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Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 14 Berger Schatz Attorneys

Barry A. Schatz leads discussion on forensic evidence

The Chicago Tribune interviewed Berger Schatz Managing Partner Leon I. Finkel for perspective on the impact of Illinois’s recent recognition of same-sex marriages on Chicago businesses. In a May 29, 2014 article entitled “At dawn of same-sex marriage, wedding business is booming,” Leon discusses the practical legal implications of the legislation for same-sex couples getting married, as […]

Berger Schatz is proud to announce that 19 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2014 Illinois Super Lawyers listings. Managing partner Leon Finkel and former managing partner David Levy were both named for inclusion in the list of Top 100 Lawyers in Illinois. Also named to the list of […]

David H. Levy receives 2014 Samuel S. Berger Award

Congratulations to Berger Schatz Principal Leon I. Finkel, whose article, “Addressing Prenups in the Age of Same-Sex Couples,” was published in the May 8, 2014 issue of Chicago Lawyer Magazine. To read Leon’s complete article, please click here.

Since its founding in 1987, Berger Schatz has become one of the largest and most respected law firms in the country for matrimonial and family law. Key to that success has been the firm’s addition of lawyers like Jason Adess, a principal at the firm who has exclusively handled divorce law for nearly two decades. […]

A film titled “Divorce Corp,” along with a companion book, debuted across the nation earlier this month. In my 37 years of practicing law, I have yet to come across such a biased and misleading portrayal of the many attorneys, judges and other professionals involved in matrimonial and family law. The so-called “documentary” paints a distorted picture, focusing on anomalous divorce cases that – as sometimes happens in any legal case – have gone badly for everyone.

At the 2013 “What’s New” seminar sponsored by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), partner Michael S. Sabath teamed up with Illinois matrimonial attorney Gunnar Gitlin to present a discussion of recent Illinois Appellate and Supreme Court cases in the field of family and matrimonial law. Mr. Sabath is a Fellow of the AAML […]

Berger Schatz congratulates partner Marcy Kott, who join partners Dina Warner and Andrew Eichner as Fellows of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois (CLII) and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP). Marcy completed extensive training in alternative dispute resolution practices and are qualified to assist couples in resolving matrimonial disputes through Collaborative Law. Marcy, […]