NASH BEAN FORD & BROWN, LLP ATTORNEYS AND STAFF
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Meet Our Attorneys and Staff
Meet the members of the Nash Bean Ford & Brown, LLP legal team. Since 1857, our firm has worked hard to aid our clients with estate planning, elder law issues, trusts, probate services, and legacy wealth planning. For more information, Call us today.
Our Attorneys
Attorney Curtis J. Ford
Curtis J. Ford is a partner in the law firm of Nash Bean Ford & Brown, LLP. His practice focuses on Elder Law issues, including Long Term Care and Medicaid Planning, Estate Planning and Real Estate. Mr. Ford has had tremendous success in helping families preserve a legacy for their children.

Attorney Mary Ann Brown
Mary Ann Brown, a partner in the firm, chose to focus her practice in the area of elder law and estate planning. She has extensive experience assisting elderly clients with legal issues including long term care planning, government benefit issues, estate and trust planning, guardianships, and probate and trust administration. Mary Ann believes it is important to provide clients with information to make wise estate and long-term care planning choices. She has successfully assisted families in preserving their legacy for their children while still providing quality-of-life care for the client.

Attorney JohnPatrick Brown
JohnPatrick practices in several areas of law. In addition to the firm’s primary practice areas of estate planning, administration, and guardianships, JohnPatrick also works on selected appeals and litigation related to the firm’s main practice areas.

Attorney James Nash
As a boy, Jim Nash knew he wanted to be a lawyer. Growing up in Northwestern Illinois, he was encouraged by his parents and several excellent role models to follow his goal. As former senior partner at Nash Bean Ford & Brown, he focuses his practice primarily in the area of estate planning, together with wills, trusts, estate administration, business planning, and dispute resolution/selected litigation. Jim’s motto, “I always want to be part of the solution…not part of the problem.”

Attorney Robert N. Nash
Robert N. Nash is an attorney of Counsel at the law firm of Nash Bean Ford & Brown, LLP. The law firm has offices in Geneseo and Moline, Illinois and conference facilities available throughout Northwestern Illinois. Mr. Nash chose the estate and business planning arena because he believes it provides a positive force in his clients’ lives. He practices preventative, rather than remedial law. Robert Nash focuses on all aspects of estate planning, including estate, gift and income taxes, trust and probate administration, real estate, and business.

Support Staff
Dawn
Dawn is our Closing Paralegal and has been with the firm for 24 years. In her position, she is responsible for preparing numerous estate planning documents and meeting with clients to finalize their estate plan. She also helps in other departments as needed and prepares other various legal documents. She provides a complete customer service experience to the clients she works with.
Dawn lives in Geneseo with her husband and has two daughters; one located in Chicago, IL and one attending Illinois State University. In her spare time, Dawn enjoys walking, tennis, reading, attending concerts, but most of all spending quality time with her family and friends.

Dawn Marie
Dawn Marie is our Receptionist and Marketing Assistant. She is responsible for our advertising and social media and answers the phones. She joined our team in February of 2020.
Dawn Marie currently resides in Moline with her husband, Rob and their dog, Loki. They have 3 children: Sarah, Ian and Heather. Dawn is an avid reader and knitter and enjoys hiking and camping.

Jackie
Jackie is the Business Services Assistant, Asset Coordinator, and assists in the Real Estate and Trust Administration Department. She has been with the firm since October of 2004. Jackie works with asset collection and funding of trusts, preparation, coordinating of new businesses, and prepares real estate documents and deeds.
Jackie currently resides in Geneseo IL and has two sons. Her younger son, Nathan graduated from NIU and is furthering his career at Plumb Supply in Davenport Iowa, he is engaged and will be married this year. Her older son, Brandon, served in the US Navy, graduated from WIU is employed with John Deere and resides in Geneseo with his wife, Johanna, and their two little boys.
In her spare time Jackie loves spending time with her family and friends, working out at jazzercise, walking, camping, riding bikes, golfing and doing home improvements and projects around the house and garden.

Jean
Jean is the firm’s real estate paralegal. She joined the team in 2000 and has been practicing real estate since 1991.
Jean lives in Geneseo and has two fantastic daughters, Kirstyn and Taryn, five grandchildren, Kolbie, Cruse, Knox, Mayson, and Blakely. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family and hosting Sunday family dinners.

Kelli
Kelli joined the firm in 2008 as a paralegal and now serves as the Accounting and Technology Manager for our two offices. She is responsible for billing, accounts payable, payroll and managing the information technology needs across the firm. Kelli believes you can never have too much information. She loves helping serve our clients and finding ways to make things more efficient and effective for our attorneys and staff.

Kelli graduated from Western Illinois University and lives in Geneseo. She has two children and two grandchildren, who she can’t say “no” to. She loves spending time with them in North Carolina and the Quad Cities. In her free time, Kelli likes reading, watching movies, playing scrabble, solving word puzzles, hiking, biking, and fishing.

Roxane
Roxane is a document production assistant and started with our firm in June, 2018. She drafts documents for various practice areas of the firm including estate planning, probate and real estate.
Roxane graduated from the University of Notre Dame and Duke University. She has roots in the Quad City area but currently works from her home in the Chicagoland area. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her two adult daughters and large extended family.

Samantha
Samantha is a Trust Administration and Probate Assistant. She graduated from Fulton High School and has recently moved to Geneseo with her boyfriend, Cameron and her cat, Ash. She spends her free time with family and friends. She enjoys geocaching, doing puzzles, playing with her cat, and finding things to do in the Geneseo community.

Sonya
Sonya is a Trust Administration and Probate Assistant. She has recently moved to Fulton to be closer to her family, including her daughter and her grandchildren. We're excited to get to know her better!

Tricia
Tricia is Assistant to Partner Mary Ann Brown, as well as Guardianship and GAL Assistant. She travels between both our Geneseo and Moline offices and is integral to the success of the firm.

Valerie
Valerie is our Marketing and Client Services Specialist. Val graduated from JD Darnall High School in Geneseo, went to Western Illinois University, and currently lives in Geneseo with her husband, Ian, and her two daughters.
Prior to joining our firm, Val worked in the education, retail, and service industries. She spends her free time chasing her children around to sports and coaching. She enjoys volleyball, reading, playing with her seven cats, and finding things to do in the Geneseo community.

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