ROSS S. LEVEY is a partner in the Chicago matrimonial law firm of Yavitz & Levey, LLP. Mr. Levey graduated with Honors from the University of Illinois (Urbana/Champaign) in 1990 and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1993. Mr. Levey is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and currently serves on the Board of Governors.
Mr. Levey was selected by a panel of prominent Illinois attorneys as a member of the Leading Lawyers Network in the area of family law, a group comprised of the top 5% of Illinois family law attorneys.
Mr. Levey was appointed to the Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Section Council in 2005, and served as the Chair of the Family Law Section Council (2009-2010), after serving as Vice-Chair (2008-2009) and Secretary (2007-2008). Mr. Levey was also the Newsletter Editor for the Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Section Council from 2001-2007.
Mr. Levey was appointed to the Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Electronic Research for 2005-2006, 2007-2008 and 2010-2011.
Mr. Levey has lectured at “Divorce University” presented by The Lilac Tree, for the Illinois State Bar Association and for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. In consecutive years beginning in 2005 through the current date, Chicago Magazine selected Mr. Levey as one of Illinois’ “Super Lawyers” in the area of Family Law. Mr. Levey has worked as the state reporter for Illinois for the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 “Law in Fifty States” editions of the Family Law Quarterly published by the American Bar Association. Since leaving law school, 100% of Mr. Levey’s experience has been devoted to the area of family law.
