About Carol A
Carol A Nolan built a legal foundation at Northern Illinois University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1992 and a J.D. from Northern Illinois University College of Law in 1995. She is licensed to practice in Illinois and has been active in state and local bar groups since the mid-1990s.
She moved into private practice soon after completing law school. By 2000 she had established a solo practice and has served as principal since then. Her practice has been based in DuPage County, where she has combined private client work with volunteer leadership in local bar organizations.
Bar and professional associations have been a steady part of her career. She became a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the DuPage County Bar Association in 1996. That year she also joined the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Association of Senior Service Providers. She has maintained those memberships for decades.
Nolan has been active in association leadership. She served as chairman of the DuPage County Bar Association from 2001 to 2002. She was a director of the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2005 to 2006. These roles involved organizing programming and working on member services at the county level.
Her work has intersected frequently with issues affecting older adults. Membership in the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Association of Senior Service Providers reflects sustained engagement with legal issues that arise as clients age. In practice she handles matters that arise in the context of long-term care, planning for incapacity and the legal aspects of caregiving.
Colleagues and clients have come to know her for steady attention to procedural detail and for navigating the administrative and court processes tied to elder issues. She balances transactional work, including planning and paperwork, with representation in guardianship and related hearings when needed.
Across more than two decades in private practice, Nolan has kept her work local and steady. She continues to run her solo practice and to participate in professional groups tied to elder law and DuPage County bar activities. She currently maintains a solo practice that centers on elder law and issues affecting older adults.
