For the past 20 years Sandra has dedicated her legal practice to educating and leading clients to the clearest path for resolution of their unique problems. She helps distressed families, partnerships and businesses move out of conflict using the most appropriate legal dispute resolution model, be it the Collaborative Practice model, mediation, arbitration or litigation. As legal disputes and status adjustments (like dissolutions of marriages or partnerships) can be costly in terms of money, time lost, and emotional stress, it is critical for people facing such life changing events to be educated about and understand clearly their legal options and the various paths to resolution available before proceeding. Sandra received her undergraduate degree from DePaul University in 1984 and her Juris Doctorate from the John Marshall Law School in 1989. She has been a practicing mediator since 1994 and was among the first attorneys in Illinois to be trained in the Collaborative Law model of dispute resolution when it was introduced here in 2000. Her areas of concentration are Family Law, Real Estate and Mechanic Lien Foreclosure. She works throughout Cook and the surrounding counties. Sandra also serves on the nonprofit board of directors of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, where she currently holds the office of President and is an Illinois State Bar Association Assembly Member and Vice-Chair of the ISBA’s Women in the Law Committee. Sandra is also an active member of the CBA. Recently Sandra was nominated by her peers, evaluated and selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer - a group which includes only five percent of all the attorneys in her jurisdiction.
