Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Juvenile Law, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law
Licensed since: 1998
Law school: University of Illinois College of Law
Education: Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, B.A., Honors: magna cum laude, Honors: Illinois State University Presidential Scholar, Honors: Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Honors: Alpha Phi Sigma – Criminal Justice Honor Society, Honors: Order of Omega – Interfraternity Honor Society, Honors: Dean’s List – 1991 – 1995, Major: Criminal Justice Sciences - 1995; Northern Baptist Seminary, Lombard, Illinois, Student at Large - 2008
Languages: English; Spanish
Certifications: Certified Guardian Ad Litem in abuse/neglect cases by the Illinois DCFS, 1998 – Present; Certified Guardian Ad Litem (probate) – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, 2007 – Present (training coordinator); Certified Guardian Ad Litem (adoptions) - Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2010 – Present; Certified Guardian Ad Litem (adoptions) - Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, 2007 – Present (training coordinator); Certified Guardian Ad Litem (domestic relations) – Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit, 2012 – Present (Kendall & DeKalb Counties); Certified Guardian Ad Litem (domestic relations) – Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, 2009 – Present; Certified Guardian Ad Litem (domestic relations) – Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, 2008 – Present; Certified Guardian Ad Litem (domestic relations) – Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, 2008 – Present (Winnebago County); Certified Guardian Ad Litem (domestic relations) – Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 2007 – Present; Certified Guardian Ad Litem (domestic relations) – Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2006 – Present; Certified Guardian Ad Litem (domestic relations) – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, 2006 – Present (training coordinator 2010-2012)
Professional activity: DuPage County Bar Association, 2005 to Present; Chicago Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 2003-2005; Chicago Bar Association, 1999 – 2005; American Inns of Court, DuPage County Chapter, 2007 – 2014; Illinois Bar Foundation, 2007 – Present (Gold Fellow); DuPage Justinian Society, Cancer Ball Committee, 2008 – 2013; DuPage Justinian Society, 2006 – Present; DuPage Association of Women Lawyers, 2006 to Present; Celtic Law Society, 2006 – 2012; DuPage County Legal Assistance Foundation, President, 2008, 2013, 2016; DuPage County Legal Assistance Foundation, Vice-President, 2007, 2012, 2015; DuPage County Bar Association, Judges’ Nite Committee, Vice-Chair, 2007, 2008; DuPage County Bar Association, Entertainment Committee Chair, 2008; DuPage County Bar Association, Legal Aid Committee, Chair, 2008; DuPage County Bar Association, Legal Aid Committee, Vice-Chair, 2007; DuPage County Bar Association, Legal Aid Committee, 2006 to Present; DuPage County Bar Association, Media Committee (Public Service Legal Media Show), Chair, 2008, 2011; DuPage County Bar Association, Media Committee (Public Service Legal Media Show), Vice-Chair, 2007, 2010; DuPage County Bar Association, Media Committee (Public Service Legal Media Show), 2007- 2011; DuPage County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law, Chair, 2009; DuPage County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law, Vice-Chair, 2008; DuPage County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law, 2008 – 2014; DuPage County Bar Association, Diversity Committee, 2008 to Present; DuPage County Bar Association, CLE Committee – Basic Skills Subcommittee, 2006; DuPage County Bar Association, CLE Committee, 2006 – 2013; DuPage County Bar Association, Civil Law Committee, Chair, 2016; DuPage County Bar Association, Civil Law Committee, Vice-Chair, 2015; DuPage County Bar Association, Civil Law Committee, 2014 to Present; DuPage County Bar Association, Child Representative/GAL Subcommittee, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015; DuPage County Bar Association, Child Advocacy Committee, Chair, 2007, 2011; DuPage County Bar Association, Child Advocacy Committee, Vice-Chair, 2006, 2010; DuPage County Bar Association, Child Advocacy Committee, 2006 to Present; DuPage County Bar Association, Family Law Committee, Chair, 2010, 2016; DuPage County Bar Association, Family Law Committee, Vice-Chair, 2009, 2015; DuPage County Bar Association, Family Law Committee, 2005 to Present; Illinois, 1998; Kendall County Bar Association, 2009 to Present; Illinois State Bar Association, Child Law Section Council, 2007 to Present; Illinois State Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2005 to Present; Illinois State Bar Association, 1998 to Present; Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, Membership Committee & Grievance Committee, Fellow, 2012 to Present; Circuit Court for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit – Mediation Training Moderator, 2007; Circuit Court for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit – Rules Revision Committee, 2006 – 2008, 2012; Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, Divorce Training Program, 2000 – 2002; Chicago Bar Association, Guardianship Training Program, 2001 – 2003; Chicago Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 2004 – 2005; Chicago Bar Foundation – Adoption Training Program, 1998 – 2002; Tribal Bar of the Coquille Indian Tribe; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2000; Illinois Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court