In this episode, Steve Fretzin and Ray Koenig discuss:

• Developing a successful practice while remaining authentic to yourself. 
• Integrating your charitable and civic pursuits into your successful private practice. 
• Picking your extracurricular organizations intentionally and meaningfully. 
• Benefiting from bar association participation and leadership. 

Key Takeaways:

• Try things you’re afraid of - they’re never as bad as you think they will be.
• You don’t always need to tell people what type of lawyer you are - for the general public you can build yourself up as a trusted advisor who solves problems. 
• Being part of organizations is not enough - you should be building relationships and participating actively in those organizations. 
• It’s not all about you. Be authentic, but also spotlight other people’s successes too. 

"Pick a board, pick an organization, that's doing the things that you're really interested in, but at the same time, has kind of the audience - the donors, the board members - that are people that you want to get to know for professional reasons as well." —  Ray Koenig

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Episode References: 

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About Ray Koenig: Ray Koenig represents individuals, families, financial and medical institutions, charities and governmental agencies in probate, trust, and guardianship controversies, including complex matters which require practical solutions. 

Ray continually provides quality, responsive, and efficient representation to his clients. Ray is dedicated to the needs of his clients, whether that requires aggressive advocacy in a courtroom, skilled negotiations to prevent or conclude litigation, or effective counseling to avoid future trust and estate controversies. 

Ray seeks ways to resolve difficult issues in the most effective manner possible. His success has resulted in appointments by judges as Guardian Ad Litem and defense counsel by judges in complicated guardianship matters, and as Special Administrator in problematic probate matters. 

Ray has decades of experience in a variety of aspects of controversies involving trusts, probate, guardianships and related fiduciary issues including will and trust contests, will and trust construction and reformation actions, citations to recover, breach of fiduciary duty claims, charitable disputes, and guardianship litigation. 

His years of practice have also resulted in his retention as an expert witness in matters involving guardianship and probate issues. His depth of knowledge has been informed by and led to many speaking engagements and publications. 

Ray serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s global Litigation practice, and as an elected member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ray proudly served as Managing Member of the firm’s Chicago office from 2011 to 2023.

Connect with Ray Koenig:  

Website: https://www.clarkhill.com/people/ray-j-koenig-iii/

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raykoenig/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clark-hill-law/

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Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

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