Professional record

Background

Licensed in Illinois since 2019. Family law in Cook County and across the state, plus tax deed and property matters.

Credentials

Admitted: Illinois, 13 August 2019
Law school: Juris Doctor, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, 2015
Undergraduate: B.S., Central Michigan University, 2010
Role: Managing Attorney, Chicago Family Attorneys, LLC
Office: 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 752
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Languages: Services available in English and Spanish
Volunteer work: Listed among the volunteer attorneys in Chicago Volunteer Legal Services' 2021 Annual Report, under Attorneys Giving Legal Advice
Grant: Recipient, 2023 West Side United Small Business Grant ($10,000), awarded by the West Side United Small Business Grant Selection Committee; distribution administered by Allies for Community Business (A4CB)
Training: Completed the Chicago Bar Foundation's Justice Entrepreneurs Project, an 18‑month incubator for lawyers building sustainable practices serving people of modest means — June 2021 cohort

Emergency and plenary orders under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act, for petitioners and for respondents.

Dissolution of marriage, including contested property, support and maintenance.

Allocation of decision‑making and parenting time, relocation, modification and enforcement.

Investigations, administrative appeals, and expungement of indicated findings.

Establishing or contesting parentage under the Illinois Parentage Act.

Tax deed proceedings and the title and possession disputes that follow.

I wrote Navigating Divorce in Illinois: A Self-Help Guide for Representing Yourself, a plain‑language guide for people handling their own divorce, and I publish procedural guides and Illinois court forms openly through the firm.