About Dana
Dana Zivkovich constructed a career that blends regulation, finance and public service work. She earned a Bachelor of Science in finance from Purdue University Calumet in 1996 and completed her J.D. at Valparaiso University School of Law in 2003, the place she targeting estate making plans. Those educational choices set the tone for an expert path that has stayed close to making plans, estate and senior law issues.
After law program she entered practice within the Chicago region and later expanded her work to consist of Indiana. She has served as a chamber lawyer for the Homewood Area Chamber of Commerce, advising local agencies and network organizations on a range of legal matters. Beyond that role, she has spent years volunteering thru Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, providing pro bono assist to clients who want basic legal assistance.
Zivkovich holds a certification as an arbitrator from Conflict for Center Resolution. That credential enhances her legal proceedings-adjacent work and her involvement in dispute decision. Her memberships mirror a mixture of practice pursuits and civic ties. She belongs to the Illinois State Bar and the Chicago Bar Association, and she has been active within the Lake County Bar Association and the Indiana State Bar. She additionally maintains ties to specialized groups, which includes the South Suburban Estate Planning Council and the Chicago Estate Planning Council at some point of the years she was related to them.
Her participation in organizations reaches beyond purely legal teams. She serves at the board of the Serbian Bar Association of America and is a member of the Women Lawyers Association. Early in her profession she joined the National Academy of Elder Lawyers and the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association, associations that align with property, elder and real property things that recur in her practice.
Colleagues describe Zivkovich as continuous and realistic in client work. She practices in suburban offices serving each north and south groups. Her courtroom and bargaining experience, coupled with binding dispute resolution education, allow her to manage contested matters as well as nonlitigation making plans.
The bulk of her work arises from estate planning, elder law and associated real property and enterprise matters. She continues to tackle volunteer instances while maintaining her chamber lawyer role and local practice, splitting time among South Suburban and North Suburban offices.
Her current practice concentrates on property planning, senior law, real property things and dispute decision.
