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Amy H. McAuley brings a unique combination of skills and experience to her practice dedicated entirely to family law. This includes over ten years of litigation experience in the areas of Child and Family Law and in both public and private sectors, as well as ten years experience in the mental health and social service fields.
Amy’s interest in the issues of children and families began after earning her degree in Psychology from Northern Illinois University in 1989. She spent the next 10 years working in residential treatment programs with many of the most behaviorally and emotionally challenged children in the state. Amy attended Loyola University Law School and graduated in 1999. At Loyola she participated in the Civitas Program, the first child advocacy program of its kind in the country. She spent the next five years as Assistant Public Guardian at The Cook County Public Guardian’s Office in the Juvenile Protection Division. There she represented hundreds of abused and neglected children as Attorney and Guardian Ad Litem in Juvenile Court. She handled dozens of trials and contested matters, including high profile cases, and advocated tirelessly for her clients.
Amy has spent the last seven years exclusively practicing Family Law, initially with a small firm in DuPage County, and in 2016 opening the doors of McAuley Family Law. She has successfully represented clients with a wide variety of complex Family Law needs in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane and McHenry Counties. Amy continues to be inspired by making an important difference in the lives of her clients through zealous representation, compassionate counsel, and superior litigation skills. She continues to work to defend children and find solutions for families through her work as a Court Approved Child Representative/Guardian Ad Litem for Cook County and Lake County. Amy is also committed to social justice issues and provides pro bono legal representation for disadvantaged parents through organizations such as The Family Defense Center. She is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Lake County Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association.
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Posted by Meghan | December 1, 2023 | Hired Attorney
Amy and Lori made me feel very comfortable going to trial and in the end, no surprise, we won. Now my family can get back to what’s most important, being together.
Posted by Kristin | October 7, 2023 | Hired Attorney
I was entangled in a long and drawn out post-divorce decree matter with my ex-husband for close to two years with a different law firm. I spent thousands of dollars and got nowhere. When it became clear to me that bleeding my retainer dry each month without actually doing any “real” work on my matter...
Posted by David Chang | March 21, 2023 | Hired Attorney
Attorney McAuley is communicative, knowledgeable, and professional. She works in an urgent manner and makes you confident that your case is important to her. I am thankful to have found her on a 2+ year custody battle. Thank you!
Posted by anonymous | May 23, 2019 | Hired Attorney
Amy is ethical, honest, trustworthy, responsive to calls and e-mail, works to resolve issues and ALWAYS has my best interest and the children's best interest in mind. I hired Amy to help clean up numerous complicated items left open by my previous attorney. She hit the ground running to diligentl...
Posted by Tahisha | December 1, 2017 | Hired Attorney
Hiring Amy made my court life so much easier. Before having an attorney I had been going back and forth to court since 2005 and still not receiving any support. Amy came right in heard my case pulled all files from 2005 up until the current date. She went over each case thoroughly to made sure I was ...
"Amy was a pleasure to work with and is tough when you need her to be and reasonable. I endorse this lawyer."
Family lawyer
2021
Best Divorce Lawyers in Palentine, Expertise
2020
Lawyers of Distinction, Lawyers of Distinction
2019
Lawyers of Distinction, Lawyers of Distinction
2018
Lawyers of Distinction, Lawyers of Distinction
2016 - Present
Owner, McAuley Family Law
2010 - 2015
Attorney, The Law Office Of Josette Allen
2000 - 2005
Attorney/GAL, Cook County Public Guardian's Office
2016 - Present
Lake County Bar AssociationMember
2016 - Present
Chicago Bar AssociationMember
2005 - Present
Illinois State Bar AssociationMember
1999
JD - Juris Doctor
1989
BA - Bachelor of Arts
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