Attorney Profiles
Davis Friedman represents clients throughout Illinois in all aspects of family and matrimonial law. Collectively, the firm’s attorneys have a wealth of combined experience in the field, and pool their knowledge and expertise to provide clients with the best possible results.
Thanks to their concentration on complex divorce and related issues in family law, our attorneys are recognized for the focused and pragmatic strategies they propose to their clients. They have deep and proven experience dealing with complex cases, from high value asset distribution to contested child custody disputes.
Come meet our team and see how we can deliver for you.
Partner
Michael P. Alvarado
Mr. Alvarado is a skilled and zealous advocate for his clients, and leverages his accounting background in complicated financial cases.
Partner
Michael A. Anderson
Michael A. Anderson focuses his practice in all aspects of family law. Michael brings a wealth of expertise and experience to Davis Friedman as a former U.S. Army Paratrooper and Sergeant for the Chicago Police Department.
Associate
Caroline Arnold
Caroline, together with her personal and professional experiences, understands that family law matters, including divorces and custody disputes, can be emotionally taxing. Caroline prides herself in being an aggressive advocate for her clients while also helping them find the most direct route to resolution and educating them on the law and the process along the way.
Managing Partner
Laura N. Ashmore
Laura Ashmore has dedicated her career to the field of domestic relations law, with a concentration on complex family law matters involving children, high-net-worth...
Partner
Staci Balbirer
Staci Balbirer concentrates her practice in the area of divorce and family law that encompasses issues related to complex financial matters, the allocation of parental responsibilities, child support, maintenance, property division, pre-and post-nuptial agreements, orders of protection and international custody disputes.
Partner
Jami M. Buzinski
Jami Buzinski practices exclusively in the area of Family Law and Matrimonial Law, both on the trial and appellate court levels.
Partner
Nicholaus J. Dilly
"Ultimately, most divorce cases settle," Nicholaus Dilly notes. "But the path to a resolution is never the same."
Partner
Andrew M. Engle
Andrew Engle practices family law with a positive approach to helping his clients. "Although in most of our cases, people are experiencing varying levels of personal turmoil...
Partner
Joy M. Feinberg
Joy M. Feinberg is a fierce and focused advocate for individuals of wealth who are contemplating or in the midst of divorce.
Partner
Kyle F. Fraccaro
When asked about the intangible rewards of his practice, Kyle Fraccaro mentions an e-mail he received from one of his partners at Davis Friedman, which still stands out in his mind...
Partner
Joshua T. Friedman
"As a divorce lawyer, I look first at my clients' needs and family values before I get into the financial legalities of their case," says Josh Friedman. "A divorce case is a legal business resolution...
Retired
David M. Goldman
David Goldman is a seasoned negotiator and trial attorney with over 36 years of family law experience. His extensive experience and fierce work ethic allow him to achieve the best results while meeting his client’s priorities.
Partner
Alexandra Greenberg
Alexandra places great importance and focus on what each individual client needs and desires from his or her specific family law matter, whether it be allocation of parental responsibilities, maintenance, child support, financial planning, asset division, or post-decree issues.
Partner
Heather M. Hurst
Heather Hurst is a born litigator who is passionate about her courtroom work. She began her career as a Cook County State's Attorney where she regularly represented the Illinois Attorney General’s ...
Retired
Pamela J. Hutul
Pamela Hutul has years of experience in multimillion-dollar disputes, representing many of Chicago's elite business leaders and families with multi-generational wealth.
Partner
Timothy Jasper
Tim Jasper's aspiration in life is simple: He just wants to be the best divorce attorney in the City of Chicago. Actually achieving that goal is, suffice it to say, considerably more complicated and challenging
Partner
Jennifer L. Lavin
Jennifer L. Lavin focuses her practice exclusively on divorce and family law matters. While Jennifer has extensive litigation experience, her current practice is focused on her passion for advocating for children as a Cook County Child Representative and Guardian Ad Litem, and upon alternative dispute resolution in her roles as a Parenting Coordinator, Mediator, and Collaborative Attorney.
Retired
Dorene Marcus
As a certified mediator and an experienced litigator, Dorene Marcus employs a full spectrum of legal talents, all of which she believes are rooted in her early professional experience.
Senior Counsel
Doris Schumacher McMorrow
Doris Schumacher McMorrow begins every divorce case by thinking it through to a realistic conclusion. "I help my clients visualize an end result, seeing alternatives and the best ways to get there,"
Partner
Bernadette McNicholas
Bernadette founded her solo practice in 1987, initially representing clients in the areas of domestic relations, criminal defense, personal injury, probate, traffic, collections, partition suits, worker’s compensation cases and real estate closing.
Associate
Scott Pelletier
After five years in the finance industry, Scott decided to pursue a Juris Doctor. While working on his law degree, he completed a five-month externship with the Health Justice Project—an experience that was pivotal to his career. Upon completion of this work, Scott knew he wanted to dedicate his law career to helping families through difficult times.
Associate
Sylvie R. Rockman
Sylvie focuses her practice on complex financial matters and child custody matters, including cases related to the dissolution of marriage, property distribution, allocation of parental responsibilities and decision-making, post-decree modifications and enforcement, maintenance, child support, in addition to order of protection matters.
Partner
James L. Rubens
"This is the most high-stakes kind of litigation there is," says James Rubens. Having represented individuals in divorces for more than 25 years, he says, "I have always been for the underdog...
Associate
Amanda Scott
Amanda recognizes that family law is inherently complicated, emotionally charged, and often daunting. With this understanding, she approaches each situation with unwavering focus and compassion, appreciating the uniqueness and complexity of every case.
Partner
Robert D. Segal
"When managing the divorce process for my clients," states Robert Segal, "it is important to constantly bear in mind that the immediate and long-term goals of both parties involved are the same...
Partner
Vincent J. Stark
Vincent primarily represents clients in the State of Illinois, however, he has represented clients in need of his skills outside the State of Illinois.
Partner
David M. Sternfield
David Sternfield is an attorney and international autism advocate who currently primarily works as a Guardian ad Litem and Child Representative appointed by the court to represent children in family law matters. Throughout David’s 27 years of practice, he has honed his creative problem-solving approach which allows him to best serve Davis Friedman clients and the children he represents.
Partner
Jennifer S. Tier
Jennifer S. Tier has a passion for family and matrimonial law to which she has dedicated her entire career. Jennifer is a highly skilled litigator and negotiator...
In Memoriam
Muller Davis
Universally acclaimed as one of the deans of family law not only in Chicago and Illinois but throughout the United States, Muller Davis, one of Davis Friedman’s name partners, passed away on October 10, 2017.