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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 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.
Matthew D. Elster is a Partner at Beermann LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation. Elster serves on the Board of Directors of the Appellate Lawyers Association. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. cum laude from Notre Dame Law School.
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.
Howard A. London is an Equity Partner with Beermann LLP, in Chicago. He received the 2024 Samuel S. Berger Award from the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. London was recognized as the 2020 Chicago Family Law Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America and received that honor in 2018 as well. He has been ranked by Leading Lawyers Magazine as a Top 10 Family Law attorney in Illinois, ranking No. 2 in 2019, and as one of the Top 10 Illinois Civil Appellate Law attorneys. London received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from George Washington University.
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 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 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.
Marie Sarantakis is the Principal Attorney at Sarantakis Law Group, Ltd., in Oak Brook, where she focuses her practice on domestic relations. Ms. Sarantakis is the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Small Firm and General Practice Division, Family Law Committee, a member of the Board of Governors for the West Suburban Bar Association, and a member of the Editorial Board for the DuPage County Bar Association Brief. She has been listed as one of the Top-10 Family Law Attorneys in Illinois by Attorney & Practice Magazine, as one the 10 Best Female Attorneys in Illinois by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, and as a Super Lawyers Rising Star y Thomson Reuters (2018 – 2021). Mr. Sarantakis received her B.A. magna cum laude from Carthage College and her J.D. cum laude from The John Marshall Law School, where she was a member of The John Marshall Law Review.
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 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.
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