Jeffrey P. O'Kelley

Jeffrey P. O'Kelley is a partner at Lesser Lutrey Pasquesi & Howe, LLP focusing his practice on estate and trust litigation. He is on the Board of Directors for the Lake County Bar Association, and he is also the past President of the Lake County Estate Planning Council, as well as the former lead chair of the Lake County Bar Association Trusts and Estates Committee. Mr. O'Kelley has extensive experience in estate and trust disputes such as will and trust contests, claims for financial exploitation of the elderly and disabled, will and trust construction cases, complex fiduciary litigation and contested guardianship proceedings. In addition, Mr. O'Kelley has extensive appellate litigation experience, including the published decisions of Roszkowiak v. Roszkowiak (2024 WL 520559), In re Estate of LaPlume (2014 IL App (2d) 130945), and In re Estate of Walsh (2012 IL App (2d) 110938). Mr. O'Kelley also practices in the fields of estate planning and commercial litigation, as well as estate and trust administration. He has lectured at Loyola University School of Law, and he has written for the Illinois Bar Journal, the Illinois State Bar Association Trusts & Estates Newsletter, and the Lake County Bar Association Docket. Mr. O'Kelley graduated with honors from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, and he has been licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois since 2009. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Jeffrey P. O'Kelley included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Jeffrey P. O'Kelley Included on the 2026Illinois Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Best, Vanderlaan & Harrington, Attorney, 2010 - 2011
• Languages
• English

• Guest Lecturer at Loyola University School of Law
• June 2015: Ethical Considerations in the Trust and Estate Context Waukegan, IL, LCBA
• July 2015: Wills and Trusts, Everyday Law radio program, 98.3 WRLR FM
• November 2015: Powers of Attorney, Everyday Law radio program, 98.3 WRLR FM
• February 2016: The Basics of Estate Planning, Waukegan, IL LCBA
• April 2016: Overview and Analysis of Estate of LaPlume, Libertyville, IL, LCBA
• November 2016: The Ernie Banks Estate Controversy, Lake Forest, IL, LCBA
• March 2017: An Overview of Wills and Trusts, Round Lake, IL
• October 2017: The Deceased Debtor, Libertyville, IL, LCBA
• October 2018: Interesting Issues in Fiduciary Litigation
• November 2018: Probate Considerations in Litigation
• Lake County Bar Association Trusts and Estates Committee, Annual committee seminar

• In re Estate of Walsh
• Citation: 2012 IL App (2d) 110938
• Court: 2nd Dist. App. Ct.
• Year: 2012
• In re Estate of LaPlume
• Citation: 2014 IL App (2d) 130945
• Year: 2014

• Illinois, 2009
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2010

• Illinois State Bar Association, 2010 - Present (Member)
• Lake County Bar Association, 2011 - Present (Member)