Schmiedeskamp Robertson Neu & Mitchell Lawyers - Quincy IL

Michael A. Bickhaus

Michael A. Bickhaus

Michael A. Bickhaus

Michael A. Bickhaus, the managing partner of the firm, focuses his practice primarily on corporate law, estate planning, real estate, elder law, and banking law. He represents many privately held manufacturing and service businesses with respect to general business advisory matters, commercial transactions (including multimillion-dollar contract negotiations), commercial real estate transactions, and business formations. He represents several banks with respect to governance, lending and trust law matters, and many individual clients. He devotes a substantial amount of his practice to the representation of those businesses and banks and the administration of estates and trusts, including the preparation of federal and state estate tax and income tax returns. He has successfully assisted clients with the purchase, sale, and succession planning for a variety of businesses. In the estate planning area, he has assisted clients with forming and implementing multimillion-dollar estate plans to allow those clients to pass on significant assets to their beneficiaries free of estate and gift taxes.
  • EDUCATION

    University of Missouri, Columbia, J.D.

    Quincy University, B.A.

  • ADMISSIONS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

    State 

    Arizona

    Illinois

    Missouri

    Texas


    Bar 

    Former President, Adams County Bar Association (2012-2013)

    Illinois State Bar Association

    Missouri Bar Association

    State Bar of Arizona

    State Bar of Texas


    Courts 

    United States District Court, Central District of Illinois

    Supreme Court of the United States


    Professional 

    National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys


    Civic 

    Board of Directors, Mercantile Bank

    Board of Directors, Western Catholic Union

    Board of Directors, Good Samaritan Home Foundation

    Board Member, Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce

    Advisory Board, Foundation for the People of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Illinois

    Volunteer, St. Francis Solanus Church and School

    Volunteer, Quincy Notre Dame High School

    Former President, Chaddock Children’s Foundation

    Former Board Chairman, Community Foundation for the Quincy Area

    Former Board Chairman, The Good Samaritan Home of Quincy

    Former Board Member, Cornerstone Foundation for Families f/k/a Family Service Agency of Adams County

    Former Chairman, Quincy Notre Dame Foundation Annual Fund Drive

    Former Board Member, Walter Hammond Day Care

    Former Chairman, American Red Cross, Adams County Chapter Fund Drive

  • PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS

    Presentations 

    Presenter, Young Professionals (Quincy), "What is a Board of Directors?" (2018)

    Presenter, ISBA Real Estate Law Sections CLE Seminars

    Presenter, Illinois Continuing Legal Education CLE Seminars


    Recognitions 

    Designated Leading Lawyer (2016-2020)


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