Kimberly S. Coogan - a Wheaton, Illinois (IL) Business Services Lawyer

Wheaton Business Services Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Business Services
Trust and Estate Administration
Wealth Transfer and Estate Planning
Gift, Estate and Fiduciary Taxation

Attorney Information

Overview

Kimberly S. Coogan is a Member of the Estate Planning Department, focusing her practice principally in the areas of Wealth Transfer and Estate Planning and Special Needs Planning. Kim comes to Huck Bouma from Bellock & Coogan, Ltd., where she was a founding member. Her areas of expertise include Estate Planning and Estate Administration, Charitable Planning, Business Planning, and Business Succession Planning. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Coogan practiced as a Certified Public Accountant. She was involved in all aspects of corporate audit work, and some tax work. Ms. Coogan is a Past President and is currently a member of the DuPage County Estate Planning Council, the DuPage County, Illinois and Texas Bar Associations. She is currently a member of the DuPage Foundation Professional Advisors Committee.

She has also been a speaker and moderator for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and has served on the Illinois State Bar Association Federal Taxation Council, the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Tax Committee, Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Advisory Board, and the DuPage Community Foundation Next Generation Initiative. Her volunteer work includes assisting at DuPage PADS shelters and co-chairing the charity Christmas gift collection at her church.

Ms. Coogan was named a 2012 Influential Women in Business by the Daily Herald Business Ledger, and a 2014 and 2015 Five Star Estate Planning Attorney in Chicago Magazine.

Ms. Coogan enjoys yoga, spending time at her lake retreat gardening, cooking, golfing, water-skiing, entertaining, and spending as much time with her family as possible.

Education

Legal Education
- Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1993
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: With Honors
Non Legal Education
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 1983
  Bachelor of Science
  Major: Accounting

Current Employment Position(s)

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Of Counsel
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Past Positions

Manetti & Griffith, Ltd., Associate Attorney, 1995 - 2003
Donatelli & Coules, Ltd., Associate Attorney, 1993 - 1995
Altschuler Melvoin & Glasser, LLP, Audit Staff, 1989 - 1990
Kemper Financial Services, Budget Analyst, 1985 - 1986
Grant Thornton, Audit Staff, 1983 - 1985
Bellock & Coogan, Ltd., Founding Member

Classes and Seminars

Speaker, Ilinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Moderator, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Bar Admissions

Illinois
Texas

Specialties and Certifications

Certified Public Accountant

Other Affiliations

DuPage County Bar Association (Member)
Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
Texas State Bar Association (Member)
DuPage County Estate Planning Council, 2001 - 2010 (Board Member)
Five Star Professional
Influential Women in Business
Chicago Bar Association
American Bar Association

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Contact

Wheaton, IL

1755 S. Naperville Road
Suite 200
Wheaton, IL 60189

Directions

Phone: 630-395-7809

Fax: 630-221-1756

Email: Send a message

Website: https://www.huckbouma.com

Credit Cards Accepted
Free Consultations

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