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PROVIDING LEGAL SOLUTIONS DURING TROUBLED TIMES

We understand that choosing an attorney during a time of crisis is a very important decision and the attorney you choose does make a difference.  Laura A. Epstein & Associates, LLC, is dedicated to providing personalized creative legal services to families.  Years of experience provide our firm with the seasoned legal judgment for families needed during some of the most difficult times in their lives. These difficulties touch upon a variety of sensitive family issues stemming from dissolution of marriage, paternity, children, domestic violence, and end-of-life planning.

In addition to aggressive representation in court, we also offer options such as contemporary, non-adversarial approaches to resolving legal disputes designed to emphasize cooperation over conflict. As a result, we regularly resolve and settle cases for our clients promptly and efficiently, avoiding unnecessary conflict and aggravation.  However, where trial presents the best opportunity to ensure our clients’ fair treatment, we hold years of courtroom experience. We fight vigorously on our clients’ behalf to secure their rights and safeguard their families.

Our lawyer’s client-responsive style of practicing law provides clients with solutions to their legal problems, solutions that take into account delicate family circumstances and long-term relationships. Clients particularly appreciate our style when we have helped them resolve their legal issues while still preserving relationships that must be maintained after a case is over.

A PERSONALIZED APPROACH TO PERSONAL PROBLEMS

It is our goal to minimize the uncertainty and stress for our clients during their most difficult times.  Our attorneys, Laura Epstein and Nicole Beran, provide options and creative solutions to difficult legal issues.  We believe it is important to take the time necessary to listen to our clients at the onset.  We use this individualized approach and understanding of our clients to craft legal solutions and goals uniquely tailored to their own particular needs. We do not provide one-size-fits-all legal representation because there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all family.  

The emotional and financial burden of legal issues can be draining.  It is also frustrating that the court process can be very slow and clients and their families feel their lives are put on hold.  Laura A. Epstein & Associates, LLC considers the process and makes every attempt to preserve family harmony and to minimize disruption to their clients’ lives and those of their families. We make our relationships with our clients the foundation of everything we do.  This approach enables us to offer clients compassionate solutions they need for very emotional legal problems. 

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Know Where Your Case Really Stands: You Can Count On Our Legal Judgment

Navigating your way through legal issues is scary, especially when emotions are high.  In most family law cases, there are no “wins” and the goal is to maximize your legal interest in a difficult situation.  Laura A. Epstein uses their decades of experience to provide the best possible outcome for our clients considering their individual situation.  We offer our clients legal counsel that takes into account their emotional circumstances as well as their legal needs. This means advising clients as to the full range of legal options available to them both in and out of court. A priority of Laura A. Epstein & Associates is to educate our clients about the law in order for them to understand their case.  Demystifying the law is yet another way in which we provide our clients with the tools they need to resolve their legal matters successfully and efficiently.

With respect to the children that are our greatest concern there are several separate areas of law that may be applicable to your particular case.  They are as follows:

• The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (750 ILCS 5/101 et. seq.)
• The Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 (750 ILCS 45/1 et. seq.)
• The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 (750 ILCS 60/101 et. seq.)
• The Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/11-1 et. seq.)
• The Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50/0.01 et. seq.)
• The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (705 ILCS 405/1-1 et seq.)

Laura A. Epstein & Associates, LLC is knowledgeable in all of these areas of law where child related issues may be addressed. Many times there are multiple cases pending involving different laws and it is important to work with attorneys that understand how the laws interrelate in order to provide the best legal outcomes for our clients.

We are successful because our entire legal team is dedicated to considering our clients personal and legal goals, counseling our clients regarding their realistic options, and providing results consistent with those options.  At Laura A. Epstein & Associates, LLC you will experience firsthand our signature candor. You will always know where your case stands because you will be able to trust our frankness. We take great pride in maintaining this kind of close and open communication with our clients. We believe our hallmark candor and honesty serve as the foundation to our firm’s uniquely personalized and successful approach to the practice of law.  

Schedule your consultation with Laura A. Epstein & Associates, LLC:   To discuss your options with an attorney at Laura A. Epstein & Associates, please call 815-639-0982 to schedule a consultation appointment.  For the convenience of consults located not within the area or with complicated schedules, the consultation may be done over the phone with the attorney.  If you have any documents from a pending case or regarding your issues, please make sure you bring that information with you to your first consultation appointment.  The cost for a consultation with one of our experienced attorneys is $150.  All consultations are completely confidential