Donald E. Weihl

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., Belleville, USA

Mr. Weihl is an Officer in the Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Weihl's practice concentrates in commercial litigation, general corporate law and probate. In addition, Mr. Weihl has been involved in appellate proceedings in state and federal courts. Mr. Weihl has acted as an arbitrator and has arbitrated cases before a panel of arbitrators as well as before individual arbitrators.

Mr. Weihl served as a Director of the Bankers Trust Company from 1970 to 1987, Director of Clients' Security Fund of the Bar of Illinois from 1990 to 1994 and currently serves as a Director of the Harrisonville Telephone Company and Advisory Director of Okaw Valley Council, B.S.A.

Mr. Weihl was named in Best Lawyers in the U.S. Illinois Probate in 1983 and 1987 and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and the American Bar Foundation.

Education

• B.S., University of Illinois, 1959
• J.D., University of Illinois, 1961

Year Joined

1998

Assistant

Assistant: Sara Bradley
Direct: 618-239-3635
Email: sjb@greensfelder.com

Practice Group

• Litigation

Areas of Practice

• Closely Held Business Succession Planning
• Commercial
• Life Insurance Planning
• Probate and Trust Administration
• Real Estate Litigation
• Southern Illinois Litigation
• Trust Planning
• Trust, Estate and Tax Controversies
• Wealth Preservation Strategies
• Wealth Transfer Tax Planning

Memberships

• American College of Trust and Estates Council
• American Law Institute
• Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
• Past President of the East St. Louis Bar Association (1976-1977)
• Monroe County Bar Association
• St. Clair County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association (member, Board of Governors, 1972-1974)
• Chairman, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section Council, (1979-1980)
• Member, Law Office Economics Section Council, (1992-1993), Chairman, (2001-)
• Member, Real Estate Law Section Council, (1994-2000)
• Board of Directors of Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1982-1990)
• Chairman (1988-1989), the Illinois Bar Foundation
• Fellow Charter Member

State Bars

• Illinois  

Publications

• "2002 Estate Planning Topics: Retirement Planning, MO$T, Planning for Those With Special Needs."Trusts and Estates Newsletter. (July 2002)
• "Create a Safe Harbor for Split-Dollar Insurance." Trusts and Estates Newsletter.(Summer 2003)
• "Engagement Letters." The Bottom Line. Volume 24, No. 1 p.5. (September 2002)
• "Have You Completed Your Estate Plan?" Trusts and Estates Newsletter.(2003)
• "How Estate Tax Repeal May Change Your Estate Plan." Trusts and Estates Newsletter.(August 2003)
• "Presenting the Bill." The Bottom Line. Volume 23, No. 3 p. 2. (March 2002)
• "Rainmaking - Ten Tips for Doing It Successfully." Multiple publications by ISBA The Bottom Line, The Bar News, Law Office Expo and Law Office Economics
• "Topics: 2001 Estate & Gift Tax Law Changes - Less Than Meets the Eye." Trusts and Estates Newsletter. (July 2001)
• "Year End Tax Tips - 2002." Trusts and Estates Newsletter. (Winter 2002)

Cases

• Kurowski vs. Burch 290 N.E.2d 401, 8 Ill. App. 3d 716. Complaint based on separation of church and state doctrine.
• IDOT v. VIP Manor 453 N.E.2d 44, 117 Ill. App. 3d 137. Decision confirms replacement property can?t be taken by quick-take.
• Edgemont Bank & Trust v. City of Belleville 407 N.E.2d 159, 85 Ill. App. 3d 665 Zoning case resulting in multi-year delay of construction of bank.
• American Bottoms v. Cohn 5-94-0071 5th District Appellate. Home Rule Powers are limited to municipal boundaries.
• Hopkins v. Ulrich & Zoelzer 5-99-0121 5th District Appellate. Breach of fiduciary duty case.
• Flexivan v. Harpole 5-87-0240 5th District Appellate. Contract case on leased trailers.