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Nidhi Desai
Nidhi Desai
Nidhi Desai of Desai & Miller, in Chicago, practices both in adoption and in the areas of gamete donation, embryo donation, and surrogacy. Ms. Desai is a member of the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and is on the Board of Directors for the Kevin J. Lederer Life Foundation. She is also a member of the American Bar Association’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Committee, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Chicago Bar Association. Ms. Desai received her law degree from Loyola University Chicago and her undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis.
Joy M. Feinberg
Joy M. Feinberg
Joy M. Feinberg is a Partner with Davis Friedman, LLP, in Chicago, where she practices family law. Ms. Feinberg has been a recipient of the Samuel Berger Award and has been included in the list of Illinois Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers. She is a member of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Ms. Feinberg received her J.D. from DePaul College of Law and her B.A. from the University of Illinois.
Annette M. Fernholz
Annette M. Fernholz
Annette M. Fernholz is Owner of the Law Offices of Annette M. Fernholz, P.C., in Chicago, and focuses her practice in the areas of family law and family law appeals. Ms. Fernholz is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Appellate Lawyers Association, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from Chicago Kent College of Law.
Mitchell B. Gordon
Mitchell B. Gordon
Mitchell B. Gordon is a Founding Partner of Bradford & Gordon, LLC, a family law practice in Chicago, and has extensive experience conducting settlement conferences and drafting marital settlement agreements, parenting agreements, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Mr. Gordon was named a Litigator of the Year by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers in 2020 and has been recognized for more than ten consecutive years by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine as one of the “Top Young Lawyers in Illinois” and as one of the “Ten Best Attorneys in Illinois for Client Satisfaction” by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys. In 2011, he was honored with IICLE’s inaugural Rising Star Award. He has been quoted as a legal expert in Money Magazine, Fast Company, VICE News, and Good Morning America, among others, and has appeared as a legal commentator on NBC, Fox, and other local, national, and international news networks. Mr. Gordon received his B.A. from the University of Iowa and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Kathryn H. Mickelson
Kathryn H. Mickelson
Kathryn H. Mickelson is an Equity Partner at Beerman LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates on family law. Ms. Mickelson is a member of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Association. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan — Ann Arbor and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Emily Rapp
Emily Rapp
Emily Rapp is a Partner at McSwain, Nagle, Giese & Rapp P.C., and practices in Kane, DuPage, and Kendall Counties and at the appellate court level. Ms. Rapp is the President of the Kane County Bar Association, Vice Chair of the Family Law Section for DuPage County Bar Association, Chair of the Solo, Small Firm and Technology Committee for the Kane County Bar Association, and member of the Family Law Committee for the Illinois State Bar Association. She has presented at Illinois State Bar Association, DuPage County Bar Association, and Kane County Bar Association seminars speaking on topics relating to family law. Ms. Rapp has been selected as a Super Lawyer (2022) and as an Emerging Lawyer (2016) by Leading Lawyers.
Vaughn J. Richardson
Vaughn J. Richardson
Vaughn J. Richardson is an associate with Beermann LLP, in Chicago, and focuses her practice on family law and domestic violence. Ms. Richardson is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Society, the American Bar Association Family Law Society, and the American Academy of Certified Financial Litigators. She received her B.A. from Lake Forest College and her J.D. from Northern Illinois University College of Law.
Jan Russell
Jan Russell
Jan Russell devoted her 35-year career to issues related to domestic violence and parental child abduction. Before retiring, Ms. Russell was the Senior Policy Counsel/Violence Against Women at the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, where she was responsible for evaluating and monitoring policies and programs related to domestic violence and sexual assault as well as the implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act. Previously at the Chicago Police Department, she started the nation’s only in-house program to provide direct services to victims of domestic violence abused by a member of the department and served with that program for 16 years. Ms. Russell previously served as the founding director of the Illinois Council Against Parental Child Abduction and the Family Issues Specialist at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. She is the principal author of Illinois’ child abduction statute. She has trained more than 25,000 professionals on issues related to domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abduction, including for the Chicago Bar Association, the National College of District Attorneys, the International Chiefs of Police, and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She is certified as a law enforcement trainer by the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board. She served on an Illinois State Bar Association task force to rewrite the Illinois Domestic Violence Act and wrote a book on the Act. Ms. Russell graduated with honors from Roosevelt University and IIT/Chicago-Kent College of law.
Jennifer S. Tier
Jennifer S. Tier
Jennifer S. Tier is a Partner at Davis Friedman, LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice on family law. Ms. Tier has a Certificate in Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has been named an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers and is a member of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association. She received her B.A. magna cum laude from New York University and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she was a recipient of a CALI Award in Advanced Litigation Strategies in Domestic Relations and Trial Advocacy.

Nidhi Desai

Joy M. Feinberg

Annette M. Fernholz

Mitchell B. Gordon

Kathryn H. Mickelson

Emily Rapp

Vaughn J. Richardson

Jan Russell

Jennifer S. Tier

Family Law: Child-Related Issues in Dissolution Actions 2022 Edition