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Biography
Matt Shaw attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and graduated from Illinois College, Magna Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1983. He continued his education at the Northern Illinois University College of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctorate degree in 1986, and became a licensed attorney in Illinois on November 6, 1986.
Having previously practiced in general and family law practices, and having served as the child support attorney for Kane County Circuit Court Clerks Office from 1987 to 1995. Mr. Shaw opened his own law practice concentrating in family law in 1991. In 2000, he co-founded the law firm of Shaw, Jacobs, Goostree & Associates, P.C. in St. Charles, Illinois, which concentrated its practice in family law, including dissolution of marriage, financial issues, and custody litigation. In 2016, Matt reopened his own law firm Shaw Sanders, P.C.
Mr. Shaw has been a legal author and lecturer for many years, and has served on family law committees including the ISBA Family Law Section Council (having first served in 1991). He has authored and published articles in the ISBA Family Law Newsletter and authored the first chapter of the Illinois Family Law Handbook. He has presented at family law seminars throughout the country. On behalf of the ISBA Family Law Section Council Custody Subcommittee, he testified in Springfield before Illinois Supreme Court Custody Committee regarding proposed custody legislation on March 28, 2003.
With a proven track record of success representing men, women, and children in Illinois courts, Mr. Shaw has extensive court and trial experience. He has also served as a Mediator and Guardian ad Litem in Family Law cases, and has resolved numerous cases outside of court.
He has been interviewed on family law topics on both television and radio, and has volunteered his time at divorce support groups. Mr. Shaw continues to serve as an attorney presenter at Kids in a Divorcing Society (KIDS) family court program for parents (since 1993), and was the Co-Chair of the Kane County Family Law Committee. He and his firm also support various legal service groups that serve those in need.
Education
- Practice AreasDivorceAlimony / MaintenanceChild Custody / Allocation of Parental ResponsibilitiesParenting AgreementsChild SupportHigh Income Child Support and DeviationsChange in Venue or JurisdictionCollege ExpensesAllocation of DebtHigh Asset DivorceBusiness ValuationsProtecting Family Owned Businesses and Professional PracticesForensic Accounting and Hidden AssetsThe Stay at Home Parent and DivorcePost-Divorce ModificationsPost-Divorce Enforcement and Contempt of CourtOrders for Withholding
- Garnishments and ArrearagesProperty DivisionRetirement Assets in DivorcePension Valuations and QDROsRelocation of Residential Parent and ChildTax Implications of DivorceUncontested DivorceVisitation and Parenting TimeFamily LawAdoptionCivil Union DissolutionDomestic Violence and Orders of ProtectionLegal SeparationPaternityPrenuptial and Postnuptial AgreementsMediation DivorceAlimony / MaintenanceChild Custody / Allocation of Parental ResponsibilitiesParenting AgreementsChild SupportHigh Income Child Support and DeviationsChange in Venue or JurisdictionCollege ExpensesAllocation of DebtHigh Asset DivorceBusiness ValuationsProtecting Family Owned Businesses and Professional PracticesForensic Accounting and Hidden AssetsThe Stay at Home Parent and DivorcePost-Divorce ModificationsPost-Divorce Enforcement and Contempt of CourtOrders for Withholding
- Garnishments and ArrearagesProperty DivisionRetirement Assets in DivorcePension Valuations and QDROsRelocation of Residential Parent and ChildTax Implications of DivorceUncontested DivorceVisitation and Parenting Time College Expenses Practice AreasDivorceAlimony / MaintenanceChild Custody / Allocation of Parental ResponsibilitiesParenting AgreementsChild SupportHigh Income Child Support and DeviationsChange in Venue or JurisdictionCollege ExpensesAllocation of DebtHigh Asset DivorceBusiness ValuationsProtecting Family Owned Businesses and Professional PracticesForensic Accounting and Hidden AssetsThe Stay at Home Parent and DivorcePost-Divorce ModificationsPost-Divorce Enforcement and Contempt of CourtOrders for Withholding
- Garnishments and ArrearagesProperty DivisionRetirement Assets in DivorcePension Valuations and QDROsRelocation of Residential Parent and ChildTax Implications of DivorceUncontested DivorceVisitation and Parenting TimeFamily LawAdoptionCivil Union DissolutionDomestic Violence and Orders of ProtectionLegal SeparationPaternityPrenuptial and Postnuptial AgreementsMediation