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About Grund & Leavitt LLP
We manage crises, we solve problems, and we deliver results. For more than 40 years our lawyers have handled the largest, most complex, and most demanding divorce matters in Illinois — and we have helped shape Illinois divorce law at both the trial and appellate levels.

When it comes to Illinois divorce law, we wrote the book. Literally. We author the Illinois Practice of Family Law, the two-volume treatise judges and practitioners across the state rely on.

Our mission is simple: clients first. Any divorce unsettles a family. We listen, we find the issues that actually matter, and we drive to outcomes that match our clients' priorities. We ask the same of every lawyer we hire.

The Role:

Represent clients in dissolution, allocation of parental responsibilities, parenting time, child support, maintenance, and property division
Handle matters from consultation through settlement or trial, including high-net-worth and business-valuation disputes
Appear in Cook, Lake, DuPage, and the collar counties for motions, pretrials, and trials
Draft pleadings, discovery, marital settlement agreements, parenting plans, and premarital agreements
Negotiate with opposing counsel and appear in mediation and settlement conferences
Work with forensic accountants, business valuators, and custody evaluators on complex financial and parenting issues

How You Will Learn Here
Most firms promise mentorship. Here is what ours actually looks like.

Every case is partner-staffed. You work with a partner, not beneath one. You will second-chair complex trials before you first-chair them — and you will first-chair when you are ready, not when a calendar says so.
Your drafts come back marked up. Motions, agreements, and discovery get real edits and a real explanation of why the change matters.
Moot your argument before you make it. Walk down the hall, put your motion in front of a lawyer who has tried the issue, and fix it before the judge does.
Open doors for the five-minute question. The best training happens between hearings, not in a scheduled quarterly review.
Learn from the best lawyers. Many of our attorneys are Fellows of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers. Best Lawyers; Super Lawyers.
Small enough that it is personal. Senior lawyers here know your cases by name and know where you are trying to grow.
Feedback runs both directions. We want lawyers who asks hard questions about strategy — that is how the cases get better, and how you get better.

What you bring:

J.D. from an accredited law school
Licensed in Illinois and in good standing
3–10 years of experience, ideally in family law, with courtroom exposure and an appetite for more
Sharp drafting, negotiation, and client-counseling skills
The judgment to settle when settlement serves the client — and the nerve to try the case when it does not
Ownership of your files: deadlines met, clients informed, no reminders needed
Coachability. You take a hard edit well, ask when you are unsure, and do not confuse confidence with competence.
A preference for working in the office, next to your team