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DuPage County Illinois Divorce Lawyer Raiford D. Palmer

Raiford D. Palmer, Partner

Email Raiford Palmer. Direct Phone: 630.434.0400 x 165.

Raiford Palmer is an experienced Illinois attorney concentrating in family law with a focus on high net worth divorce and complex divorce cases. His family law work includes divorce, collaborative divorce, child custody, child support, asset valuation and division, maintenance, and post-decree matters, and premarital (prenuptial) agreement drafting. Raif primarily serves clients in DuPage, Cook, and Will Counties.

Raif joined Momkus McCluskey LLC in 1994, and later formed his own law practice in 2001. In 2006, he rejoined as a Partner and merged his successful family law practice with the firm.

Raif Palmer's experience and achievements include multiple successful jury and bench trials, numerous successful arbitrations and mediations, and many successfully resolved divorce and family law matters.

He has substantial experience with business formation and transactional matters, buy-sell and operating agreements, commercial real estate transactions, commercial leases, and employment agreements which enable him to better handle complex divorce cases involving substantial assets.

Certification/Specialties:

Fellow, Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois

Certified Guardian Ad Litem/Child Representive, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (DuPage County)

Certified Arbitrator, Mandatory Arbitration Program, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (DuPage County)

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1994

U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar

U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1994

U.S. Supreme Court, 2007

Education:

Juris Doctor, 1994, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science-Prelaw, 1991, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professional Associations and Memberships:

DuPage County Bar Association Family Law Committee, Business Law Committee, Planning Committee

Illinois State Bar Association (Family Law Section Council)

American Bar Association (Family Law Section)