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also known as Mrs. Maureen Leah Hawkins, Dr. Maureen Leah Hawkins
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Northwestern Law (Chicago), Georgetown Law (Summa Cum Laude), Harvard Law (Summa Cum Laude), University of Michigan (Summa Cum Laude), Stanford Graduate School of Business 4.0/4.0 GPA, University of Michigan Doctorate in Business Administration. As a Tax and Criminal Law Litigation Attorney most recently at Handler Law LLP, at Community Tax, and at YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, Maureen put herself through school and began as Full-Time Paid Teaching Assistant and also Research Assistant at University of Michigan Medical both during and after graduation with Professor Arnold J. Sameroff, Professor Susan C. McDonough, and particularly Professor Sandra A. Graham-Bermann, and also at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research in Statistics, Tax Law, and Criminal Law; as a Full-Time Paid Research Assistant at Law School to Law Professor Zanita E. Fenton in Tax Law, Criminal Law, and Constitutional Law; as a Full-Time Paid Judicial Law Clerk to Law Professor and Law Dean Judge Hon. Arthur J. Lombard after Law School in Tax Law, Criminal Law, and Constitutional Law; and Maureen also has extensive Pro Bono work serving indigent populations, including most recently at the Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University (Chicago) and past Deacon, Trustee, Sunday School Teacher, and Math and English tutor, and acolyte.
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State: Illinois
Acquired: 2004
No misconduct found
State: Michigan
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
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Posted by Lawrence | January 28, 2025
Friendly well informed lawyer with helpful information
Ms. Hawkins was very informative and placed me at ease to discuss my tax liability issue. She answered my living trust and FEMA questions regarding my house (in a designated fire zone). I will be proceeding with her recommendation regarding my back taxes. Hoping the IRS results will be as Ms. Hawki...
Posted by anonymous | November 27, 2024 | Hired Attorney
President
She was able to get my tax returns completed so I could get my insurance license, driver's license, and my vehicle registration renewed. This is giving me a renewal on my life and the ability to start all over again! Thank you
Thank you - Congratulations!
Posted by anonymous | October 09, 2024
Security, Guest Services for Leading the Way
Marueen was so helpful in leading me in the right direction to figuring out how to navigate through the complicated Capital Gaines issue that I was dealing with. She was so quick in dealing with the IRS and getting back to me today. So professional. Thank her for all the help I received from Offer ...
Posted by anonymous | December 09, 2022 | Hired Attorney
Outstanding
I am amazed that I had tax debt hanging over my head for years. I almost gave up. Now I have a girlfriend and my tax debt is gone. Thank you, Maureen, for everything. This means the world.
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Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
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Client Champion Gold Award, Martindale-Hubbell®
2026
Preeminent rating highest ethical standards & legal ability, Martindale-Hubbell®
2026
Client champion platinum award, Martindale-Hubbell®
2026
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2025
Client champion platinum award, Martindale-Hubbell®
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Client champion platinum award, Martindale-Hubbell®
2023
Client's Choice Award, Martindale-Hubbell®
2022
Attorney of the year, Above the Bar Awards
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MVP, Above the Bar Awards
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MVP, Above the Bar Awards
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Attorney, Handler, Thayer & Duggan, LLC
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Defense Trial Lawyers AssociationChair
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Defense Trial Lawyers AssociationChair
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Defense Trial Lawyers AssociationChair
2021 - 2021
Defense Trial Lawyers AssociationChair
2020
Ann Arbor, MI, Doctorate in Business Administration
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Summa Cum Laude - Washington, D.C.
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Summa Cum Laude - Cambridge, MA
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Summa Cum Laude - Evanston, IL
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Summa Cum Laude - Evanston, IL
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Summa Cum Laude - Evanston, IL
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Summa Cum Laude - Stanford, CA
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Summa Cum Laude - Ann Arbor, MI
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