Kerry R. Peck

Kerry R. Peck


Peck Ritchey, LLC

Recognized since 2021

Chicago, Illinois

Practice Areas

Elder Law

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Kerry R. Peck is the managing partner of the Chicago law firm Peck Ritchey, LLC. He is the past President of the 22,000 lawyer Chicago Bar Association. His clients include families, hospitals, banks, the State of Illinois, County of Cook, and City of Chicago. For over ten consecutive years, he has been selected by his peers in statewide surveys of Illinois attorneys as a “Super Lawyer”, an attorney to whom other attorneys would refer their family, and he was named a member of the Leading Lawyers Network. Mr. Peck is the recipient of the 2014 Justice John Paul Stevens Award, the Chicago Bar Association’s highest honor. He was also selected by IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law as one of their 125 Alumni of Distinction.

Mr. Peck was retained by the City of Chicago Department of Aging to rewrite the State of Illinois Elder Abuse and Neglect Act. Mr. Peck is the co-author of Alzheimer’s and the Law and Don’t Let Dementia Steal Everything, both published by the American Bar Association. Mr. Peck has written articles for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Chicago Bar Association Record, Illinois State Bar Journal, and various other journals and newspapers. He teaches attorneys and healthcare professionals across the country, and is a former adjunct professor at John Marshall Law School’s Elder Law Studies program where he taught a guardianship course.

  • Advises individuals and banks charged with the administration of estates and trusts. Guides fiduciaries through the probate process, appearing in court as required, assisting them in the transfer of assets, and resolution of claims, as well as the implementation of the decedent's estate plan.
  • Vigorously represents all parties in will contests and contested guardianships including minors and disabled adults.
  • Assists families to plan for disabled children or other family members who are, or are likely to become, disabled and require special protection.

Judicial Appointments:

Kerry Peck has been appointed Guardian Ad Litem in the Circuit Court by the Probate Division, Chancery Division and County Division, involving complex cases including health care, tax issues, real estate and medical issues. Mr. Peck has been appointed Special Administrator, Successor Administrator and/or Successor Trustee in contested trust and estate cases all by Court order.

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Location
  • 321 South Plymouth Court, 6th Floor
    Chicago, IL 60604
Education
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law at IIT, Juris Doctor, graduated 1978

Peck Ritchey, LLC
Chicago, Illinois

1 The Best Lawyers in America® award

3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Elder Law
Special Focus:
  • Planning
  • Probate
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Trusts and Estates

Publications

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