Jamie Zider is dedicated to achieving positive results in a personalized manner for each client.
Approach
Jamie represents clients in all areas of family law. She prioritizes resolving cases through mediation to creatively achieve the best results for her clients. She represents clients with complex financial estates and high-conflict custody disputes. Jamie also has extensive experience negotiating comprehensive premarital and postmarital agreements.
Prior to joining Berger Schatz, Jamie held a Judicial Externship with the Honorable Judge Eileen Brewer in the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County and worked as an intern in the Domestic Relations Division of the Office of the Public Guardian. Before law school, she taught first grade in the Archer Heights neighborhood of Chicago as a Teach for America Corps Member.
Reputation
While in law school at Northwestern, Jamie was an Associate Editor for the Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
- Law Bulletin Media’s 40 Under Forty, 2025
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2022 — Present
- Ones to Watch
- Illinois Super Lawyers, 2024 — Present
- Rising Stars
- Leading Lawyers Network, 2021– Present
- Emerging Lawyer
Contact
jzider@bergerschatz.comdownload vCard
Education
Northwestern School of Law, J.D., 2015
Dominican University, Masters in Early Childhood Education and Teaching, 2012
University of Michigan, BA in Psychology, with distinction, 2009
Bar Admissions
Illinois
Professional Memberships
Professional Leadership field