Top best Family Lawyers in ZIP 62220 | 29 available

With more than 45 years as an attorney, Richard Coffee has extensive family law advocacy experience, including representation on behalf of clients who are current or retired military personnel, clients with matters involving state jurisdictional issues when families relocate, clients with government or private retirement valuation and division issues, and cases involving public education issues.. Prior to engaging in private practice in the MetroEast since 1997, he served as counsel to the Illinois State Board of Education and legal counsel to Illinois public universities.  Richard Coffee is licensed to practice law in the states of Illinois and Missouri and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.. Mr. Coffee received his law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law, holds a degree in broadcasting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Missouri Bar Association, former President of the Monroe County Bar Association, former chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Education Law Section Counsel, has served as a judge for the National Health Law Moot Court Competition sponsored by Southern Illinois University School of Law.

Sarah E. Ward is a Partner with Coffee Ward & Bower, LLP.   Sarah Ward has practiced over 15 years in Belleville, Illinois, primarily in the area of family law and has represented families in St. Clair County, Madison County, Monroe County, Clinton County and counties throughout Central and Southern Illinois.  Sarah Ward has extensive family law advocacy experience, including representation on behalf of clients in contested custody and removal matters, as well as those who are current or retired military personnel.. Sarah Ward has presented at legal education seminars in St. Louis on family law topics, represented family law clients in the appellate court, and clerked for the SIU General Counsel’s Office researching and drafting memoranda on labor matters, bankruptcy and housing issues for the University.. Sarah Ward received her Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University School of Law, her Bachelor of Arts from St. Louis University, is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the St. Clair County Bar Association, was selected as a member of the National Order of Barristers, a member of the SIU Law Moot Court Board Appellate Division, and was a student member of the Southern Illinois American Inn of Court.

NATHAN P. LINKS, born in Carlyle, Illinois .. License: Illinois, 2012. Education: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (B.S. in Biological Sciences, 2009); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D., 2012). Member: Illinois State Bar Association, St. Clair County Bar Association.. Areas of Practice:. Mr. Links practices in the following areas of law: Estates and Trusts, Family Law, Real Estate, and Guardianships, as well as General Practice.

Natalie Bower is a Partner with Coffee Ward & Bower, LLP and has devoted her practice for over 15 years exclusively to the area of family law.  Natalie Bower’s experience includes advocating for clients in contested and non-contested divorces, establishing parentage (paternity) and parenting rights and responsibilities for non-married parties, litigating initial determinations and modifications of parenting responsibilities, decision-making (custody) and parenting time (visitation, child support and spousal support (maintenance/alimony) matters, as well as handling Orders of Protection, military divorces, jurisdictional disputes, and asset/property and retirement divisions.. Natalie Bower has represented families in St. Clair, Madison, Monroe, Clinton and Macoupin Counties as well as other surrounding counties.. Natalie Bower is published in and served on The John Marshall Law Review, assisted indigent clients faced with federal criminal charges as part of the Federal Defender Program in Chicago, and clerked for a federal magistrate judge in the Northern District of Illinois researching and drafting court opinions while in law school.. Natalie Bower received her Juris Doctorate degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago and received her Bachelors of Arts degrees in Psychology and French from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  Natalie Bower is a recipient of the Federal Defender Program Board of Trustees Award and was a student member of the Public Interest Law Council.. Natalie Bower is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, and the St. Clair County, Monroe County and Madison County Bar Associations.

My top priority as a family law attorney is my client's goals.  At our initial meeting we discuss your goals and priorities for the case.  I will then work to achieve those goals.

Ms. Spector is a Managing Partner of Hicks & Spector, LLC.  She is licensed to practice law in the States of Illinois and Missouri (inactive).. Ms. Spector received a B.S. in Business Administration from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she majored in Marketing and minored in Psychology.  During her time at The University of Illinois, Ms. Spector was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, the National Society for Collegiate Scholars and served as a student facilitator for the First Year Impact freshman orientation program.. Ms. Spector then received her Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale, Illinois.  Throughout law school, Ms. Spector was an active member of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, as well as the student divisions of the Illinois State Bar Association and American Bar Association.. Ms. Spector went on to receive a Master’s of Business Administration from the Southern Illinois University Graduate School in Carbondale, Illinois.  While attending business school, Ms. Spector worked as a Graduate Assistant with the Southern Illinois University Center for Innovation and became a Certified Small Business Consultant.  In 2010, as a result of her studies and involvement with the Business Graduate School, Ms. Spector received the Asthagiri Chandra Sekaran Award and was named the Most Outstanding Woman M.B.A. Graduating Student.. Since graduating from law and business schools, Ms. Spector has represented clients in the St. Louis Metro and Metro East areas in not only family law cases, but in a variety of other civil litigation settings,  Ms. Spector also established Hicks & Spector, LLC, with her colleague and friend, Kelly Garrett-Hicks.. Ms. Spector is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the St. Clair County Bar Association and the Madison County Bar Association.. She lives in Edwardsville, Illinois with her husband, daughter and pets.

Megan M. Nolan, born in 1983 in Belleville, Illinois, is an experienced attorney admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2009 and the Illinois Bar in 2010. She earned her J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2009, focusing on Civil Litigation. Ms. Nolan's practice encompasses various areas, including Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody, Adoption, Paternity, Probate Estates and Guardianship, Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Contract Disputes, and Litigation. She graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Psychology from Murray State University in 2006. Megan Nolan is an active member of professional associations such as the Illinois State Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division Section Member), St. Clair County Bar Association, and Missouri Bar Association. Her past employment includes roles at Stange Law Firm, P.C, Blake Law Group, P.C, Klar, Izsak & Stenger, LLC, and Goldenhersh & Goldenhersh, PC.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Belleville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Belleville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Belleville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Belleville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Belleville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Belleville and surrounding areas.