Warrenville, IL
Family Lawyer at Warrenville, IL
Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation, Mediation
OUTCOME: 80/20 divsion of assets in our client's favor and sole custody to our client
Parties were married for approximately 12 years. Husband had substantial non-marital assets. After a lengthy trial, we not only won sole custody for the wife, but also obtained 80% of the marital estat ... e on her behalf, based on the non-marital assets of the husband. We also successfully defended the custody and property awards on appeal.
OUTCOME: Finding of neglect reversed on apeal
I was appointed to represent a mother was found to have neglected her child based solely on evidence that she was allegedly intoxicated while the child was in her care, without any evidence that the ch ... ild lacked care or was endangered in any way. We established on appeal that there is no standard under Illinois law for any specific level of intoxication, and without any evidence that the child lacked appropriate care or was in any danger, the neglect finding was reversed. In re T.W., 313 Ill.App.3d 890, 731 N.E.2d 982 (2d Dist. 2000), appeal denied, 191 Ill.2d 532 (738 N.E.2d 926 2000)