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Laura I. Baldwin
Laura I. Baldwin
Laura I. Baldwin is a Partner and Attorney Director at STG Divorce Law, P.C., in Chicago, and focuses her practice on family law, collaborative divorce, and mediation. Baldwin is a Fellow of Collaborative Divorce of Illinois. She has also been named an Emerging Lawyer in Family Law by Leading Lawyers Network and a Rising Star in Family Law by SuperLawyers. Baldwin earned her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Moria Bernstein
Moria Bernstein
Moria Bernstein is Principal of the Law Office of Moria Bernstein, in Chicago, and concentrates her practice in family law and residential real estate. Bernstein is an Illinois Licensed Realtor, Illinois Mediator, Arbitrator and Collaborative Law Attorney, and Cook County Guardian ad Litem. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyer and Leading Lawyer and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. Bernstein received her B.S. and her M.B.A. from DePaul University and her J.D. from Chicago Kent College of Law.
Hon. Francis A. Gembala
Hon. Francis A. Gembala
Hon. Francis A. Gembala is a retired Associate Judge of the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County and currently concentrates his law practice on family law matters with Birnbaum, Haddon, Gelfman & Arnoux, LLC, in Chicago. Judge Gembala is a former faculty member of the National Judicial College at the University of Nevada at Reno and has previously served as President of the Chicago Advocates Society, as Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Criminal Law Committee, as a member of the Board of Governors of the Illinois Judges Association, and as a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Task Force for Technical Revisions to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act. He frequently serves as a faculty member and guest lecturer for numerous professional organizations. He lectured at the RSM McGladrey Tax Conference and participated as a keynote panelist at the 9th International Conference on Family Violence. He served several times on the faculty of the Business Valuation, Financial, and Tax Issues Affecting Divorce programs cosponsored by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Illinois Chapter, IICLE®, and Trenwith Valuation. He received his B.A. from Loyola University of Chicago, his L.L.M. from DePaul University School of Law, and his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law.
Linda S. Kagan
Linda S. Kagan
Linda S. Kagan of Linda S. Kagan, Attorney at Law, in Chicago, focuses her practice on family law appeals. Ms. Kagan has been a member of the Illinois State Bar Association since 1980, she is a member and former Director of the Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois. She earned her B.A. magna cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago and her J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
Sean M. McCumber
Sean M. McCumber
Sean M. McCumber is a Partner at Blacha Law Office, in Naperville and Joliet, where he concentrates his practice in family law, adoption law, surrogacy law, and juvenile matters. McCumber has been named a Leading Lawyer in Adoption Law and Family Law by the Leading Lawyers Network and a Super Lawyer in Family Law by SuperLawyers. He is also a member of the DuPage County Bar Association. He earned his B.A. from Illinois State University magna cum laude and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law magna cum laude.
Benton H. Page
Benton H. Page
Benton H. Page is a Partner at Beermann LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on family law. Page is a Certified Financial Litigator by the American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators. He has been recognized in 40 Under 40 Attorneys to Watch by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and has been included in Best Lawyers in America since 2023. He earned his B.A. from George Washington University and his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.
David P. Pasulka
David P. Pasulka
David P. Pasulka is Principal at Pasulka & Associates, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in divorce and family law. He is a member of the Board of Managers of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and was elected President Elect of the Academy (2017). He is also Past President of the North Suburban Bar Association, Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Matrimonial Law Committee, and a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Section Council. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago (Pullman Scholar, Illinois State Scholar) and his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Donald C. Schiller
Donald C. Schiller
Donald C. Schiller is a Senior Partner at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, in Chicago, Lake Forest, and Wheaton, where his practice is focused on family and matrimonial law. He is a Former President of the Illinois State Bar Association and served as Chair of the ISBA Family Law Section, as a member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association, as Chair of the ABA Family Law Section, as Chair of the Family Law Section of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and as Chair of the Matrimonial Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. He also has served as a member of the Board of Directors of IICLE^® and frequently serves on its faculty for family law programs. Schiller is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches divorce law. Schiller received his LL.B. from DePaul University, his J.D. from DePaul University School of Law, and was a recipient of the University’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
Anita M. Ventrelli
Anita M. Ventrelli
Anita M. Ventrelli is a Senior Partner at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, in Chicago, Lake Forest, and Wheaton, where she concentrates her practice in family law. Ventrelli is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers. She is a Past Chair and Section Delegate of the American Bar Association’s Family Law Section. She earned her A.B. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Errol Zavett
Errol Zavett
Errol Zavett is a Partner at Davis Friedman, LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in trials and appeals of family law matters. Mr. Zavett is an active Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, for which he served as President of the Academy’s Illinois Chapter, Chair of the History Committee, and served on both the National Board of Governors and the Bounds of Advocacy and Client Relations Committee. He is a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Matrimonial Law Committee, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Family Law Committee, and the Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Section Council, for which he also served as editor of the newsletter. He is listed in the Leading Lawyers Network as one of the Top Ten Family Law Lawyers in Illinois, is listed in THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA, and is an Illinois Super Lawyer. Mr. Zavett also has been an adjunct professor at DePaul Law School and has spoken on numerous family law topics in Illinois and around the United States. He received his B.A. from the University of Iowa and his J.D. from the University of Illinois.

Laura I. Baldwin

Moria Bernstein

Hon. Francis A. Gembala

Linda S. Kagan

Sean M. McCumber

Benton H. Page

David P. Pasulka

Donald C. Schiller

Anita M. Ventrelli

Errol Zavett

Family Law: Dissolutions of Marriage Court Proceedings (ARCHIVED 2017 EDITION)