Nicole Marie Soltanzadeh
The Law Office of Nicole M. Soltanzadeh LLC
Nicole M. Soltanzadeh is a principal at The Law Office of Nicole M. Soltanzadeh, where she advises clients in estate planning, estate and trust administration, and real estate negotiations. She works with clients of large, medium, and small estates, providing each client with high-quality and practical representation.
Early in her career, Nicole earned substantial experience as a litigator, advocating for her clients routinely in state and federal court, and at the trial and appellate levels. She has skillfully brought hundreds of cases to closure through mediations, settlement conferences, and trials.
Nicole graduated with honors from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., a top-tier law school at which she gained valuable experience clerking for the U.S. Department of Justice, serving as a research assistant for her professor’s treatise on professional responsibility, and clerking for small and mid-sized litigation boutiques. She also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from Northwestern University.
Nicole has practiced in California, Illinois, and Michigan. She now lives in Chicago and maintains her Illinois and Michigan law licenses. She is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Trust and Estates and Elder Law Sections, sits on the Probate Practice and Trust Law Committees of the Chicago Bar Association, and is an active member of Wealth Counsel.
- Northwestern University
- M.S. (2012) | Education
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- The George Washington University Law School
- J.D. (2004) | Law
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- Honors: Thurgood Marshall Scholar
- Activities: Co-Coordinator of Amnesty International, Research Assistant on ethics for Professor Thomas D. Morgan, Legal Intern at the GW Law Immigration Law Clinic, law clerk at Simeone & Miller, law clerk at Finkelstein, Thomson & Loughran
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- B.A. (2001) | Political Science and English
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- Activities: Freelance writer for The Michigan Daily and WOLV-TV
- Principal
- The Law Office of Nicole M. Soltanzadeh, LLC
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- Manages estate planning, estate administration and real estate law firm.
- Chicago Bar Association
- Member
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- Activities: Member of the Probate and Trusts and Estates Committees
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Member
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- Activities: Member of the Trusts and Estates, Elder Law and Real Estate Sections
- California State Bar  # 233035
- Member
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- California
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- Illinois
- Michigan
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- 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