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It’s hard to forget the housing frenzy that quickly took shape when mortgage interest rates hit historic lows in 2021. Many couples took advantage of this unique opportunity and either bought a new home or refinanced an existing home loan. Now, these ultra-low rates are posing new challenges to spouses who are getting a divorce. […]

We recently launched our new Educate Empower Roundtable series, which is designed to enlighten and engage participants on a variety of important topics related to navigating life’s challenges. Our first event spotlighted real-life stories of co-parenting success from remarkable people who’ve experienced it firsthand: The Honorable Michele Lowrance, a retired Cook County Domestic Relations Judge […]

One of the most challenging aspects of divorce is co-parenting. Even those clients who seem to have successfully co-parented during their marriage and enter into the divorce process intending to practice co-parenting with intention and grace struggle because the dynamic between them naturally shifts with divorce. The personal, intimate relationship is breaking down, they are […]

Thanks to our post-pandemic, 21st-century world, I can work from just about anywhere, because like all of you, I carry my phone, tablet and laptop everywhere. I can’t get access to a conference room in my own office in downtown Chicago without scanning my phone. I can’t log into my computer without entering a text […]

Divorce is frequently one of the most stressful periods of a person’s life. Cleaving a family in two — not just its assets, but its daily life, relationships and emotions — is inherently traumatic. It only worsens when the family’s privacy is shattered during the process. Particularly for high-net-worth or well-known individuals, loss of privacy […]

For many, social media is an integral and important part of their lives. People scroll through and post on sites like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok daily. Although there can be enjoyment and benefits in this activity, for those going through a divorce, social media can be detrimental in ways we might not consider. Over the […]

For years, mediation has been gaining on litigation as the vehicle for settling divorce cases. There’s a common misconception, though, that mediation means two people meeting with a neutral third party, without attorneys, to reach an agreement on their own. However, in high-stakes divorce cases, attorneys are present with their clients in every phase of […]

The divorce process can be legally and emotionally complicated enough; add a family-owned or privately-held business into the mix and it becomes even more complex. Determining how to assign a fair market value to a business and how to divide that value between the divorcing spouses so that each gets their rightful share is a […]

It’s incredible to think that less than two years ago, ChatGPT was a nearly unknown startup that was not part of any dinner conversations or news stories. Few had ever heard of “large language models,” and fewer still understood how they worked or what they could do. The recent explosion of Artificial Intelligence tools now […]

Much like prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements are important tools for protecting assets and reducing costs in the unfortunate event that a marriage should end. There are many reasons why prenups are wise (even romantic) — particularly when significant current or future income disparities exist between two spouses. But what if you already got married and […]