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Sarane C. Siewerth

Sarane Siewerth

Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP
200 North LaSalle Street, 30th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601

Chicago

Illinois (IL)

Contact Contact Sarane C. Siewerth
T: 312-609-5536
F: 312-641-6361

Visit: www.sdflaw.com
Practice Areas: Family Law (60%), Appellate (40%)

Family Law

Appellate

Industry Groups: None

Profile

Ms. Siewerth heads the firm's appeals and research department, which focuses on client matters that involve the investigation into and argument on issues of law, primarily the prosecution or defense of an appeal of a trial court ruling to the Appellate or Supreme Court of Illinois. She is the author of "Custody Appeals" in the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education publication Child Custody Litigation, as well as various articles in the Illinois Bar Journal and the American Bar Association Family Advocate. She is also a frequent speaker on issues such as international child abduction, child custody and new developments in family law. A former judicial law clerk with the Illinois Appellate Court and current member of the Appellate Lawyers Association, she has taught appellate advocacy at The John Marshall Law School and has been on the faculty of several appellate writing workshops and seminars. Ms. Siewerth received the John Marshall Law School Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010.

Selected To

Illinois Super Lawyers 2012
Illinois Super Lawyers 2011
Illinois Super Lawyers 2010
Illinois Super Lawyers 2009
Illinois Super Lawyers 2008
Illinois Super Lawyers 2007
Illinois Super Lawyers 2006
Illinois Super Lawyers 2005

About Sarane Siewerth

Admitted: 1981, Illinois

Professional Webpage: www.sdflaw.com/ssiewerth

Honors and Awards:

  • Named in Naifeh and Smith's Best Lawyers in America, Member of Leading Lawyers Network

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Appellate Lawyers Association
  • Order of John Marshall; Chicago (Legislation Subcommittee) (1985-1986); Chicago (Member: Matrimonial Law Committee) (1984-1994); Chicago (Supreme Court Rules Subcommittee) (1986-1994); Chicago (Current Law Subcommittee) (1986-1994); American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; Illinois State (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Revisiting Transmutation 20 Years Later:Still Untamed?  "Patronage, Arbitrary Discharge and Public Policy: Redefining the Balance of Interests in Employment," 14 John Marshall Law Review, 1981; Continuity of Mental State: Reviving The Inclusionary Approach to Admitting Other Crimes Evidence, 73 Illinois Bar Journal 344, 1985; Chapter, Rights of Putative Fathers to Custody and Visitation, Child Custody & Visitation Law and Practice, Matthew Bender, 1987; Chapter, "Appeals in Custody and Visitation Cases," Child Custody Litigation, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2006; Co-Author, Chapter, Trial Practice Considerations, Illinois Family Law, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1989.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

  • Recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from The John Marshall Law School., 2010

Newsletters:

  • Articles on appeals in Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP Newsletter

Educational Background:

  • John Marshall Law School, J.D.with distinction (1981); Northwestern University, B.S. (1961); Northwestern University, M.A. (1962); Jesus College, Oxford, England (1967)
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