Alan Garland
Berger, Newmark & Fenchel PC
303 West Madison Street
23rd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Tel: 312-704-7243 (direct)
Tel: 312-782-5050 (main)
Fax: 312-782-6491
Email: agarland@bnf-law.com

Alan Garland
Vice President

Alan grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He attended The University of Illinois and Roosevelt University where he received a B.S. in marketing in 1959. In 1962, Alan received a J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.

After Law School, Alan worked for the Internal Revenue Service as an estate and gift tax attorney before entering private practice in 1964.

Since joining the firm in August, 1976, Alan has headed up the firm's estate planning and probate and trust administration group and previously served as a director of the firm. He is currently a Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the firm. Alan also is a trustee of the Berger, Newmark and Fenchel P.C. Profit Sharing Trust. Alan's areas of practice include estate planning, probate and trust administration.

Alan is a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council and the Northwest Suburban Estate Planning Council (where he served as a director). He is also a member of the Chicago Bar Association (where he served on the Probate Practice Committee) and the Illinois State Bar Association. Through the years, Alan has lectured at estate planning seminars to diverse groups.

Alan currently serves as First Vice-President and Director of the Parkinson's Disease Research Society.

Alan and his wife, June, spend their free time trying to keep up with their two children and seven grandchildren as well as trying to find time for travel and golf.

Practice Areas:

Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Administration