Chicago · Trial Counsel · A Limited Client List Built on Fit
Family law for those with more at stake
Trial counsel for C-suite executives, professional athletes, founders, and high-net-worth families. I utilize a specific approach to complex divorce, custody, and financial matters which I have refined over nearly twenty years. I apply this unique strategy to a limited client list. Find out if my legal strategy, methodology, and application fits your case.
Nearly twenty years of independent success as trial counsel for executives, founders, athletes, entertainers, and high-net-worth families by utilizing a unique, refined, legal strategy to maximize efficiency and effectiveness
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Fellow. Certified Financial Litigator. Certified Mediator. Court-approved Guardian ad Litem and Child Representative.
Experience
Focused Counsel for High-Stakes Family Law Matters
15
Personal Active-Matter Cap
18+
Years Litigation & Negotiation Expertise
1,000+
Cases Behind Every Strategy
Practice Areas
High-Net-Worth Divorce
Sophisticated representation in divorces involving businesses, investments, executive compensation, and significant marital estates.
Child Custody & Parenting Disputes
Strategic advocacy in contested custody matters focused on protecting parental rights and long-term family stability.
Complex Asset Division
Handling valuation and division of businesses, trusts, real estate portfolios, retirement accounts, and hidden assets.
Litigation & Trial Representation
Experienced courtroom representation for clients facing high-conflict or high-stakes family law disputes.
Executive & Founder Divorce
Representation tailored to entrepreneurs, founders, physicians, executives, and professionals with complex financial structures.
Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Carefully structured agreements designed to protect personal and business interests.
Direct Representation for Matters That Require It
My practice built around a specific kind of work, matters where the financial complexity, the reputational exposure, or the custody dimensions cannot be handled at the scale most family law practices operate. The clients this practice serves are executives, founders, high-net-worth families, or anyone else whose matters do not fit a guideline calculator and require legal strategy tailored to the situation, not adapted from a template.
The caseload is kept deliberately small enough that the attorney named on the engagement letter is the attorney taking the deposition, reading the plan documents, and standing at the podium. Behind that direct attorney work, the institutional bench of Chicago's largest family law firm. The combination is the point: a boutique practice in how it operates, a major firm in what it can deploy.
Why Clients Choose Cory
Counsel that matches the matter. Proven Results.
Four reasons clients with significant exposure and significant complexity choose this practice over the larger firms they could afford.
i. Selective Caseload
No more than ten active matters at any time. The lawyer you hire is the lawyer who handles your matter every filing, every negotiation, every appearance.
ii. Trial Counsel
Eighteen years of trial preparation in complex family and financial disputes. Every matter is prepared to be tried. Most settle on better terms because of it.
iii. Financial Fluency
A decade of business litigation, bankruptcy, and financial matters alongside family law. The financial discipline most family law practices outsource is the discipline I built my practice on.
iv. Discretion, by Default
Confidentiality structured into every matter from intake forward — communications, scheduling, filings, and resolutions handled accordingly.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The firm represents executives, founders, professionals, athletes, and high-net-worth individuals facing complex divorce, custody, and financial family law matters.
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Yes. The practice focuses on sophisticated and high-stakes family law disputes, including contested divorces, custody litigation, business valuation matters, and complex asset division.
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The practice is intentionally limited to ensure every client receives direct attorney involvement, strategic preparation, and highly personalized representation throughout the case.
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Absolutely. The attorney has extensive litigation and courtroom experience and is prepared to advocate aggressively when settlement is not in the client’s best interests.
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Yes. All consultations and communications are handled with discretion and confidentiality.
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Yes. The practice represents clients in custody, parenting time, and high-conflict parenting disputes with a focus on protecting long-term family stability and parental rights.
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