People You Should Know: Lynne Ostfeld

Lynne Ostfeld has a general civil practice and concentrates on legal assistance to small and medium sized companies and individuals.  This is in the area of business law and contracts, estate planning and probate, and dispute resolution.  She is particularly focused on French-American issues with inheritance and contracts.  

She is also general manager of a family limited partnership involved in the production of corn, soybeans and rice in Illinois, Iowa and Louisiana, along with a hog operation in Iowa.

Lynne R. Ostfeld is a solo practitioner admitted to practice in the State of Illinois and before the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.  

Her primary office is in Chicago but she has a second office on a family farm in Peoria County, Illinois, and is associated with the law firm DMALEX Avocats in Paris, France.

Currently, she is chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Food Law Section Council and a member of the ISBA Agriculture Law Section Council. She has been adjunct professor of international agri-business law at the John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago Law School).  

In 2017 Ostfeld was awarded the Medal of Knight of the French National Order of Merit for her work for the French in the Midwest.  She continues as legal advisor to the Consulate of France in Chicago.

Lynne R. Ostfeld
Lynne R. Ostfeld, P.C.
300 N. State St., Suite 5404
Chicago, IL 60654 U.S.A.
www.ostfeldlaw.com
ostfeld@ostfeldlaw.com
312/645-1066