PRACTICE AREAS
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO YOUR MOST CRITICAL PROBLEMS
Our team of committed attorneys understands the importance of your case. With decades of experience at one of the nation’s largest family law firms, Jackson Buckley & Pfanenstiel, LLP will handle your legal issues with vigor, compassion, and professionalism.

DIVORCE
Jackson Buckley & Pfanenstiel, LLP has experience handling the most difficult family law issues, and counsel clients on issues related to:
Business Valuation
Business Litigation and Shareholder Disputes
Forensic accounting and tracing of assets and income
Matters concerning closely held and family businesses
Stock options, restricted stock, and equity awards
Executive compensation matters
Non-marital claims
Trust matters
Determination of income and compensation
Treatment of retained earnings
Child custody matters including custody evaluations
Relocation
Bifurcation
Tax matters and planning
Interstate and international discovery
Petitions for Annulment
Motions to Vacate Judgments

CHILD CUSTODY AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Our partners have experience handling the most difficult child-related issues, and counsel clients on issues including:
Allocation of parenting time
Allocation of decision making
Relocation
Issues related to supervised parenting time
Matters involving substance abuse impacting minor children
Custody evaluations
Cases concerning parental alienation syndrome
Multi-jurisdictional disputes
UCCJEA matters

CHILD SUPPORT
Our firm counsels clients on all issues related to child support, including:
Income identification
Lifestyle analyses
Matters concerning closely held and family businesses
Treatment of retained hearings
Stock options, restricted stock, and equity awards
Executive compensation matters
Income imputation
Child support modifications

MAINTENANCE
We represent clients on all issues related to maintenance, including:
Income identification
Lifestyle analyses
Income imputation
Matters concerning closely held and family businesses
Stock options, restricted stock, and equity awards
Executive compensation matters
Maintenance buyouts
Vocational assessments
Maintenance modifications and terminations

PRE- AND POST-NUPTIAL AGREEMENTS
Premarital and Postmarital Agreement
We provide advice to clients related to:
Premarital agreement drafting
Postnuptial agreement drafting
Litigation regarding prenuptial and postnuptial agreements

RELOCATION
Our partners work with clients seeking to relocate or to challenge a proposed relocation, including:
Multi-jurisdictional disputes
UCCJEA matters

COLLEGE EXPENSES AND UNEMANCIPATED ADULTS
Our partners counsel clients on the following issues:
Allocation of responsibility for college expenses
Modifications of college expense obligations
Petitions to support unemancipated adults

ORDERS OF PROTECTION
We represent clients in the following matters:
Orders of Protection
Actions under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act
Temporary restraining orders

CIVIL LITIGATION
We help clients resolve civil litigation issues including:
Temporary restraining orders
Subpoena defense
Deposition defense
Protective orders