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In a February 22, 2018 article entitled, “What could make divorces more contentious? The new tax law,” Berger Schatz Founding Partner David Levy explains how (for new divorce agreements starting next year) ex-spouses will no longer be able to deduct alimony from their taxable incomes—and what this means for settlements. To read the full article, click here.

Barry Schatz and David Levy named to the 2018 Super Lawyers “Top 100 Illinois Attorneys” list 

Karen Krehbiel and Alex Jacobson featured in Town & Country’s “A Guide to Divorcing Well”

2017 List of Crain’s Custom Media’s Most Influential Women Lawyers in Chicago

Berger Schatz sponsors Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago’s 30th Anniversary Lawyers for Diversity Gala

Berger Schatz Partner Craig M. Mandell and Associate Heather Smith Grattan gave a presentation entitled, “Come and Get Me: Interstate Discovery and Subpoena Enforcement” at the 23rd Annual Lake County Bar Association Family Law Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Berger Schatz Partner Craig M. Mandell gave a presentation entitled: “Beyond Child Support: Allocation of Medical, Child Care, Educational and Extracurricular Costs,” discussing how the implementation of the new, “income-shares” child support statute, effective July 1, 2017, will affect the approach of Illinois courts to the division of financial responsibility for “direct pay” child expenses.

Managing Partner Leon Finkel, with Partner Peter Sullivan, won a major victory in the Illinois Supreme Court on behalf of our client, Donna Tuke. In a unanimous decision issued on March 23, 2017, the State’s highest Court ruled in favor of Donna and reversed the appellate court on two issues. It restored (increased) Donna’s maintenance […]

On January 12, 2017, Berger Schatz Managing Partner Leon I. Finkel argued before the Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield, Illinois. At issue before the state’s highest court in the case of In re the Former Marriage of Heroy were two questions: first, whether a party must prove an “inability to pay” in order to be […]

The November 2016 issue of Emerging Lawyers featured a profile of Berger Schatz Partner Lauren Goodkin Roth. An attorney with Berger Schatz since 2010, the article describes how Roth’s early legal work in business law prepared her for a career in family law and her “bright future” as a partner at Berger Schatz. To view […]