Dwayne Douglas
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Family Law, Child Custody, Divorce, Adoption, Father's Rights
2801 Lakeside Drive, Suite 211, Bannockburn, IL 60015
About Dwayne Douglas
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Child Custody
- Divorce
- Adoption
- Father's Rights
Education
- Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1990J.D.
- Northern Illinois University, 1987B.A.
- Major: Psychology
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker, Criminal Prosecutions and Order of Protection Proceedings: Possible Relationships to Family Law Proceedings, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2003
- Speaker, Sexually Violent and Dangerous Persons' Cases: A Nuts and Bolts Primer, Urbana, Illinois, 2006
- Speaker, Dispositive Motions in Family Law Cases, 2-619 Motion to Dismiss, Motion for Summary Judgment, Motion for Declaratory Judgment, Savannah, Georgia, 2006
- Speaker, When Can I Appeal a "Final" Judgment? Considerations for Family Law Practitioners, Santa Monica, California, 2007
- Speaker, Retainers for Attorney's Fees, To Whom Does Your Retainer Belong, Washington D.C., 2008
- Speaker, Guardianship and Custody Proceedings. Where do parents stand against third parties?, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2009
- Speaker, Wilson v. Clark, the principle and its development, Memphis, Tennessee, 2010
- Speaker, Parentage Act of 2015, Nashville, Tennessee, 2016
- Mock Trial Witness, Mock Trial Seminar, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2019
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1991
Other Affiliations
- Lake County Bar Association, Former Chair of the Family Law Committee
- Jefferson Inn of Court, Former President
- Illinois Bar Association, Member
- Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Arbitrator
- Lake County Bar Association, Board Member, 2019-2022
Articles
Published Works
- An Alternative to Prison Sentences for "Non-Probationable" Offenses: The Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, Lake County Bar Association Docket, 1994
- Changes to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 237 Have Arrived, Lake County Bar Association Docket, 2005
- An Introduction to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, Lake County Bar Association Docket, 2005
- Dispositive Motions in Family Law Cases, Lake County Bar Association Docket, 2006
- When Can I Appeal a "Final" Judgment?, Lake County Bar Association Docket, 2007
- Judicial Subcircuits: What are they? Why have them? Where do we go from here?, Lake County Bar Association Docket, 2008
- Individual Retirement Account Withdrawals as "Income" for Child Support Purposes, Lake County Bar Association Docket, 2013
Office Info
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