Illinois Lawyers Tanya L. to Tara Kuchar

, Glen Carbon , Illinois 62034 Zip code: 62034

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Schiller, Ducanto & Fleck, LLP

200 N La Salle St Fl 30 , Chicago , Illinois 60601 Zip code: 60601

Practice Areas: Civil , Family , Family

A highly experienced negotiator and formidable litigator, Tanya Stanish represents a wide variety of wealthy clients, from prominent executives, entrepreneurs and professionals to professional athletes, spouses with trusts and stay-at-home spouses. Her work includes every aspect of complex and high net-worth family law such as executive compensation plans, trusts and business interests as well as high-conflict child custody and parenting issues. Trial experience includes success with complex divorces and paternity and domestic violence cases. Outside the courtroom, she has considerable proficiency with prenuptial and postnuptial agreements for high net worth individuals.. High net worth family law often involves legacy and generational money, and Tanya understands the desire to protect family and children's' interests in a divorce proceeding. With a background in economics, mathematics and accounting, she knows the nuances of balance sheets and can decipher complicated assets, incentive plans, trusts and distribution issues – whether you have the wealth or are trying to capture it. She also understands lifestyle perspectives of her clients. Child and spousal support is often complex due to wealth, and Tanya knows how to present it to the court.. Over her career, Tanya has turned around cases for clients who were previously with other attorneys. After developing expectations and goals with clients, she is well known for her advocacy and insight. She has gained positive results in many custody and parenting cases and successfully negotiated difficult child support settlements.. Representative cases include:. During what can be a confusing and tumultuous time, clients rely on the steady, compassionate and insightful counsel of Ms. Stanish, and appreciate her assistance in easing the financial and emotional transition into a new life post-divorce.

Firm: Sherer Law Offices

517 Saint Louis St , Edwardsville , Illinois 62025 Zip code: 62025

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Trial Lawyers

161 N. Clark Street , Chicago , Illinois 60601 Zip code: 60601

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Tara R. Devine joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., in March 2004 and became the firm’s first female partner in 2011. In 2018, Ms. Devine was promoted to Managing Partner of the firm’s Waukegan office. She concentrates her practice in the areas of personal injury, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, medical malpractice and product liability cases.. Ms. Devine has helped achieve numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of her clients in personal injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death suits. In August 2017, she was part of the trial team that obtained a record-setting $148 million jury verdict on behalf of a dancer paralyzed by a collapsed pedestrian shelter at O’Hare International Airport. The verdict is the largest personal injury verdict ever awarded to an individual plaintiff in Illinois history. Several months later, the city of Chicago appealed the verdict and the case settled for a record-breaking $115 million. In 2016, Ms. Devine obtained an $18.5 million settlement on behalf of a child who suffered a serious brain injury due to a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of meningitis. That same year, Ms. Devine obtained a $1.6 million verdict in a wrongful death case, the highest recorded verdict in Stephenson County.. Ms. Devine is licensed and practices in Illinois and Wisconsin.. In recognition for her outstanding legal work, Ms. Devine was recognized as a 2020 “Women in Law” honoree by Law Bulletin Media. In 2019, she was named to Crain’s Custom Media’s Chicago Gen X Leaders in Law list and 2018 Notable Women Lawyers in Chicago list. She was named to the 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. In 2018, she received a Trial Lawyer Excellence Award from Law Bulletin Media. In 2016, she received the Lake County Journal’s “Women of Distinction” award. Ms. Devine has also been named to Law Bulletin Media’s Leading Lawyers list, an honor given to the top 2% of lawyers in Illinois who are age 40 or younger or have practiced 10 years or less. In 2014, she was named one of Law Bulletin Media’s 40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch Under Forty.. Ms. Devine received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois and her law degree from Marquette University. Currently, Ms. Devine is an active Marquette alumni member and has previously served as a Committee member for the Annual Chicago Marquette Lawyer Reception.. Additional credentials and distinctions include: serving as an Executive Board Member of the Lake County Bar Association and a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and the Wisconsin State Bar Association. Ms. Devine is also involved with the American Association for Justice and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, where she serves on the Board of Managers and has been a guest speaker at the association’s legal seminars.

Firm: Tapia Ruano and Gunn, PC

53 W Jackson Blvd , Chicago , Illinois 60604 Zip code: 60604

Practice Areas: Immigration

Firm: The Witt Law Firm, P.C.

564 W RANDOLPH ST FL 2 , Chicago , Illinois 60661

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Tanya Witt earned her law degree from Harvard Law School in 1994. Ms. Witt represents men and women in divorce and accepts cases in the counties of Cook, Kane, DuPage, and Lake. In addition to divorce, Ms. Witt handles child custody matters, prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements. She is a Certified Mediator and trained in Collaborative Practice.  A double Ivy League graduate, Ms. Witt attained her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Ms. Witt is a member of the Illinois State Bar and its Family Law Section. Prior to founding her own practice, Tanya Witt practiced law in the Chicago office of Baker & McKenzie, one of the world's largest international law firms.

Firm: Trust - Estate Planning For New Families

2481 Shadow Creek Ln , Riverwoods , Illinois 60015 Zip code: 60015

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Cassiday Schade, LLP

20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1000 , Chicago , Illinois 60606 Zip code: 60606

Practice Areas: General Practice, Litigation

1255 W Hood Ave , Chicago , Illinois 60660

Practice Areas: Corporate & Incorporation

Firm: Verizon

1701 Golf Rd , Rolling Meadows , Illinois 60008

56 Founders Pointe N , Bloomingdale , Illinois 60108

Firm: Latham and Watkins LLP

Sears Tower   5800 , Chicago , Illinois 60606 Zip code: 60606

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: SmithAmundsen LLC

150 North Michigan Avenue   3300 , Chicago , Illinois 60601 Zip code: 60601

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: Tara Duffy Law Office

100 E Station St Apt 332 , Barrington , Illinois 60010

Firm: Reed Armstrong Mudge & Morrissey Professional Corporation

115 North Buchanan , Edwardsville , Illinois 62025 Zip code: 62025

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Appeals, Personal Injury, Insurance Defense, Workers Compensation

Firm: Jones Day

110 N Wacker Dr Ste 4800 , Chicago , Illinois 60606 Zip code: 60606

Practice Areas: General Practice,

Firm: Law Office of Staci M. Yandle, LLC

1 Eagle Ctr Ste 3 A , O Fallon , Illinois 62269

Firm: Codilis and Assoc., P.C.

15 W030 N Frontage Rd Ste 100 , Burr Ridge , Illinois 60527

Firm: Tara G Kochman Esq

1174 Michigan Ave , Wilmette , Illinois 60091

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Firm: Fisher & Phillips LLP

1000 Marquette Building   140 South Dearborn Stree , Chicago , Illinois 60603 Zip code: 60603

Practice Areas: Labor