MacKenzie A. Hyde litigates contested guardianships, estates, and trusts on behalf of individuals and financial institutions.
Education
Recognitions
Super Lawyers’ Illinois Risings Stars, 2013-Present
Featured in Emerging Lawyers Magazine, a distinction earned by fewer than two percent of lawyers licensed to practice law in Illinois who are under 40 years of age or have been practicing for 10 years or less.
Memberships
Chicago Bar Association
Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education Committee
Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee
State Bar Licenses
Reported Cases:
- In re Estate of Nina L., A Minor, 2016 Ill.App. LEXIS 701 (September 16, 2015) (vacating the trial court’s order and making the necessary findings of fact to allow client, Nina L., an undocumented immigrant, to file for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, a case of first impression)
- In re Estate of Donald Howell, 2015 Ill.App. LEXIS 466 (June 19, 2015) (reversing to allow client, the Guardian of the Estate, to propose an estate plan that deviates from intestacy for a disabled person who never had testamentary capacity in case of first impression)
- Pontarelli v. Pontarelli, 2015 Ill.App. LEXIS 191 (March 18, 2015) (affirming multiple interlocutory orders in favor of client)
Unreported Case:
- In re Estate of Joel Kaplan, 2018 IL App (1st) 170540-U (June 29, 2018) (affirming plenary adjudication of Respondent and appointment of clients as plenary Co-Guardians)
- Co-Author, Causes of Action: Probate Actions, 2021 Edition, IICLE
- Co-Author, “Claims Against Decedent’s Estate” update to the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Causes of Actions: Probate Action, 2017
- “Trusts and Powers of Attorney in Guardianship Estates,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s 2021 Guardianship Institute, August 2021
- Presenter, “Guardianship in Cook County: Practical Insights and Observations from Experienced Practitioners,” October 2020
- Presenter, “Dealing with Decision-Makers in a Health Care Setting: Identifying Red Flags and Avoiding Pitfalls,” Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, July 2018
- Co-Presenter, “Clinical Boot Camp: Common Psychiatric Diagnoses Facing Our Clients,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s 13th Annual Elder Law Short Course, December 2017
- Presenter, “The Illinois Power of Attorney Act and Guardianship,” to students earning their Masters degrees at Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work, November 2017
- Co-Presenter, “Dealing with Decision-Makers in a Health Care Setting: Identifying Red Flags and Avoiding Pitfalls” to students earning their Masters degrees at Loyola University’s Summer Institute on Aging, May 2017