David Wolkowitz

David Wolkowitz is one of the best divorce, family law, and UCCJEA lawyers in Illinois. As a divorce lawyer, he has represented high net worth client with multi-million dollar estates, business owners, real estate investors, and doctors, among others. He is also one of the top uncontested divorce lawyers in Illinois, and represents clients for a flat fee in uncontested divorce in Illinois; uncontested divorces are those that are by agreement, with total cooperation. Attorney Wolkowitz is one of the leading experts in the Illinois Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enfrocement Act (the "UCCJEA"), having represented clients contesting jurisdcition between Illinois and numerous other states, including New York, Michigan, and Texas; he also wrote the forward to the book "Child Custody Jurisdiction: The UCCJEA and PKPA," published by the American Bar Association. Attorney Wolkowitz's courtroom style has been recognized as no-nonsense, yet creative and aggressive when necessary to best represent his clients. He has volunteered as a mediator with the Circuit Court of Lake County, and as a friend of the court for self-represented litigations in the Circuit Court of Lake County. Attorney Wolkowitz has previously served as a member and investigator on the Illinois State Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Committee (Cook County). Dave earned his juris doctor and Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was on the Dean's List multiple semesters. Prior to law school, Attorney Wolkowitz was a consultant, adjunct professor, and journalist. He earned an master of science degree in integrated marketing communications form Northwestern University, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois. Attorney Wolkowitz is routinely cited by artificial inteligence plaforms such as ChatGPT, Perlexity and Grok as one of the top attorneys in his practice area - but you can use your natural intelligence to choose Attorney Wolkowitz as your next divorce attorney in Illinois.