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Contact information:

Leon I. Finkel |
Berger Schatz
161 N. Clark St.
Ste. 2800
Chicago
,
IL
60601-3221
Phone: (312) 782-3456
Fax: (312) 782-8463
email: lfinkel@bergerschatz.com
web site: www.bergerschatz.com
Family Law Issues Practiced
- Business Valuation
- Child Custody/Visitation
- Child Representative/Guardian Ad Litem
- Child Support
- Divorce
- Financial/Retirement Planning
- Forensic Accounting
- Maintenance (Alimony)/Modification of
- Orders of Protection/Domestic Violence
- Parentage/Paternity
- Post-nuptial Agreements
- Pre-nuptial Agreements, Drafting and Negotiation
- QDROs/QILDROs and Retirement Benefits
Practicing Counties
- Cook
- DuPage
- Lake
- McHenry
- Will
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Bio:
Leon I. Finkel is Co-Managing Partner of Berger Schatz. Mr. Finkel counsels clients in all areas of family and matrimonial law, including prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, marital settlements, asset valuations and distributions, parenting agreements, child-custody and child-support matters, and family law settlements. An experienced litigator, he regularly represents individuals in trials and appeals. Mr. Finkel is a member of the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association (Family Law Section). He is a Fellow and Member of the Board of Managers of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Illinois Chapter), and has been named an Illinois SuperLawyer every year since 2006. Mr. Finkel has been named to the Leading Lawyers Network and is one of a select group of attorneys to earn a peer rating of AV (very high to preeminent) by Martindale Hubbell. While in law school, he was a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award for Family Law. A frequently published author, Mr. Finkel has written numerous articles on topics ranging from depositions, motions, business assets, and child support orders, among others. He lectures regularly on family and matrimonial law. Mr. Finkel serves on the Law & Justice Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Haven Youth and Family Services of Winnetka, Illinois, and was a member of the Board of Education of District 219 Niles North and Niles West (Illinois) High Schools from 1998 to 2003.

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