Jay P. Dahlin is a partner with Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP whose practice concentrates on financially complex divorce matters and contested custody litigation.  He has successfully tried numerous cases, winning custody and support for fathers and mothers in Cook, Lake, DuPage and McHenry Counties.  Mr. Dahlin has extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional and international support, valuation, custody and enforcement matters.  He has litigated and consulted on matters involving interests in various states, as well as foreign nations such as India, Mexico, Israel, South Africa, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Germany. In 2008 he was named one of Illinois’ “40 Under 40 Attorneys to Watch” by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company.

Mr. Dahlin is a member of the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Chicago.  He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the DePaul University College of Law, an IICLE speaker on “Analysis and Attack of Custody Evaluation Reports,” and is a graduate of the prestigious American Bar Association Trial Advocacy Institute. Mr. Dahlin obtained his Bachelor of Arts (1998) and his Juris Doctorate (2001) degrees from the University of Illinois. Upon graduation, he practiced complex commercial litigation for a large international firm before joining Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP in 2003. Mr. Dahlin is a former clerk for both the offices of the United States Attorney and the Illinois Attorney General, and is a member of the American and Illinois Bar Associations.