MAUREEN L. O'LEARY-GUTH

Attorney

Maureen L. O'Leary-Guth is the President and owner of O'Leary-Guth Law Office, S.C. (previously, Willms-O'Leary, S.C.). 

• Attorney O'Leary joined the firm in 2008. At that time it was named Willms, S.C.
• Maureen became partners with the firm's founder, Attorney Andrew Willms, in 2014.
• Maureen acquired full ownership of the law firm in 2019.
• In 2021 the firm opened a second location in Mequon, WI. 
• In 2022 the firm acquired a larger office building on the north-east side of Mequon to consolidate the firm's offices and to allow room for further growth. 
• In 2022 the firm was named Business of the Year by the Mequon-Thiensville Chamber of Commerce.
• In 2023 the firm was named Small Business of the Year by Ozaukee Economic Development. 
• In 2023 Maureen was named Professional Advisor of the Year by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

Maureen is the firm's managing attorney and oversees all of the firm's practice areas. As time allows, Maureen also continues to practice law focusing on high net worth estate planning, complex tax planning and business succession planning. 

Maureen is proud to be a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel ("ACTEC"), an esteemed group of many of the best trust and estate attorneys in the world.  

Maureen is the President of the Milwaukee Estate Planning Forum, a multi-disciplinary organization of estate planning professionals in the Greater Milwaukee area, a council focused on establishing and monitoring the highest professional and educational standards in the trusts and estates field.  She was also a Director of the State Bar of Wisconsin's Business Law Section (2019 - 2022 term).  

Maureen is a member of the Ozaukee County Bar Association and the Milwaukee Bar Association.  Maureen has given many trust, estate and business related presentations to professional groups.  

Maureen is also involved in many community and volunteer service organizations:

- Maureen is the President of the Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club, which focuses on local and international service projects.

- She is a former volunteer Micro Preemie Parent Mentor with Graham's Foundation because her oldest daughter, Jacqueline, was born four months prematurely. 

- Maureen is on the Board of Directors for the Green Acres Boxer Rescue of Wisconsin, which rescues boxer dogs throughout the State of Wisconsin.  

Maureen received her Juris Doctor degree with honors from Marquette University Law School and her undergraduate degree from Carroll College (now Carroll University). 

Prior to law school, Maureen began her career in the business world as a shareholder and Operations Manager of a local company that she helped become a national franchise.  

Maureen lives in Glendale with her husband, Attorney Jeremy Guth, and their daughters, Jacqueline and Madeline (and their schnoodle dog Claire).  

Publications Authored by Attorney O'Leary:

"Coming Soon: More Business Filing Requirements"
State Bar of Wisconsin Business Law Blog
June 21, 2022

"Business B Corps Certification: Displaying a High Standard"
State Bar of Wisconsin Business Law Blog
December 13, 2021

"Is Now the Time to Sell or Gift your Business?"
State Bar of Wisconsin Business Law Blog, August 25, 2021
Republished by InsideTrack, Sept 2021 Vol. 13 No. 17

"Tips for an Effective Business Succession Plan"
State Bar of Wisconsin Business Law Blog
August 19, 2020

Wisconsin Exhibit to "Executing Estate Planning Documents During the Pandemic and the Slow Return to the “New Normal”" by Martin M. Shenkman, Esq., Jonathan Blattmachr, Esq., Andrew Wolfe, Esq., and Thomas A. Tietz, Esq
LISI Estate Planning Newsletter #2799 (June 11, 2020)

"SECURE Act: Ensuring Safety of Retirement Accounts"
Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine
May 2020

"Estate Tax Returns for Nontaxable Estates After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017"
Wisconsin Institute of CPAs' On Balance Magazine
May/June 2020

"A Powerful Tool: Modification or Termination of a Noncharitable Irrevocable Trust by Consent Under Section 411(A) of the Uniform Trust Code"
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
ACTEC Law Journal, Volume 45, Number 1, Fall 2019

Maureen has been ranked 10 out of 10 by Avvo:
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