About
Since joining The Stogsdill Law Office, P.C. in 2000, Mr. Smit has remained devoted to presenting his clients with the customer first interest to element together with the information and revel in required to perform the client s favored outcome. Mr. Smit procedures every man or woman customer with the know-how that it's far very important to virtually listen to the purchaser and attain a consensus as to what they can count on from the given state of affairs.
Mr. Smit acquired his Bachelor of Science degree in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University in 1994. Mr. Smit then went directly to graduate from the John Marshall Law School and changed into admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 1998. Since being admitted to the Bar in 1998, Mr. Smit has focused his region of practice solely to circle of relatives regulation and divorce litigation. Mr. Smit practices in all areas of matrimonial law, from a simple divorce to complex financial and custody subjects, pre-nuptial and put up-nuptial agreements, judgment enforcement, pre and post decree custody and guide actions, home violence and parentage movements.
Mr. Smit has efficiently dealt with many specific situations, from negotiating toddler assist and renovation awards in high wealth cases and the valuation and department of complex marital estates to implementing pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. Mr. Smit s successes additionally encompass negotiating and litigating complex custody situations including cases with more than one court appointed and unbiased experts applied when necessary to determine the satisfactory hobbies of the child.
Mr. Smit is a member in proper standing of the ISBA and DCBA and the Family Law sections of each. Mr. Smit became additionally appointed by using the ISBA President to serve on the Standing Committee on Bar Services and Activities. Mr. Smit is also actively worried inside the DCBA mentor-mentee application serving as a mentor to a newly admitted member of the Illinois State Bar.
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Location
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
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Mediation
- Appeals
Costs
Certificates
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
The Stogsdill Law Office, P.C.
2000- Associate Lawyer
Lake, Toback & Yavitz
1998
Educations
Graduation year: 1998
Graduation year: 1994
