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Illinois Fellows
 Fellows and Sustaining Fellows are attorneys in the Academy who seek referrals and who have met the highest ethical and competency standards for admission to the Academy. They are active practitioners with the most knowledge, skill, and experience in the field of adoption. Sustaining Fellows are Fellows who have provided additional financial support to the Academy to further its purposes. The Academy was formed to study, encourage, promote and improve the laws and practice of law pertaining to the adoption of children and the creation of families throughout the United States and abroad.
 


Shelley B. Ballard
Member Since 1990
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Special Needs Children • Grandparent Representation

www.familybuildinglaw.com
221 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1136, Chicago, IL 60601
TEL (312) 673-5312; FAX (312) 673-5318

Kirsten Crouse Bays
Member Since 1998
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Special Needs Children

1513 University, Charleston, IL 61920
TEL (217) 345-6099; FAX (217) 345-6098


Deborah Crouse Cobb
Member Since 1992
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Special Needs Children • Contested Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation

515 West Main Street, Collinsville, IL 62234
TEL (618) 344-6300; FAX (618) 344-3920

Nidhi Desai
Member Since 2002
Assisted Reproduction • Domestic Adoption • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Intercountry Adoption

www.familybuildinglaw.com
221 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1136, Chicago, IL 60601
TEL (312) 673-5312; FAX (312) 673-5318


H. Joseph Gitlin
Member Since 1993
111 Dean Street, Woodstock, IL 60098
TEL (815) 338-0021


Theresa Rahe Hardesty
Member Since 1993
Domestic Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Intercountry Adoption

7513 North Regent Place, Peoria, IL 61614
TEL (309) 692-1087; FAX (309) 692-5334


Michelle M. Hughes
Member Since 2003
Domestic Adoption • Special Needs Children • 
Intercountry Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation • Assisted Reproduction

221 N. LaSalle, Suite 2200, Chicago, IL 60601
TEL (312) 857-7287; FAX (312) 658-0114


Kimberly Kuhlengel-Jones
Member Since 2001
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption

255 E. St. Louis St., P.O. Box 186, Nashville, IL 62263
TEL (618) 327-3093; FAX (618) 327-3905


Richard A. Lifshitz
Member Since 1992
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Contested Adoption • Intercountry Adoption • 
Special Needs Children • Assisted Reproduction • 
Grandparent Representation

www.mandellipton.com
120 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL 60602
TEL (312) 236-7080; FAX (312) 236-0781


Sheila A. Maloney
Member Since 2000
Domestic Adoption • Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • 
Intercountry Adoption • Contested Adoption • 
Grandparent Representation • Special Needs Children • 
Assisted Reproduction

www.iladoptionlawyer.com
633 Rogers Street, Suite 102, Downers Grove, IL 60515
TEL (630) 570-5050; FAX (630) 570-5006


Kathleen Hogan Morrison  [More Information]
Member Since 1992
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Contested Adoption • 
Domestic Adoption • Intercountry Adoption • 
Assisted Reproduction • Special Needs Children • 
Grandparent Representation

www.chicagoadoptionattorney.com
70 West Madison Street, 21st Floor, Chicago, IL 60602
TEL (312) 977-4477; FAX (312) 977-0872


Denise J. Patton
Member Since 2002
Domestic Adoption • Intercountry Adoption • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Special Needs Children • Contested Adoption

www.ILAdoptionAttorney.com
4760 Fairfax Avenue, Palatine, IL 60067
TEL (847) 925-9072; FAX (847) 925-9074


Sally Wildman  [More Information]
Member Since 1992
Domestic Adoption • Intercountry Adoption • 
Interstate (ICPC) Adoption • Assisted Reproduction • 
Special Needs Children • Grandparent Representation

www.swildmanlaw.com
200 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2750, (Northbrook by Appointment), Chicago, IL 60601
TEL (312) 726-9214; FAX (312) 236-4818

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