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I'm an experienced Illinois Divorce attorney concentrating in family law with a focus on high net worth divorce and complex divorce cases. My work includes divorce, collaborative divorce, child custody, child support, asset valuation and division, maintenance, and post-decree matters, and premarital (prenuptial) agreement drafting. I am a mediator and handle both family law and divorce mediation as well as commercial and business dispute mediation. Achievements include multiple successful jury and bench trials, numerous successful arbitrations and mediations, and many successfully resolved divorce and family law matters. I also argued an appeal before the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District. Before I focused on family law, I had extensive civil litigation and business law experience. This included business formation and transactional matters, buy-sell and operating agreements, real estate transactions, commercial leases, and employment agreements. This experience helped me better handle complex divorce cases involving extensive assets. Special Qualifications: Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Fellow, Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois Mediator, Association for Conflict Resolution Education: Juris Doctor, 1994, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Bachelor of Arts, 1991, Political Science-Prelaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Other Experience: I have substantial experience in Illinois Family law, divorce law, child support, child custody, parentage, paternity, maintenance, alimony, visitation, parenting time, collaborative divorce, agreed divorce, no-fault divorce, divorce trials, and divorce appeals. My areas of concentration are high net worth/high asset divorce, complex divorce litigation, collaborative divorce, family law mediation, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreement drafting. I've lectured other attorneys on trial practice, Illinois family law, business valuation in divorce, and settlement agreement drafting.