About Scott
Licenses
Licensed in Illinois for 29 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1996
No misconduct found
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Experience
Honors
2019
Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Best Divorce Lawyers in Chicago, Expertise
2017
Best Divorce Lawyers in Chicago, Expertise
1997
Pro Bono Contributions, Chicago Bar Association
Work Experience
1996 - Present
Owner/Principal, Law Offices of Scott Tzinberg
2019 - 2020
Adjunct Professor, UIC John Marshall Law School
2017 - 2017
Member of Illinois Supreme Court on Equality, State Of Illinois
1992 - 1995
Legal Assistant/Clerk, Redina Friedman & Associates
Associations
2015 - Present
Cook County Mediator ProgramApproved Mediator - Cook County
2014 - Present
BJBE StarsMember
2014 - Present
State of IllinoisNotary Public
2013 - Present
KTLRMember
2017 - 2018
American Bar AssociationMember
2016 - 2017
Chicago Bar AssociationMember
2008 - 2010
Illinois State Bar AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
success: IL retained jurisdiction
Finding of Fraud/VAPs vacated
Custody and Removal Granted
permanent maintenance. contribution to most of attorneys fees incurred to go to to Trial. Removal and Sole Custody.
Minor child returned to IL
Education
2014
Certificate of Completion
1996
JD - Juris Doctor
1991
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2017
2007
The Nuts and Bolts of a Divorce Case
Publications
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2015
2015
2015
2013
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Answers
How much would I be expected to pay after divorce? Illinois, single income, two kids, stay at home wife
15 Nov 2014
If my husbands divorce wasnt final before we got married am i married?
29 Jun 2012
Illinois has no statutes of limitation on unpaid child support, now father has been found and doing very well, can he get out
25 Jun 2012