Business and Corporate Law

• Business Transactions
• Intellectual Property

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation

Property Law

• Real Estate Transactions
  Elisa Whitman began her law career at a large firm in Baltimore, Maryland, where her practice focused on business and real estate transactions. She represented individuals and all types of business entities, including not for profit organizations. Upon relocating to Rockford with her family in 1994, she continued her practice, emphasizing business guidance and succession planning.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Elisa Whitman is involved in a multi-part community education seminar to help people prepare themselves and their families for a sudden accident or illness. As part of the workshop, Elisa presented a course on estate planning. The seminar was sponsored by the Beloit Health System Foundation at their NorthPointe Health & Wellness Campus.
• Trusts
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Elisa Whitman was interviewed on WREX-TV News regarding Rockford's newly proposed ordinance to create a vacant and foreclosing property registry. She spoke from our client's perspective and noted that "We don't know what it's going to cost our clients. They're going to have to pay twice a year to register any properties they're foreclosing on, they're going to pay for inspections of those properties, and they're going to have to bring those properties into compliance with the city code." Elisa was identified as a Reilly Law Offices attorney who frequently represents banks and credit unions when it comes to foreclosures.
• Debt Collection
  Both Elisa and Bill participated as course instructors at the Winnebago County Bar Association's Commercial Law Section seminar designed to train experienced attorneys in new developments of the law. Elisa spoke on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. Bill spoke on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal law that limits the behavior and actions of third-party debt collectors who are attempting to collect debts on behalf of another person or entity. They both noted it is a lot of work to prepare and present a topic in front of their peers, but they agreed it helps keep them on top of important new developments.