What I Handle — And How I Handle It
“Divorce is one of the most financially and emotionally consequential events of your life. I handle the cases where the stakes are real, the details are complex, and getting it wrong isn’t an option.“
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When you’ve spent years building wealth — a business, a portfolio, a life — divorce threatens to unravel it in ways most people don’t see coming until it’s too late. I represent executives, business owners, and professionals in high-stakes divorce matters where the financial exposure is significant and the decisions made now will define what the next chapter looks like. My approach is methodical, forward-thinking, and built around one goal: protecting what you’ve earned and positioning you to move forward from a place of strength.
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Custody is where the stakes become personal in a way no financial dispute can match. I help parents navigate allocation of parental responsibilities, parenting time schedules, relocation disputes, and modification proceedings — with a strategy built around both the legal realities and the long-term picture. Whether your matter is collaborative or contested, I fight for your role in your child’s life with the same precision I bring to every financial issue in your case.
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You don’t know what you don’t know — and in a high-asset divorce, that gap is where you lose. Illinois is an equitable distribution state, which means the outcome depends entirely on how assets are identified, valued, and argued. I handle cases involving business ownership, professional practices, stock options, deferred compensation, real estate portfolios, and hidden or dissipated assets. Precision here isn’t optional. It’s everything.
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A prenuptial or postnuptial agreement isn’t a sign of doubt — it’s one of the smartest financial decisions two people can make before or during a marriage. I help clients structure agreements that protect individual assets, business interests, family wealth, and inheritance — with terms that are clear, enforceable, and built to hold up if they’re ever challenged. The goal is an agreement that both parties understand, respect, and don’t resent.
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The order made sense when it was signed. Now it doesn’t — or the other side has decided the terms are optional. Either way, you have options. I represent clients seeking modifications to support orders and parenting agreements when circumstances have genuinely changed, and clients dealing with a spouse who isn’t honoring what a court already decided. You shouldn’t have to fight twice for the same outcome. I make sure you don’t have to.
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When a business or professional practice is part of a marriage, divorce stops being just a legal matter and becomes a financial forensics problem. Valuation disputes, income manipulation, questions of ownership interest, goodwill arguments, and the operational disruption of ongoing litigation — all of it comes into play, and all of it matters. I represent clients on both sides of these cases with the precision and preparation that complex business divorce demands. Whether you built it or you’re entitled to a share of it, I know how to argue the numbers.
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Support is where financial anxiety peaks — for both sides. Whether you’re seeking maintenance and need it calculated accurately, or you’re contesting an obligation that doesn’t reflect your real financial picture, the outcome depends on precise disclosure, a clear command of Illinois law, and a lawyer who knows how to make the numbers tell the right story. I handle initial determinations, modifications, and enforcement proceedings with the same directness I bring to every matter — because on support issues, the margin for a soft argument is zero.