Confidential Strategic Representation Starts Here

Every case is prepared to be tried

Trial preparation begins on day one — not at the moment a case looks unlikely to settle. The depth of that early work determines what the case looks like a year later. Most cases settle. Mine settle on terms the preparation made possible.

Financial fluency, applied directly

Business valuations, executive compensation review, asset tracing, plan document interpretation. The financial analysis most family law practices outsource is the work I built my practice on — informed by a decade running a multi-disciplinary firm before family law became the focus

Three moves ahead. Risk identification, counter-positioning

Cases that go bad usually go bad because something was missed early — the asset uninvestigated, the move opposing counsel will make, the blind tunnel vision. Twenty years has built the behind the scenes strategy to read those forward and capitalize.

Boutique attention. Institutional resources

A limited personal caseload is what makes direct attorney attention possible — every negotiation, every appearance. Behind that personal attention, the institutional depth of one of Chicago's leading family law firms.  

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Executives, founders, professional athletes, and high-net-worth families navigating divorce, custody, or complex financial matters. The common thread is not net worth alone — it is complexity. Closely-held businesses. Equity and deferred compensation. Trust assets. Significant privacy considerations. Difficult custody matters involving demanding professional schedules, or public profile concerns. If your matter has substantial financial or reputational dimensions, this practice is built for it.

  • Trial Counsel doesn’t mean more expensive it means more efficient. Every matter is prepared for trial from the moment of engagement — not at the point when settlement looks unlikely. This provides immediate leverage in negotiations. Most case will still settle. But because of the early preparation, they settle on better terms.

  • Because the method I use requires it — and the method does not fit every case. Direct attention on every negotiation and appearance is only possible across a limited caseload, and accepting cases that my method cannot serve would undermine the cases it can. The limited cap is the discipline that makes my strategy and methods structurally sustainable and effective.

  • Every engagement begins with a confidential conversation about fit — the complexity of the matter, the financial and reputational dimensions, the procedural posture, and whether the work I do is the right work for what you need. Not every matter is a fit for this practice. The first conversation is where that is determined.

  • Carefully and structurally. Communications are restricted to channels under the client's control. Filings are reviewed for sealing where appropriate. Scheduling is arranged to avoid the public docket where possible. Resolution paths are chosen with reputational considerations weighted alongside financial ones. For clients whose matters could affect their companies, their teams, or their public roles, the way the matter is conducted matters as much as the result.

  • Child related issues are handled with passion. My experience as a Guardian ad Litem advocating for the best interest of the children provides strategic, behind the scenes insight when representing clients in high-conflict parenting disputes.