Our Firm
A Watseka law office, focused on estates
Tungate Law isn't a general practice trying to be all things to all people. It's a local office concentrated on probate and estate planning — and that focus is a strength.
What You Can Expect
The way a local firm should work
Estate matters are personal. They involve grief, family relationships, and property with history attached. Our approach reflects that.
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Plain language
You shouldn't need a legal dictionary to understand your own affairs.
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Local knowledge
Decades of work with Iroquois County families, property, and courts.
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Honesty
No scare tactics, no promised timelines, no guaranteed outcomes — just straight answers.
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Personal attention
A small local practice, not a call center. You'll be known by name.
Who We Are
A family practice since 1976
The firm is led today by J. Sumner Majer, keeping the practice in family hands. His aunt, founder Susan Sumner Tungate — an Illinois lawyer since 1976 and for twenty years a judge of the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit — is now retired, and the standards she set remain the standards of this office.
The office also carries the legacy of James L. Tungate, who practiced law in this county for more than forty years.
Let's talk about what you need
And if your matter lies outside our focus, we'll say so plainly and point you in the right direction.