ve been practicing in Probate

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Court for 10 years we’ve handled

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thousands of probate Estates for

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personal injury attorneys so that they

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have standing to file their lawsuit

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and something else that’s really

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important for personal injury attorneys

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to know is that their role is as a

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fiduciary not only to the their client

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but also to all of the errors and

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beneficiaries of the probate estate so

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they’re not just representing their

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client as the plaintiff in a lawsuit

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they’re also representing all of the

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interests of all of the people who are

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going to benefit from that

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representative’s probate estate so it’s

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really important that for any personal

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injury attorney that is interested in

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bringing a lawsuit on behalf of someone

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who’s injured and that lawsuit is going

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to be filed after the injured person has

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passed away that they are making sure to

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connect with a probate attorney to make

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sure that all of the proper steps are

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followed in the probate process to

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ensure that they have standing to file

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their lawsuit