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James H. Feldman

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James H. Feldman

James H. Feldman

Partner
 
Jenner & Block LLP
330 N. Wabash
Chicago, Illinois  60611
(Cook Co.)

Telephone: 312-923-2780
Fax: 312-840-7780
http://www.jenner.com



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Practice AreasFamily Law; Litigation Department
 
EducationUniversity of Illinois, J.D., 1968; New York University, LL.M., 1970, Tufts University, B.A., 1965
 
Admitted1969, Illinois; 1971, California
 
MembershipsIllinois State and American (Family Law Section: Chair, Ethical Practice and Procedures Committee, 1988-1992; Co-Chair, Federal Legislation/Congressional Relations Committees, 1995-2000; Litigation Section: Chair, Domestic Relations and Family Law Litigation Committee, 1988-1990) Bar Associations; Vice Chair, Board of Directors, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, 2006—.
 
BornChicago, Illinois, August 30, 1943
 
BiographyListed in Best Lawyers in America in Domestic Relations Category (in the specialties of Collaborative Law and Family Law), Naifeh & Smith, all editions, 1983-2009. Author: "Two-Tiered Billing in Illinois Divorce Cases — a Critique," Illinois Bar Journal, September, 2008; "Strategies to Break Impasses," Section for IICLE Course, Business Valuation, Financial and Tax Issues Affecting Divorce, January 2007; "Maintenance Review and Modification," Chapter for AAML Course, Family Law Seminar for Experienced Attorneys, October 2005; "Courts Assess Dissipation of Assets," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, February 13, 2003; "Initial Interview and Client Relations," Chapter for ISBA Course, Law Ed Series, Family 101: Learn from the Experts, October 2002; "Beginning Strategies and Initial Considerations," Chapter in Handbook for First Annual Family Law Conference, IICLE, April 2002; "The Shifting Venues of Marital Negotiations," FairShare, June 1996; "Clients: How to Take on Their Problems Without Making Them Your Own," ABA Family Advocate, Fall 1994; "Which Confidences are Protected," ABA Family Advocate, Fall 1991; "Blowing the Whistle on Another Lawyer," ABA Family Advocate, Spring 1990; "The Initial Interview" and "Ethics," ABA Family Advocate, Winter 1990; "Dangerous Liaison: Dealing with the Press in Family Litigation," Annual Meeting Compendium at 19, American Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1989; "Historical and Practice Notes Supplement, Illinois Marriage and Dissolution Of Marriage Act and Husband and Wife Act, Smith-Hurd Illinois Annot. Statutes, West, 1983-1988; "Silences in the Storm: Testimonial Privileges in Matrimonial Disputes," XXI Family Law Quarterly 189, 1987, ABA; "Taming Transmutation—A Guide to Illinois' New Rules on Property Classification and Division Upon Dissolution of Marriage," Illinois Bar Journal, March, 1984; "Classification of Property Upon Dissolution of Marriage," Illinois Bar Journal, October, 1982. Faculty Member, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1975—. Certified Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Fellows Member, Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, and International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
 
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