Estate & Business Law · Illinois & Missouri
Protect your family, your business, your legacy.
An estate and business law firm serving individuals, families & small businesses in Illinois and Missouri.
A planning-first practice built on judgment, not volume.
Why are you here?
The approach
Counsel that starts with judgment, not paperwork.
Estate and business decisions are rarely just legal questions — they're questions about family, control, and what you want to be true years from now. This is a deliberately smaller practice, built so that the attorney who hears your situation is the one who designs the plan and stands behind it.
What we do
Three connected practices
Estate Planning
Wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, and tax-aware planning that protects what you've built and the people who depend on it.
Explore estate planning →Estate Administration
Probate and trust administration after a death — handled with care, on a clear timeline, so families can focus on what matters.
Explore estate administration →Business & Corporate
Formation, governance, transactions, and succession for closely held companies — the legal backbone behind a business that lasts.
Explore business & corporate →Free tool
Know your Illinois estate tax exposure
Illinois taxes estates above a $4,000,000 exclusion — well below the federal threshold, and with no portability between spouses. Our calculator estimates your exposure in seconds using the official state method.
Open the estate tax calculatorWhy clients choose the firm
Counsel you can rely on, start to finish
Direct, personal attention
You work directly with the attorney handling your matter, from first meeting to final signature. Your plan reflects your facts, not a template.
Illinois & Missouri fluency
Cross-border families and businesses in the Metro East and St. Louis area get advice grounded in both states' law.
Planning that holds up
We build for the second death, the audit, and the transition — the moments a plan is actually tested — not just for signing day.
Meet the attorney
The attorney who hears your situation is the one who builds the plan.
A.H.Steinmetz, Ltd. is a deliberately smaller practice. An Army veteran with a law degree and an MBA from the University of Illinois, Anthony Steinmetz brings clarity, integrity, and long-term strategy to estate and business planning for Metro East and St. Louis-area families and owners.
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Find the office
A.H.Steinmetz, Ltd.
207 N. Main St., Ste. 102Columbia, IL 62236
Office hours
- Monday – Thursday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Saturday – SundayClosed
Phone: (618) 281-7618
Fax: (618) 281-8076
Talk through your situation with the firm
A free 15-minute call to see whether your plan fits where Illinois law is today — and what, if anything, to do next.