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Daniel R. Stefani and P. André Katz
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K ATZ & STEFANI, LLC
atz & Stefani, LLC is a family law firm committed to efficiently helping clients resolve emotional family issues in a calm and dignified manner. Recognizing that divorce is “a very personal business,” the firm’s lawyers limit their case load, allowing them to give clients significant personal attention. “You need to be comfortable with your divorce lawyer and you need to know you can get in touch with him or her,” explains founding partner Daniel R. Stefani. Combining their total of over 40 years working in family law at some of the largest firms in Illinois, Stefani joined P. André Katz to form Katz & Stefani in 2008. Serving high-profile and high-net-worth individuals in premarital and divorce matters, the firm’s lawyers are particularly attentive to maintaining the privacy of these individuals. Its partners’ strong business, financial, tax, and accounting backgrounds provide a valuable resource for understanding the complexities of business valuations, employee benefits, retirement planning, and other financial issues that arise in divorces involving high-net-worth individuals. Although skilled and experienced litigators, Katz & Stefani’s founders believe that not every case needs to be litigated. The firm’s lawyers strive to resolve cases “in
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the conference room rather than the courtroom,” utilizing alternative dispute resolution methods. Katz & Stefani lawyers are experienced in navigating the complicated waters of interstate and international custody disputes implicating the laws of multiple jurisdictions, the Hague Convention, and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act. Sensitive to issues of parental alienation, the firm works with mental health professionals to identify and address the issue as soon as possible. Katz & Stefani lawyers are also adept at negotiating and crafting both premarital and postnuptial agreements. Both Katz and Stefani take a leadership role within their specialty, lecturing and publishing frequently on the topic of family law. Stefani writes a regular column on family law for Chicago Lawyer, and Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan has appointed Katz as chairman of the Family Law Study Committee, tasked with rewriting the Illinois Divorce Statute which has now been submitted to Springfield. Both Katz and Stefani have been recognized for many years as two of the best matrimonial attorneys by several publications, and the firm received a First Tier ranking in Chicago for family law by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” in 2015.
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