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Advisory Board

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ADVISORY BOARD 2021-2022
The Center recruits successful and prominent members of the Chicago family law community to serve on its advisory board for a two-year term. Advisory Board members provide input and advice about programs and projects, as well as attend and participate in the Center’s family law events. 

Current Advisory Board Members

Chidinma Ahukanna (JD ‘ 19)
Aronberg Goldgehn​
 
David Ainley
Katz & Stefani, LLC
 
Boye Akinwande
Cook County Office of the Public Guardian
 
Jessica Alvarez
3L Representative
 
Kelly Bennett (JD ‘10) 
Greenberg & Sinkovits LLC
 
Madison Boland (JD ‘15) 
Beermann LLP​
 
Molly Caesar (JD ‘10) 
Caesar & Bender LLP
 
Kimberly Cook
Dovetail Conflict Resolution, LLC
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Sandra Crawford ​(LA&S '84)
Law Crawford PC 
 
Robert Friend (JD ’20)
Beermann LLP
 
Brendan Hammer (JD ‘07), Past Chair 
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP​ ​
 
Brian Hurst
Hurst, Robin & Kay, LLC
 
Margaret Keane (BA ‘93)
Berger Schatz

Diana Lopez, Vice Chair
López Law Group​

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Nanette McCarthy (JD ‘95) 
Griffin McCarthy & Rice LLP
 
Hon. Patricia Mendoza (JD ‘84) 
Circuit Court Cook County
 
Candace Meyers  
Beermann LLP 
 
Marcellus Moore
The Alliance Law Group, P.C.​
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Lisa Nelson (JD ‘93), Chair
Birnbaum, Haddon, Gelfman & Arnoux LLC 
 
Genevieve Niemann (JD ‘15)
Singewald Law Firm
 
Nicole Onorato (JD ‘04)
Beattie Freeman Onorato Family Law Group, LLC
 
Brandon E. Peck
Peck Ritchey, LLC
 
Danielle Parisi Ruffatto (BA '01)
Ascend Justice​​
 
Donald Schiller (JD ’66), Ex-Officio Member
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP
 
Hon. Karen Shields (ret.) (JD ‘80) 
JAMS
 
Anita Ventrelli (JD ‘89)
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP
 
Erin Wilson (JD ‘08​)
Law Offices of Erin M. Wilson, LLC​


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​​​Past Advisory Board Members​​

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