Meet The Team
Maureen E. Loughran, jd
Maureen E. Loughran is an Associate in the Estate & Wealth Planning, and Corporate Law groups. She focuses her practice in all aspects of comprehensive planning, including wealth transfer planning, asset protection and estate administration, as well as the creation and implementation of family office structures, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. Maureen also has an extensive background in contested estate and fiduciary litigation, special needs planning, and asset preservation.
Maureen is active in the Chicago legal community and co-chairs several committees in the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section, as well as serving as the President of the Center for Disability and Elder Law’s Young Professionals Board. Maureen is routinely appointed as Guardian ad Litem and as Counsel for Respondents by judges in the Circuit Court of Cook County in adult guardianship cases and presents continuing legal education programs in Guardianship and Estate Planning. Maureen serves on the Illinois Supreme Court Commission for Access to Justice Guardianship Committee and the Chicago Bar Association’s Probate Rules and Forms Committee, in each case working to help design and improve probate forms used in Cook County and throughout the State of Illinois. Maureen also volunteers with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.
Maureen earned her Juris Doctorate Degree from DePaul University College of Law with a Certificate in Family Law and earned a dual Bachelor of Arts Degree with distinction in Political Science and Spanish (Hispanic Linguistics) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Maureen has been recognized by the Chicago Bar Association with the David C. Hilliard Award for outstanding committee service, as well as by her peers as a Rising Star in Estate Planning and Probate, and an Emerging Lawyer in the areas of Trust, Will and Estate Planning as well as Elder Law.
Publications
Brian Konkel Discusses “Taco Tuesday” Trademark Battle
Brian Konkel discussed the “Taco Tuesday” trademark legal battle between Taco Bell and Taco John on The Lisa Dent Show on May 17, 2023. Click on the link to listen to the recording: https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/can-taco-tuesday-be-trademarked/
Timothy Liam Epstein, Esq. named one of Billboard Magazine’s top music lawyers for the fourth year in a row
Please join DUGGAN BERTSCH, LLC in congratulating our partner, Timothy Liam Epstein, Esq., for being named one of Billboard Magazine’s top music lawyers for the fourth year in a row for his work on behalf of clients in the live entertainment space.
FTC Fines Digital Healthcare Company $7.8M for Sharing Personal Data of Consumers with Advertisers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently fined digital mental healthcare provider BetterHelp $7.8 million for sharing the personal health information of millions of consumers with advertisers like Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo and Pinterest. BetterHelp is the second digital health company to be targeted this year by the FTC for its use of consumers’ health information and […]
Congratulations to our 2023 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars!
The Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars is an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of attorneys in Illinois receive this distinction. Attorneys are selected through a patented selection process involving nominations, research, and peer reviews. In addition to our numerous prior and existing award recipients, DUGGAN BERTSCH, LLC […]
FTC Proposes Rule Prohibiting Non-Compete Clauses for Workers
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a new rule that would prohibit non-compete provisions for workers and require employers to rescind existing non-competes. The proposed rule would apply to all employees, independent contractors, and consultants. The broad proposed rule would apply even to senior level executives and could potentially implicate agreements […]
Timothy Liam Epstein was referenced in the Pitchfork article entitled, “How the Music Community Is Fighting the Drug Overdose Epidemic” that was published on December 16, 2022
“But there are legal considerations around actually using it that depend on city and state rules. According to the Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System, a database of prescription drug laws operated by Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, in 13 states, including Virginia, Arizona, and Florida, someone who administers the medication to another person does […]
2022 Year End Newsletter
Dear Clients and Colleagues, As the fourth quarter of 2022 is drawing to a close, we recommend that you review your comprehensive wealth planning and business structures to ensure that it is consistent with your long-term objectives. While the recent mid-term election results are still not final, with a Senate run-off left in Georgia, it […]
Estate & Gift Tax Planning 2022 Review
As indicated above, the recent changes to congressional control following the mid-term elections will likely mean a stalemate in Congress for the next 2 years with respect to any meaningful tax legislation. This means that from an estate planning perspective, the increased lifetime exemptions enacted as part of TCJA will continue to be available for […]
Pass-Through Business Tax Planning 2022 Review
The relationship between individual taxpayers and their businesses continue to offer opportunity for effective tax savings, including the use in certain circumstances of C corporation structures to arbitrage tax rates, allow for greater deductions and potentially offer savings on an exit. However, much tax planning continues to focus on accessing these benefits before they sunset […]
Salt & Local Tax Planning 2022 Review
The TCJA imposed a $10,000 limitation on individual’s deduction for payment of state and local taxes in itemizing their deductions. For many high taxed states, this resulted in significant limitations on state income and property tax deductibility and resulted in an effort to find a workaround from the legislation to allow for deductibility. Most states […]