Phone: (312) 578-9300
Phone: (312) 827-2651
Email: tony@madonia.com
Anthony Madonia proudly serves his clients as an Attorney and Certified Public Accountant. As the principal in his Chicagoland firm, Anthony J. Madonia & Associates, he focuses on the areas of Estate Planning and Administration, Business Strategy and Planning, Corporate Law, and Taxation. Consequently, he is often referred to as an estate planning lawyer but is really so much more.
Madonia, who goes by “Tony” founded Anthony J. Madonia & Associates, Ltd. with a vision of creating a thoughtful service-oriented, hands-on practice where clients receive comprehensive support and expedient attention. Earlier in his career as a tax accountant, Tony recognized the value of providing multi- dimensional insight when guiding clients through complex transactions. To add to his accounting expertise, he pursued his Juris Doctorate. He wanted to provide a more comprehensive lens to support client needs. Tony Madonia is known as a valuable business and tax resource. He helps privately held firms and the families and individuals they support to preserve wealth. As noted earlier, he is much more than an estate planning lawyer.
Mr. Madonia thrives on legal and tax challenges-the kind of complex problems that require understanding from multiple viewpoints. He enjoys identifying the strategies and developing the plans that minimize tax exposure and achieve success. Mr. Madonia is highly respected for his knowledge and insightful perspectives on the complexities that affect privately-held businesses. His direct involvement with clients keeps him in touch with today’s business environment and the evolving needs of business owners.
In an effort to better serve his clients in Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas, Madonia applied for admittance to the Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas Bar and was admitted. He is now a licensed attorney in all three states. As a firm we are now licensed to practice law in Illinois, Kansas, and Arkansas.
Prior to founding the firm in 1995, Anthony Madonia worked for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. as a senior tax accountant and manager, and at a boutique law firm, where he was a partner.
Mr. Madonia graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois. He earned his Juris Doctorate from John Marshall Law School while practicing as a Senior Tax Accountant.
Madonia is a member of the American Bar Association and American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, he also served as Chairman of the Asset Protection Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and is frequently asked to speak at various professional seminars.
Anthony Madonia accepted the position of Board President of the Donald and Lorena Meier Foundation after serving for many years on the board of Directors. Longtime board member of the Donald and Lorena Meier Foundation. The Donald and Lorena Meier Foundation supports a variety of community initiatives including natural resources, student scholarship and higher education pathways.
Anthony J. Madonia has been an active supporter of the Safer Foundation and Treasurer on their Board of Directors for many years. With the goal of additional leadership reinforcement to the Board of Directors, Madonia was recently named Co-Chair on the Board of Directors. In tandem with the current Chair, Cecily Mistarz, Madonia will strategize and launch programs, policy and services across the Safer Foundations locations.
Madonia also serves on the board of the Loving Leo Josheph Foundation and Le Ballet Petit.
Mr. Madonia has also co-authored Generations: Planning your Legacy, Midas Managers: How Every Business They Touch Turns to Gold, and The Complete Guide to Estate & Financial Planning in Turbulent Times. Mr. Madonia is also a former adjunct professor at John Marshall Law School in Chicago, where he taught Estate & Trusts and Estate Planning & Drafting.
Tony Madonia is an aviation enthusiast and a pilot. He is very involved in his chapter 153 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Annually he attends the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 air show.
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