About

About Eric G Matlin

As founder of Matlin Law Group, PC (MLG), Northbrook, IL, www.matlinlawgroup.com, I concentrated my law practice on estate planning for over 30 years. Now retired from the practice of law and acting as Of Counsel to MLG, I work with partners, associates and other MLG staff to help ensure that the MLG mission, to “Compassionately guide families through life’s transitions with professionalism and sensitivity” continues for years and generations.

My core philosophy is that the need for an appropriate level of estate planning is universal, just a matter of scope and scale tailored to your unique circumstances. Whether you are materially rich or living paycheck to paycheck, 18 or 108, the picture of good health or seriously impaired, estate planning is a gift to loved ones, providing them with harmony and peace of mind. I wrote the book, The Procrastinator’s Guide to Wills and Estate Planning, for those who know they need estate planning but don’t understand its urgency. Since many of life’s most momentous events are not calendar entries, the time to plan is now.

My latest book, 2025’s 3 rd edition of Not Dead Yet so plan your estate (NDY) reflects my professional life helping thousands of families with their estate plans, absorbing from their personalities, experiences and stories just about every imaginable family dynamic.

Uniquely, NDY is two books in one: The front 2/3rds text and tutorial portion of NDY is a legal roadmap and tutorial to estate planning presented in clear bites with minimal legalese. The back 1/3rd is a graphic novel that caters to anyone who prefers learning visually by identifying with the characters and relating how the characters’ planning (or lack thereof) may apply to their own lives.

The Large Print text-only volume of Not Dead Yet so plan your estate is also available. Adhering to ACB guidelines, it caters to the visually impaired reader or anyone else who prefers reading 18 pt type instead of 10.5 pt type.

Whether you prefer text with graphic novel in print, Kindle text with graphic novel or text-only with large print, you will come away with the knowledge you need to help secure your family’s future.

In my retirement, in addition to proselytizing about the need for estate planning, I volunteer for CJE Senior Life at Gidwitz Center, enjoy being “Papa” to my grandchildren, savor nature’s beauty by catching sunsets and moonrises over Lake Michigan in Illinois and SW Michigan. Overall, I try to adhere to a lifestyle that enables me to be an active senior, having reluctantly given up pickleball upon physicians’ advice and its reputation as the favorite sport of ER doctors and orthopedic surgeons nationwide.

To submit comments or questions relating to NDY; request an interview or media appearance; arrange a book signing and/or estate planning seminar for your organization or group of friends, leave a voicemail at (312) 547-1059 or email [email protected].

Matlin Law Group PC

To make an appointment for a complimentary estate planning consultation with an MLG attorney or inquire about meeting with an MLG attorney regarding other potential estate-related representation, contact MLG directly at (847) 770-6600 or [email protected] Mention NDY!

You can also explore the Matlin Law Group website at www.matlinlawgroup.com.

Please note that inquiries via phone, email or through the Matlin Law Group website do NOT create a client-lawyer relationship.​

Eric’s retirement