Mary Christine Ludwig
Agricultural Law/Estate Planning/Real Estate/Probate
Mary Ludwig received her J.D. and M.B.A., along with a Certificate in Food and Agricultural Law from Drake University in 2005. Prior to that she received a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture Economics from the University of Illinois. Mary concentrates her practice in agricultural law, estate planning, real estate transactions and probate. Her agricultural law experience includes organization and representation of production agricultural farm operations, agricultural cooperatives, grain elevators, agricultural input suppliers, ethanol and bio-diesel plants, and specialty farm product companies, wind tower and cell tower leases and easements, pipeline, gas, public utility and fiber optic easements, sales and purchases of farm ground, including client representation for farm auctions, farm partitions, 1031 exchanges, farm, family and business estate planning, including preparation of farm management agreements, wills, trusts, healthcare and property powers of attorney and living wills.
Mary has practiced in Pontiac, Illinois since 2009 and with Johnson & Taylor since 2011. Previously she was a partner with the law firm of Dodd Ludwig Maatuka, LLC in Champaign, Illinois. Directly after completion of her Bachelors degree, she was an agricultural loan officer at the State Bank of Chrisman, while farming with her brother near Danville. Later, Mary became a fieldman for Farm Business Farm Management in the east central Illinois/ west central Indiana territory.
Mary is a member of the American Agricultural Law Association, Illinois State Bar Association and it’s Agricultural Law Section, the Livingston County Bar Association, Illinois Farm Bureau, Livingston County Farm Bureau, American AgriWomen and Illinois AgriWomen. She has had speaking engagements with Annie’s Project, Champaign County Lady Landowners, Carle Hospital Foundation, WIAI radio, the Women Changing the Face of Agriculture Conference and 1st Farm Credit.
- Drake University Law School
- J.D. (2005) | Law
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- Honors: Certificate in Food and Agricultural Law
- Activities: Agricultural Law Association
- Drake University
- MBA (2005) | Business Administration
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- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- B.S. (1995) | Agricultural Economics
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- Attorney/Partner
- Johnson & Taylor
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- Primarily practicing in Estate Planning, Agricultural Law, Probate, Real Estate, Municipality, Charitable Organizations, Business Organizations and Tax
- Attorney/Partner
- Dodd Ludwig Maatuka LLC
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- Intern
- Beving, Swanson & Forrest, P.C.
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- Fieldman
- Farm Business Farm Management
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- Assistant Vice-President
- State Bank of Chrisman
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- Estate Planning, Urbana, Illinois
- Carle Hospital Foundation
- Careers in Agricultural Law, Women Changing the Face of Agriculture, Champaign, Illinois and Bloomington, Illinois
- Illinois Agri Women
- Estate Planning, Danville, IL
- WIAI Radio
- Estate Planning, Leases, Financial Report and Bookkeeping, Regular Classes, Illinois
- Annie's Project
- Estate Planning, Customer Appreciation Dinner, Pontiac, Illinois
- 1st Farm Credit
- Food and Agricultural Law
- Drake University Law School
- American Agri Women
- Member
- Current
- Illinos Agri Women
- Member
- Current
- Livingston County Farm Bureau
- Member
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- Illinois Farm Bureau
- Member
- Current
- Livingston County 4-H, Emington Hot Shote
- Club Leader
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- Illinois
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Cash or checks only.
- Agricultural Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Municipal Law
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- English: Spoken, Written