Jay Dahlin is an experienced trial attorney who has successfully handled numerous financial and custodial cases throughout northern Illinois’ domestic relations courts. On several occasions, he has received trial verdicts in favor of business owners and executives, as well as successfully securing custody for both fathers and mothers.
Dahlin also specializes in international family law litigation. He has successfully litigated cases involving multi-jurisdictional and international support and custody disputes, property division, business valuations, child recovery and removal, and enforcement issues. He has litigated and consulted on matters involving parties’ interests throughout the world and is a member of the American Society of International Law, as well as a speaker and author on issues relating to the application of international treaties to domestic relations cases.
The legal community has recognized Dahlin as an effective advocate for his clients. In 2008, the Law Bulletin Publishing Company named him one of Illinois’ “40 Under 40 Attorneys to Watch.” Since 2009, Super Lawyers has named him an Illinois Rising Star. Since 2012, he has been recognized as a “Leading Lawyer.”
Dahlin earned his BA and JD degrees from the University of Illinois. He also is a graduate of the American Bar Association Trial Advocacy Institute and is on Cook County's approved list of attorneys who may represent minor children as a guardian ad litem/attorney for minor child/child representative in the Domestic Relations Division. He joined Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP in 2003, after clerking for the United States Attorney, the Illinois Attorney General and working for a large international litigation firm. Dahlin also has served as an adjunct professor of law at DePaul University and, an avid philanthropist, he has served on the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago.