James W. Hitzeman

James W. Hitzeman

Litigation - Trusts and Estates Trusts and Estates
Recognized in Best Attorney USA since 2013

About James

Jim Hitzeman focuses his practice on estate and trust litigation, representing a wide range of clients, including corporate fiduciaries and charities. He has handled will and trust contests, construction actions, trust reformations, citations, actions involving contracts to make a will, accounting actions, and charitable cy pres and equitable deviation matters, in addition to a host of cases involving breach of fiduciary duty. Mr. Hitzeman has extensive experience dealing with family settlement and virtual representation agreements and has written and spoken extensively on both topics. His practice also includes fiduciary counseling services, estate and gift tax planning and trust and estate administration.

Jim Hitzeman focuses his practice on estate and trust litigation, representing a wide range of clients, including corporate fiduciaries and charities. He has handled will and trust contests, construction actions, trust reformations, citations, actions involving contracts to make a will, accounting actions, and charitable cy pres and equitable deviation matters, in addition to a host of cases involving breach of fiduciary duty. Mr. Hitzeman has extensive experience dealing with family settlement and virtual representation agreements and has written and spoken extensively on both topics. His practice also includes fiduciary counseling services, estate and gift tax planning and trust and estate administration.

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Reviews

4.6 / 5

33 Reviews

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Eduardo Schinner

Jan 29, 2026

A very good experience overall with the entire team at James W. Hitzeman's legal practice

Solid experience overall with the law firm of James W. Hitzeman. They know Litigation - Trusts and Estates law inside and out and gave me great advice. Very helpful and got the job done exactly as the...

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Beverly Mayert

Jan 29, 2026

Many thanks to James W. Hitzeman for the hard work and dedication to my legal matter

If you need a Litigation - Trusts and Estates law lawyer, James W. Hitzeman is the one to call. Great job and very responsive team. They kept me in the loop and always had time to explain the details...

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Cheryl Stamm

Jan 29, 2026

So happy with the results of my case thanks to the hard work of James W. Hitzeman and staff

Short and sweet: James W. Hitzeman is the real deal and a true professional in the field of Litigation - Trusts and Estates law. If you're in Chicago and need help with your legal issues, call them im...

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Josephine Paucek

Jan 29, 2026

James W. Hitzeman did a great job handling my complex Litigation - Trusts and Estates law case from start to finish

Solid experience overall with the law firm of James W. Hitzeman. They know Litigation - Trusts and Estates law inside and out and gave me great advice. Very helpful and got the job done exactly as the...

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Cameron Hand

Jan 29, 2026

Five stars for the incredible team at James W. Hitzeman in Chicago - they are amazing

If you need a Litigation - Trusts and Estates law lawyer, James W. Hitzeman is the one to call. Great job and very responsive team. They kept me in the loop and always had time to explain the details...