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Helen Ashford is a managing partner at Luckett & Ashford. She counsels clients on a wide range of family law-related matters, including divorce, child custody, child support, maintenance, visitation/parenting time, property division, parentage, contempt and enforcement proceedings, legal separation, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, domestic violence and financial planning. She has recently represented spouses of sports and entertainment figures in multi-million dollar disputes involving child custody, complex financial matters and other issues related to divorce. Helen has been successful in obtaining visitation for grandparents, representing clients in same-sex divorce and representing clients in nontraditional family situations.. Helen is a compassionate attorney who is sensitive to the emotions involved in family law matters. She focuses on providing common sense solutions in lieu of expensive, long-lasting litigation, while providing aggressive, uncompromising representation. In addition to family law, Helen serves as an administrative law judge for Chicago Public Schools and several charter schools in the City of Chicago. She is currently an adjunct professor at City Colleges of Chicago where she lectures on a wide range of legal topics.. Helen received her law degree from Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University and her undergraduate degree from Alabama A&M University, where she was a member of the Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society.

Known for promoting litigation alternatives in family-related legal disputes, Rachel Nicole Hernandez is a collaborative family lawyer & the founder of Bruckner Hernandez Legal Solutions, LLC, a collaborative law & family law firm with offices in St. Charles & Sycamore, Illinois.. Bruckner Hernandez Legal Solutions, LLC helps families resolve legal issues without going to court, whether it be through mediation, collaborative process, uncontested divorce, pre-divorce legal counseling, or limited scope representation. Rachel Nicole Hernandez provides advice to clients regarding their rights with respect to marital/non-marital assets & debts, maintenance, & child custody issues. Rachel Nicole Hernandez solicits the expertise of financial advisors, accountants, & mental health professionals to help resolve complex family law matters.. Rachel Nicole Hernandez developed a passion for helping others by working with the Community Crisis Center. This commitment led her to enroll in the Northern Illinois University College of Law earning her JD in 2005 as a Dean's Scholar. Prior to family law, Rachel Nicole Hernandez served as an Assistant State’s Attorney, handling cases involving domestic abuse, child abuse, child neglect, & delinquency.. As a mediator, Rachel Nicole Hernandez has served as a coach with Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies & is regularly appointed by the court to assist litigants in parenting disputes. She serves as a court-appointed guardian ad litem & has been trained as a parenting coordinator.. Rachel Nicole Hernandez is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Kane County Bar Association, & the DeKalb County Bar Association. Rachel Nicole Hernandez serves as Secretary of the Community Crisis Center Board of Directors & the Northern Illinois University Alumni Council.. Practice Areas:. Bar Admissions:. Education:. Professional Associations:

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Choosing an attorney to handle your legal matter is a very important decision. You have to consider a number of factors including the experience level of your attorney, the attorney's style of handling legal matters and the level of personalized client service that is offered.. Whether you are dealing with family law, real estate, personal injury, medical malpractice or workers' compensation, our law firm can help you. At Joel C. Zimmerman & Associates, L.T.D., located in Tinley Park and Chicago, Illinois, our law firm offers experienced legal services. For more than 25 years, Joel Zimmerman has provided legal representation for clients.. Contact us today to schedule an appointment: or.. In our family law practice, our law firm understands that the manner in which matters are resolved can affect you and your children far into the future. So often, lawyers make mountains out of molehills. By that, we mean that attorneys frequently create unnecessary litigation, which ultimately costs clients more money. Whether you are involved in adivorce or child custody dispute, our Tinley Park family law attorneys take the time to get to know our clients so that we can distinguish between the issues that require litigation and those that can be settled. This approach saves our clients money and provides clients with a more efficient and effective legal experience. However, we want to advocate and litigate contested matters that are necessary without compromising our clients' best interests.. In our real estate practice, our law firm brings a wealth of knowledge to our clients as Joel Zimmerman is also a real estate broker and a former tax attorney. His vast experience in these areas makes our law firm an excellent choice to assist with your real estate needs.. Finally, our law firm also handles personal injury, medical malpractice and workers' compensation. In each of these areas, our firm, along with our co-counsel firms, takes an aggressive stance fighting for the compensation that you deserve.. Our law firm offers personalized services that address the individual needs of each client. Some of the keys to our individualized services include:

Ms. Hansen represents individuals in all aspects of family law including distribution of assets, child custody, and visitation disputes, child support and maintenance issues, civil unions, valuations of business interests, post-decree issues, paternity cases and other matrimonial and family related matters and proceedings in DuPage, Cook, and Will Counties.. Ms. Hansen joined Bennett Law Firm, LLC as a Law Clerk in May 2011. Upon obtaining her Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School in December 2012, Ms. Hansen was made an Associate Attorney at Bennett Law Firm, LLC.. Ms. Hansen graduated with cum laude from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Arts in History with double minors in Political Science and Paralegal Studies. Upon obtaining her degree from Illinois State University, Ms. Hansen attended The John Marshall Law School. While in law school, Ms. Hansen competed in the National Veterans Law Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition in Washington D.C. She was the Lead Production Editor for John Marshall’s Journal for Computer & Information and Law, and was published in the Journal in 2012. She is the recipient of the George Trubow Award for Scholarly Writing. Ms. Hansen is a four-time CALI Award Winner in the areas of Family Law, Payment Systems, Products Liability and Federal Income Taxation.. Ms. Hansen was a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Ronald F. Bartkowicz in the Law Division for the Cook County Circuit Court, writing opinions and bench memoranda. Further, Ms. Hansen gained valuable courtroom experience and sharpened her litigation skills while she was a 711 Intern at the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office. She successfully tried several bench trials, and one jury trial resulting in guilty verdicts.

Licensed to practice law under the Illinois State Bar since 1973, and the DuPage County Bar since 2003, Attorney John F. Martoccio is now a managing partner at Martoccio & Martoccio in DuPage County, Illinois. The law firm focuses on providing high quality legal advice from a team of caring family law and personal injury lawyers who treat their clients with respect.. John has handled divorce and family law cases in trial courts throughout Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will Courts of Illinois. He is also an accomplished Illinois Appellate Court Lawyer. Mr. Martoccio is a frequent lecture on family law issues in Illinois and has written extensively on the subject of divorce, families and law.

I have extensive successful experience in most areas of litigation, including divorce, family law, personal injury, immigration, bankruptcy and criminal law. I am also a member of the Federal Trial Bar and U.S. Tax Court.. I strive to provide positive results taking into account at all times the client's goals and resources. My first priority is always to determine what the client wants.

T. Paul S. Chawla is the founder and partner at Chawla & Ravani focused on personal injury, transactional, real estate and Mr. Chawla is widely recognized in Chicago for his knowledgeable, compassionate & intuitive aproach to family law. Mr. Chawla combines his broad legal experience with the ability to quickly and efficiently learn the facts and nuances about each case, making him an effective lawyer across a wide spectrum of legal matters. His practice includes and emphasises on alternative dispute resolution and litigation. In addition to his transactional practice, Mr. Chawla also represents individuals and companies in both state and federal court.. Mr. Chawla serves on the Chief Judge of Cook County’s Domestic Relations Committee to Appoint and Screen Child Representatives, is a qualified Child Representative, and serves as an Arbitrator on Fee Disputes. Mr. Chawla has served as a panelist on domestic violence seminars and has lectured on leadership to collegiate and high school students. Mr. Chawla takes pride and is active in numerous not for profit, fraternal and religious organizations. Over the years Mr. Chawla’s memberships include Asian American Bar Association, Indian American Bar Association, Network of Indian Professionals, DuPage County Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Indo American Democratic Organization and the American Bar Association. Mr. Chawla has also served as the General Counsel to the Indian American Medical Association for several years. Mr. Chawla has assisted clients of both Apna Ghar and provided support to several domestic violence shelters. Mr. Chawla served the United States Senate on the Senate Special Committee on Aging as a Congressional Fellow. As a Congressional Fellow, Mr. Chawla worked extensively on researching and drafting proposed legislation to address the healthcare manpower shortages in rural America. Mr. Chawla is licensed to practice in Illinois and the Federal District Court of Northern Illinois.

John E. Remus has been with McCarthy, Callas & Feeney, P.C. since 2014 when he was admitted to the Iowa Bar, he was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2015. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Iowa where he graduated with Distinction. He attended Drake University for his Juris Doctor, graduating with High Honors. While in law school, John clerked for the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Iowa Legal Aid, he also served as the Note Editor for the Drake Law Review.. John’s practice areas include assisting individuals obtain Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits before the Social Security Administration, as well as family law, municipal law, general civil litigation, and criminal defense. John also has a transactional practice which includes real estate, business transactions, and entity formation. John has successfully represented clients on both sides of the Mississippi River and is licensed to practice in the state courts in Iowa and Illinois, as well as the Central District of Illinois Federal Court. John is a member of the Rock Island County Bar Association, Scott County Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, and Iowa Bar Association.

Sarah Gorham practices law in Rock Island, Illinois.  She is licensed in Illinois and Iowa and works in a variety of areas such as family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, guardianship, and adoption matters, civil litigation, personal injury, estate planning, probate, real estate, municipal law, and appeals.  In her spare time, she is involved in the community and coaches a college mock trial team.

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.