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Chapter 1 — Practical and Ethical Considerations
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Chapter 2 — Attorneys’ Fees
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Chapter 3 — Pleadings Under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act
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Chapter 4 — Declaration of Invalidity of Marriage
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Chapter 5 — Divorce Against the Absent Spouse
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Chapter 6 — Discovery
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Chapter 7 — Client Management and Education
- List of Forms
- Table of Cases
- Index
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David C. Ainley
David C. Ainley
David C. Ainley concentrates his practice in family law as a Partner in the Chicago law firm of Katz & Stefani LLC. Mr. Ainley is on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy/American Bar Association Family Law Trial Institute (2010 – 2015). He has received the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, is listed in Best Lawyers, and is a member of the Leading Lawyers Network. Mr. Ainley is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations. He received his B.S. from Purdue University Krannert School of Management and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
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Cynthia M. Baruck
Cynthia M. Baruck
Cynthia M. Baruck is an attorney in the Chicago law firm of Stein & Stein, Ltd., which limits its practice to family law matters. Her practice consists primarily of the representation of clients in the trial and appeal of family law and related matters. Ms. Baruck was previously a Partner in the Chicago law firm of Pedersen & Houpt, P.C., and Of Counsel to the firm of Mandel, Lipton, Roseborough and Lifshitz, Ltd. Ms. Baruck is received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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Samantha L. Bell
Samantha L. Bell
Samantha L. Bell is a Partner at Griffin McCarthy & Rice LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice on domestic relations. Ms. Bell completed the Houston Family Law Trial Institute Program on advanced family law issues such as custody disputes and business evaluation in 2012. She was selected by her peers as an Illinois Rising Staring in the area of Family Law (2012 – 2014) and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. Ms. Bell received her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law and her undergraduate degree summa cum laude from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she received University Honors and inclusion on The Bronze Tablet, signifying a rank in the top three percent of her class, and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society.
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A. Lou Benassi
A. Lou Benassi
A. Lou Benassi is an attorney/owner with Benassi & Benassi, P.C., in Peoria, where he engages in family law, personal injury, and workers’ compensation law. Mr. Benassi has been chosen as a Leading Lawyer and a Super Lawyer, and is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Illinois State Bar Association. He is a former Chair of the Family Law Committees of both the Illinois State and the Peoria County Bar Associations and has served on other committees for the ISBA as well. He received his B.S. with high honors from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkley.
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Timothy M. Daw
Timothy M. Daw
Timothy M. Daw is a Senior Partner of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, in Wheaton and Lake Forest, where he concentrates in family law. Mr. Daw is the Director of the Chicago District Golf Association (2013 – present) and a member of CASA of DuPage County (Director, 2007 – 2014; Board President, 2010 – 2013). He has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America by Neifeh and Smith (2009 – 2015), in Illinois Super Lawyers (2005 – 2015), and in the Leading Lawyers Network (2011 – 2015). Mr. Daw is also a member of the DuPage County Bar Association (former Chair of the Family Law Committee, former Vice Chair of the Family Law Committee, and former member of the Judicial Evaluation Committee), the Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. with distinction from DePaul University College of Law.
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Herbert A. Glieberman
Herbert A. Glieberman
No bio available.
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Elaine C. Kopf
Elaine C. Kopf
No bio available.
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Katya C. Manak
Katya C. Manak
Katya C. Manak is an attorney in the Chicago law firm of Stein & Stein, Ltd., which limits its practice to family law and related matters. Ms. Manak is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and Chicago Inn of Court. While in law school, Ms. Manak served as a judicial extern in the Cook County Domestic Relations Division. She received her B.A. cum laude from Knox College and her J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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David P. Pasulka
David P. Pasulka
David P. Pasulka is a Partner 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. Mr. Pasulka has been named an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbard Bar Register since 1994 and is a recipient of the North Suburban Bar Association President’s Award (2017). He has spoken dozens of times on various family law issues and written numerous articles for various law publications, including the Illinois Bar Journal. 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.
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Karen Pinkert-Lieb
Karen Pinkert-Lieb
Karen Pinkert-Lieb is a Senior Partner with the matrimonial law firm of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, in Chicago. Leading Lawyers has named Ms. Pinkert-Lieb the top woman divorce lawyer in Illinois, one of the top-ten women attorneys in Illinois, and one of the top-ten women litigators in Illinois. She is the former Chair of the Family Law Section of the ISBA and a member of the Illinois State and American Bar Associations as well as the Litigation Counsel of America. Ms. Pinkert-Lieb earned her B.A. from the University of Texas and her J.D. cum laude from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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Douglas C. Scovil
Douglas C. Scovil
No bio available.
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Allison A. Stein
Allison A. Stein
Allison A. Stein joined Griffin McCarthy & Rice LLP as a Partner in 2009. Ms. Stein is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, and the Lake County Bar Association. She has been named an Illinois Rising Star in the area of Family Law by Law and Politics. Ms. Stein received her B.A. from Northwestern University and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
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David M. Stein
David M. Stein
David M. Stein is a Founding Partner in the Chicago law firm of Stein & Stein, Ltd., which limits its practice to family law matters. His practice consists primarily of the representation of clients in the trial and appeal of family law and related matters. Mr. Stein has been named a Leading Lawyer and a Super Lawyer and has lectured on family law topics to organizations including IICLE®, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Board of Vocational Experts on the subject of vocational experts and matrimonial litigation. He is a graduate of Tulane University and DePaul University College of Law.
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Jay D. Stein
Jay D. Stein
Jay D. Stein is a Founding Partner in the Chicago law firm of Stein & Stein, Ltd., which limits its practice to family law matters. His practice consists primarily of the representation of clients in the trial and appeal of family law and related matters. Mr. Stein is a member of the Chicago Lincoln American Inn of Court and the Chicago, DuPage County, and Illinois State Bar Associations. Mr. Stein is a graduate of Northwestern University and Loyola University School of Law.
Family Law (Illinois): Preliminary Considerations in Dissolution Actions (ARCHIVED 2011 EDITION & 2013 SUPPLEMENT)
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