What I Handle — And How I Handle It

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.