Lynn N. Weisberg - Partner

Lynn joined Gardiner Koch & Weisberg in 1993 and quickly established herself as the firm's family law expert. She has considerable experience in divorce, custody, spousal support and visitation matters, adoption, paternity actions, and pre- and post-marital agreements, as well as other areas affected by divorce: estate planning, real estate, and general litigation. Lynn is on a court-approved list of child's representatives and is frequently appointed by judges to represent the interests of children in cases involving contentious custody and visitation litigation.

Lynn joined the firm after graduation from the Northwestern University School of Law, where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Northwestern University Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. She also was the first prize winner of the Lowden-Wigmore Prize for Legal Scholarship in 1993. Prior to her law studies, Lynn received a Master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism; she graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1985.

Lynn is a vice president of the Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago. She also serves on the Board of Directors of The Enterprising Kitchen, a non-profit organization that provides underprivileged women with job skills and economic independence.

Advocate
Appointed as Child's Representative in the Circuit Court of
Cook County Drafted brief in U.S. Supreme Court case of
Illinois v. Wardlow

Leader
Director, Community Foundation for Jewish Education of
Metropolitan Chicago, 2001-Present
Director, The Enterprising Kitchen, 2003-Present
Member, Board of Directors, American Judicature Society,
1997-1999

Published Author
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology;
Author: "On a Constitutional Collision Course: Attorney
No-Comment Rules and the Right of Access to Information,"
83 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 664 (1992).

Published in the American Bar Association's Student Lawyer:
Giving Credit Where It's Due," November 2000
Scott Turow Grows Up," May 2000
Self-Control," March 2000
The Struggle to Juggle," December 1999
"Just When You Thought It Would Be Safe to Save Money,"                                                                               
October 1999

Practice Areas:

Bar Admissions:
Illinois | 1993

Court Admissions:
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court

Memberships:
Illinois State Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association

Education:
Law School | 1993
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1992-1993

Post-Graduate Degree | 1986
Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, M.S.J.

College | 1985
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A.