Michael C. Doyen
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1800 Larkin Ave., Elgin, IL 60123
About Michael C. Doyen
Practice Areas
- Family Law
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1986J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1983B.A.
- Major: Economics and Philosophy
- Honors: Received a Regular Army Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Representative Cases
- Irmo Schmitt, 391 Ill. App.3d 1010 (2nd Dist. 2009)
- Irmo Ackerley, 333 Ill. App.3d 382 (2nd Dist. 2002)
- Irmo Golden, 358 Ill. App.3d 464 (2nd Dist. 2005)
- Voga v. Voga, 376 Ill. App.3d 1075 (2nd Dist. 2007)
- Eden v. Robert A. Chapski, Ltd., 405 F.3d 582 (7th Cir. 2005)
- Irmo Schmitt, 391 Ill. App.3d 1010 (2nd Dist. 2009)
- Irmo Ackerley, 333 Ill. App.3d 382 (2nd Dist. 2002)
- Irmo Golden, 358 Ill. App.3d 464 (2nd Dist. 2005)
- Voga v. Voga, 376 Ill. App.3d 1075 (2nd Dist. 2007)
- Eden v. Robert A. Chapski, Ltd., 405 F.3d 582 (7th Cir. 2005)
Classes and Seminars
- Family Law Seminar Chairperson, Kane County Bar Association, 1995 - 2001
- Business Valuation, Financial & Tax Issues Affecting Divorce, IICLE and the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, - January 18, 2010
- Frequent presenter at Kane County Bar Association Family Law Seminars, 1992 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1987
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2002
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2011
Other Affiliations
- Kane County Bar Association, 2005 - 2006 (Past President)
- Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
- Kane County Bar Association, Family Law Committee, 1999 - 2001 (Chair)
- Kane County Bar Association (Director, 2001)
- Kane County Bar Association, 2001 - 2003 (Secretary/Treasurer)
- Kane County Bar Association, 2003 - 2005 (Vice-President)
Past Positions
- U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, Captain and Chief of Military Justice, 1986 - 1990
- United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Northern Division, Special Assistant
- Robert A. Chapski, Ltd., 1990 - 2015
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