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202 E. Fifth Street
Sterling IL 61081

P: (815) 625-8200
F: (815) 625-8363
Email: carlock@wmpj.com

Kyle G. Carlock

Education

Mr. Carlock earned his law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2005, where he graduated cum laude. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign in 2002, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and graduated cum laude with distinction in finance.

Bar Admissions, Associations, Relevant Experience, and Community Involvement.

Mr. Carlock was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2005 and the Wisconsin Bar in 2016. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the State Bar Association of Wisconsin.

Mr. Carlock focuses his practice on estate planning, advising high net worth families and privately owned businesses in Illinois and Wisconsin on estate and business planning arrangements tailored to their specific needs. He has particular depth in agricultural business planning and has extensive experience counseling farming families and agricultural operations, including multi-generational ownership and management succession planning. Drawing on earlier experience with estate and trust administration, Mr. Carlock brings a practical perspective to the plans he designs, anticipating how they will function when it matters most.

Before becoming a partner, Mr. Carlock served as General Counsel for a nationally recognized consulting company in Madison, Wisconsin, where he oversaw all legal aspects of the company from startup through its eventual acquisition by a publicly traded company. Mr. Carlock also serves on the Board of Directors of the Black Earth’s Children’s Museum in Black Earth, Wisconsin, where he is a founder and volunteer.

NOTICE: The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law, nor does it recognize certifications of expertise in any phase of the practice of law by an agency, governmental or private, or by any group, organization or association, except for “patent”, “trademark”, or “admiralty.”

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