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:
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Business valuation
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Business litigation and shareholder disputes
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Forensic accounting and tracing of assets and income
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Matters concerning closely held and family businesses
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Stock options, restricted stock, and equity awards
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Executive compensation matters
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Non-marital claims
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Trust matters
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Determination of income and compensation
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Treatment of retained earnings
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Child custody matters including custody evaluations
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Relocation
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Bifurcation
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Tax matters and planning
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Interstate and international discovery
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Petitions for Annulment
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Orders of Protection
Actions under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act
Temporary restraining orders
CIVIL LITIGATION
We help clients resolve civil litigation issues including:
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Temporary restraining orders
Subpoena defense
Deposition defense
Protective orders
GET IN TOUCH
Jackson Buckley & Pfanenstiel, LLP
Chicago | Lake Forest | Naperville
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1044 N. Western Avenue, Suite F
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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111 East Jefferson Avenue, Suite 201
Naperville, Illinois 60540
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444 West Lake Street, 17th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(847) 457-4848