About

Maxine Weiss Kunz is a exceptionally experienced family law attorney in Chicago, Illinois, with a sturdy historical past in conventional litigation, adoptions, and collaborative law. She is a licensed Child Representative and Guardian ad Litem in Cook County, in addition to a licensed mediator and collaborative regulation practitioner. Maxine Weiss Kunz is a Founding Partner of Weiss-Kunz & Oliver, LLC, in which she has been training own family law exclusively on the grounds that 2005. Her knowledge consists of conventional litigation, adoptions, and collaborative law. She is extraordinarily respected inside the felony community and is licensed for appointment as a Child Representative or Guardian advert Litem in Cook County. Additionally, she is certified to practice collaborative regulation in Illinois. Maxine acquired her undergraduate levels from Indiana University-Bloomington, in which she double-majored in Psychology and Telecommunications. She went directly to earn her J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she obtained a certificate in Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She became also a member of the prestigious Mock Trial Advocacy Team at Chicago-Kent. In addition to her criminal practice, Maxine has posted numerous articles and lectured on various circle of relatives law issues. She is an active member of professional businesses together with the Illinois State Bar Association, Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, Chicago Bar Association, and DuPage County Bar Association. She is deeply worried inside the ISBA, serving on committees and tasty in volunteer paintings. Maxines dedication to her paintings in family regulation changed into highlighted in a spotlight article in The Catalyst, the e-newsletter of the ISBA’s Standing Committee on Women and the Law. She has been recognized for her achievements, inclusive of being selected as a 2020 Super Lawyer and as one in every of forty Under forty Lawyers to Watch via the American Society of Legal Advocates.

Legal Issues

Divorce
Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
Family Law
Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Certificates

Certified Guardian Ad Litem
Cook County

Child Representative
Cook County

Certified Mediator
Illinois

Certified Collaborative Lawyer
Illinois

Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Illinois Jurdictions
Illinois
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Experience
  • Partner
    Weiss-Kunz & Oliver, LLC
    2016
  • Lawyer
    Weiss Kunz & Green, LLC
    2014
  • Lawyer
    Rosenfeld Hafron Shapiro & Farmer
    2008
  • Lawyer
    The Law Office of Debra J. Braselton, P.C.
    2004
Education
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology Education School Logo
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
J.D. (2005) | Law
Graduation year: 2005">
Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington Education School Logo
Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington
B.A. (2002) | Telecommunications & Psychology, Minor in Business
Graduation year: 2002">
Associations
State Bar of Illinois
                        
                                                     # 6287652 Professional Association
State Bar of Illinois  # 6287652
has membership
Current">
Board of Directors of AFCC Professional Association
Board of Directors of AFCC
has membership
2020 - Current">
American Bar Association Professional Association
American Bar Association
has membership, ISBA Delegate
2015 - Current">
The Lilac Tree Professional Association
The Lilac Tree
Developement Committee
2014 - Current">
DuPage County Bar Association Professional Association
DuPage County Bar Association
has membership
2005 - Current">
Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois Professional Association
Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois
Fellow
2005 - Current">
Illinois State Bar Association Professional Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Council has membership of the Young Lawyer Division
2005 - Current">
Chicago Bar Association Professional Association
Chicago Bar Association
has membership
2008 - 2013">
American Bar Association Professional Association
American Bar Association
has membership
2005 - 2009">
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