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Table of Contents

List of Forms by Chapter

Chapter 1 — Maintenance

Chapter 2 — Premarital Agreements

Chapter 3 — Postnuptial Agreements

Chapter 4 — Property Considerations upon Dissolution and Declaration of Invalidity

Chapter 5 — Bankruptcy

Chapter 6 — Qualified Domestic Relations Orders and Other Considerations for Retirement Plan Assets upon Dissolution

Chapter 7 — Marital Settlement Agreements

Chapter 8 — Tax Aspects of Dissolution and Separation

Chapter 9 — Unique Employee Benefits: Stock Options, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Etc.

Authors

Erin B. Bodendorfer
Erin B. Bodendorfer
Erin B. Bodendorfer is an associate at Katz & Stefani, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on family law. She was appointed to serve on the Cook County Circuit Court’s Domestic Relations Division’s Rules and Forms Committee (2015) and on the Family Law Subcommittee of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice Forms Committee (2018). Ms. Bodendorfer coauthored The New and Improved Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Illinois Bar Journal, November 2015. She earned her B.A. cum laude from Loyola University Chicago and her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she earned a Certificate in Tax Law.
Gregory K. Brown
Gregory K. Brown
Gregory K. Brown is a Shareholder at Polsinelli PC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), fiduciary matters, tax-qualified retirement plans, executive compensation, and ERISA litigation. Beyond his law practice, Mr. Brown is a regular writer and speaker on a range of topics regarding employee benefits law. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the ESOP Association and Chair Emeritus of the ESOP subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation. He also is a Past Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Employee Benefits Section Council and the Chicago Bar Association’s Employee Benefits Committee. He is a Charter Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. He has been included in THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA (1995 – 2020), Best Lawyers in America guide, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (1995 – 2020), and the Top Employment Attorneys — Human Resources Executive magazine (2012 – 2018). He received his B.S. from the University of Kentucky and his J.D. from the University of Illinois.
Christopher K. Buch
Christopher K. Buch
Christopher K. Buch is a Shareholder at Polsinelli PC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on employee benefits and executive compensation. Mr. Buch regularly writes for national publications and speaks at national conferences on employee stock ownership plans, executive compensation, and employee benefits matters. He is a member of the ESOP Association, the Employee-owned S Corporations of America, the National Center for Employee Ownership, and the Chicago Bar Association, Employee Benefits Committee. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Amanda Clayman
Amanda Clayman
Amanda Clayman is a Senior Partner at Katz & Stefani, LLC, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in family law. She is admitted to practice in Illinois, Arizona, and Massachusetts. Ms. Clayman received her B.A. from Middlebury College and her J.D. from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Mitchell B. Gordon
Mitchell B. Gordon
Mitchell B. Gordon is a Founding Partner of Bradford and 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.
Joshua M. Jackson
Joshua M. Jackson
Joshua M. Jackson is a Partner at Jackson Buckley & Pfanenstiel in Lake Forest, where he focuses on family law. Mr. Jackson has been recognized in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s Forty Under Forty (2018), Best Lawyers in America (2016 – 2022), and Illinois Super Lawyers (2022 – 2023). Mr. Jackson earned his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law, where he was a member of the Brehon Law Society.
P. Andre Katz
P. Andre Katz
P. André Katz is Principal at Katz & Stefani, LLC, in Chicago, and concentrates his practice on family law. House Speaker Michael Madigan named Mr. Katz Chair of the Illinois Family Law Study Committee, which was enacted by House Resolution 1101. He was also named as one of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Age Forty to Watch by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company in 2000. Mr. Katz coauthored The New and Improved Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act for the Illinois Bar Journal. He received his B.A. with distinction from the University of Wisconsin and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he was published in its law journal.
David P. Leibowitz
David P. Leibowitz
David P. Leibowitz is the Founder and Managing Member of Lakelaw in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on bankruptcy. He is a former director of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the originator and Past Chair of the Consumer Practice Extravaganza, and he is a former director of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, where he also served as editor of NABTalk. Mr. Leibowitz earned his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Claire R. McKenzie
Claire R. McKenzie
Claire R. McKenzie is a Senior Partner at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in family law. She is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and she has been recognized by the Best Lawyers in America (2011 – 2023) and Super Lawyers (2012 – 2023). Ms. McKenzie earned her B.S. cum laude and with university honors from Northern Illinois University and her J.D. cum laude from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Patrick T. Ryan
Patrick T. Ryan
Patrick T. Ryan is a Partner at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in family law. He is a Certified Financial Planner and holds a Mediation Certificate from Northwestern University. He is also a board member of the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center at the DePaul University College of Law. Mr. Ryan earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Daniel R. Stefani
Daniel R. Stefani
Daniel R. Stefani is a Principal with the firm of Katz & Stefani, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on family law. He has been an author for Chicago Lawyer Magazine since 2008 and a repeated author for the Illinois State and American Bar Associations. He has also been named to Leading Lawyers and Super Lawyers for over 15 years. He earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Justin R. Storer
Justin R. Storer
Justin R. Storer is a Partner at the Law Office of William J. Factor, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice on bankruptcy. He was Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Bankruptcy & Reorganization Committee from 2018 to 2019, and he has been recognized as a Rising Star (2013 – 2022) and Super Lawyer (2023) by Illinois Super Lawyers. He earned his B.S. from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Katherine Welz Herr
Katherine Welz Herr
Katherine Welz Herr is an associate at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on family law. She has been recognized as a Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers (2021 – 2023) and One to Watch by Best Lawyers (2022 – 2023). Ms. Welz Herr earned her B.A. summa cum laude from Benedictine University and her J.D. cum laude from the DePaul University College of Law.
Ashley D. Wood
Ashley D. Wood
Ashley D. Wood is a Partner at Katz & Stefani, LLC, where she concentrates her practice in family law. She is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and a board member of the Children’s Home and Aid Society of Illinois Emerging Leaders Board. She has also been recognized as an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers since 2019. Ms. Wood received her B.S. from Vanderbilt University and her J.D. from University of Notre Dame, where she received the Judge Joseph D. Mahoney Award for Outstanding Leadership.

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Erin B. Bodendorfer

Gregory K. Brown

Christopher K. Buch

Amanda Clayman

Mitchell B. Gordon

Joshua M. Jackson

P. Andre Katz

David P. Leibowitz

Claire R. McKenzie

Patrick T. Ryan

Daniel R. Stefani

Justin R. Storer

Katherine Welz Herr

Ashley D. Wood

Family Law: Property and Financial Aspects of Dissolution Actions 2023 Edition