Current Employment Position(s)

Attorney and Mediator

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Mediation
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Family Law

Representative Clients

• Families and Family Businesses
• United States Postal Service REDRESS Program
• Key Bridge Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture-Illinois Agriculture Mediation Program

West Practice Categories

Family Law, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce

Certification/Specialties

• Advanced Practitioner Member, Association for Conflict Resolution
• Approved Panelist for ACR Referral List
• Approved Panel Member, Mediation Council of Illinois Referral Service
• Approved Panel Member, Lake County Bar Association Mediation Program
• Certified Mediator, 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois - Family Mediation Panel
• Illinois Agriculture Mediation Program, USDA
• Mediation, Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago
• Certified Mediator, 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois - Civil Mediation Panel
• Mediator, Americans With Disabilities Act Claims, Key Bridge Foundation

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Mediation Council of Illinois, 1995 - 1999 (President)
• Mediation Council of Illinois, 1993 - Present (Board of Directors)
• Association for Conflict Resolution (formerly AFM) (Advanced Practitioner Member)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
• North Suburban Service Council, 1994 - Present (Board Member)
• North Suburban Service Council, 2001 - 2003 (President)
• Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, 2002 - 2004 (Fellow and Board Member)
• Lake County Bar Association (Member, Family Law Committee)
• Lake County Bar Association (Chairman, Lawyer Referral Committee, 1994-1996, 1998)
• Chicago Bar Association (Member, Matrimonial Law Committee)
• Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County, 2000 - Present (Secretary)

Classes and Seminars

• Visiting Lecturer, Undergraduate and Graduate Level Conflict Resolution, North Central College, 2000 - Present
• Instructor, DePaul University College of Commerce, 1980-1981, 1987
• Lecturer, Legal Writing and Research, ITT Chicago Kent College of Law, 1973 - 1976
• "The Ethics of Mediation Style" (Co-Presenter), Emerging Issues in Mediation Conference, University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Association of Mediators, Madison, Wisconsin, 2003
• "Divorce Mediation -- The Civilized Alternative", The Lilac Tree, Evanston, Illinois, 2003
• Annual Guest Lecture, "Power, Power Imbalances and Caucus", Combined Conflict Resolution Classes, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1998 - Present
• "What Lawyers Can Do to Facilitate Mediation", Family Law Seminar, Lake County Bar Association, 2003
• Mediator Training, "Screening for Impairments to Mediation", 19th Judicial Circuit Family Mediation Program, Grayslake, Illinois, April 12, 2003
• "Power Imbalances and Anger in Mediation - No Problem", Family Law Seminar, Lake County Bar Association, 2002
• "Working with Attorneys in Mediation" (Co-Presenter), Association for Conflict Resolution Seminar, Family Section Conference, Savannah, Georgia, March 2, 2002
• ADR: "Appropriate Dispute Resolution", Association of Women Attorneys, Lake County Illinois, Approved Continuing Legal Education Seminar, January 11, 2008
• Mediating in the Face of Strongly Held Beliefs, National Conference Association for Conflict Resolution, Philadelphia, 2006

Past Employment Positions

• Cook County, Assistant State's Attorney, 1973 - 1975
• Justice Joseph J. Drucker, Illinois Appellate Court, Law Clerk, 1972 - 1973

Education

• University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1972
  J.D.
• University of Chicago, 1969
  B.A.
  Honors: Special Honors, Political Science

Address

14047 Petronella Drive
Ste. 202B
Libertyville, IL 60048-9429

Phones

(847) 367-4500

Faxes

(847) 367-9424

Emails

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Websites

http://www.kessleroffice.com