Steven N. Peskind, Esq.

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Steven N. Peskind, Esq. EDUCATION: B.A. Tulane University 1982 J.D. DePaul University College of Law 1985 CAREER: Attorney at Law Licensed State of Illinois 1985 Licensed Federal District Court 1985 EMPLOYERS: Associate: Law Offices of David P. Peskind, Aurora Partner: Peskind & Peskind, Ltd., Aurora Principal: Law Offices of Steven N. Peskind, Esq. Geneva/St. Charles 1996 present (Currently the Peskind Law Firm) KANE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer Board: Kane County Bar Foundation Chair Delivery of Legal Services Committee Chair Family Law Committee ; Co-Developer Kane County Family Law Mediation Program Co-Developer Families First Legal Aid Program ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Genetics and Human Reproductive Task Force Family Law Section Counsel Chair: Reproductive Technology Sub- Committee Assembly Delegate , New Lawyers Division Section Counsel, Bench/Bar Section Counsel, Fellow: Illinois Bar foundation Page 1 of 8 5/6/13

2 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Member of Family Law Section Publication Board, 2009-present Advisor to the Study Committee on Marital and Premarital Agreements for the ABA s participation of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (ULC), Chair of the Law Practice Management & Technology Committee of the ABA Section of Family Law, Executive Member of the Trial Practice and Techniques Committee of the ABA Section of Family Law, Member of the Nominating Committee of the ABA Section of Family Law, Vice-Chair of the Reproductive and Genetic Technology Committee, Executive Counsel of the ABA Family Law Section of the Reproductive Technology and Genetics Executive Committee, 2006 Bar Leadership Institute, 1997 Vice Chairman Young Lawyers Family Law Section, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), 2007-present Illinois Chapter Board of Managers, Member: amicus curiae sub-committee 2010 to present Member of amicus curiae committee (Illinois Chapter), Member of law practice management committee (National), Member of Editorial Board AAML Journal, 2009-present HONORS Awarded the Michael S. Cohen award, by IICLE, for Continuing Commitment and Contribution to Professional Education of Matrimonial Lawyers Recognized as one the Best Lawyers in America He is the only lawyer in Kane County, Illinois recognized in the Best Lawyers directory, 2013 Recognized as Super Lawyers, 2008-present Election as one of approximately 3,000 members to the American Law Institute (ALI), 2006-present Member of Scribes (American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects) in recognition of excellence in published legal writing, 2005-present Member of Leading Lawyer - selected by other lawyers in the State of Illinois as being one of the top 5% of family lawyers in the state, 2003-present Recognized as one of the Top Family Lawyers in Illinois in April 2005 Crain s Business Magazine Commendations by DePaul College of Law Family Law Center for outstanding contribution to the practice of family law, Page 2 of 8 5/6/13

3 OTHER MEMBERSHIPS Member of the Illinois Family Law Study Committee, created by the Illinois Legislature by HR 1428, which will review the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and propose changes to improve Illinois divorce and family law, present Member of the Advisory Board of the DePaul College of Law Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center, 2008-present Rush-Copley Hospital Medical Ethics Committee, Rush-Copley Healthcare Foundation Board Member, Task Force to Review and Recommend Changes to Kane County Custody Rules, Chaired by the Honorable F. Keith Brown, University Club of Chicago FACULTY Faculty member of the Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute presented annually in Boulder, Colorado by the American Bar Association (ABA) Family Law Section in conjunction with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). A weeklong intensive course on enhancing trial advocacy skills of divorce and matrimonial lawyers, 2009-present PUBLICATIONS Author: Family Law Evidence Handbook, to be published by the American Bar Association Publications. Author: Strategies for Family Law in Illinois, 2013 ed.: Leading Lawyers on Leveraging Alternative Dispute Resolution, Negotiating Alimony and Child Support, and Managing Client Expectations (Inside the Minds), Published by Aspatore, Publication Date Nov Author: Practice Fundamentals: Exceptionalism is the Best Marketing, published by the Family Advocate issue of Marketing in a Digital Age, Winter Paper Presented: Wax On, Wax Off 10 Principles of Evidence Every Divorce Lawyer Needs to Know for the IICLE Seminar on Business Valuation, Financial and Tax Issues in Divorce, January 2013 Paper Presented: Evidentiary Foundations and Admitting Social Media, and Other Digital Evidence for the Illinois State Bar Association 8 th Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference, September 2012 Page 3 of 8 5/6/13

4 Author: Evidentiary opportunities: Applicability of the hearsay rules in Child Custody Proceedings, published by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, June Paper Presented: Is it Authentic? The Procedure and Foundation for the Admission of Digital Evidence, for the Kane County Bar Association Seminar, May 2012 Author: Client and Expert Testimony: When and How to Use Each to Provide Valuation Evidence in a Divorce Case, published by the Journal of the DuPage County Bar Association, Vol. 24, Issue 6, March Author: What s It Worth? The Foundation for Valuation Evidence in an Illinois Divorce, published by the DuPage Bar Association Magazine, February Paper Presented: Is it authentic? The Procedure and Foundation for the Admission of Digital Evidence, for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Columbus Day Seminar, October 2011 Author: The New Normal, The Evolving Family Law Practice, published by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, January Paper Presented: Redefining Family Law: Embracing the Future of the Practice, for the Oklahoma Bar Association Family Law Section, November 2010 Paper Presented: Hot Tips: Why blog? Incorporating blogging into a family law practice, for the American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California (May 2010) Paper Presented: Reconceptualizing the Practice of Family Law in the 21 st Century, for American Bar Association Family Law Section, Fall Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 2009 Author: Surviving the Tsunami, How to Stay High and Dry in Troubled Times, published by Voices and Views, The Newsletter for the Commission on Women for the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Vol. 13, No 4, Fall 2008 Author: Child Custody Litigation Illinois Institute of Legal Education: Investigation and Discovery; (1998, Supplement 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010), and Jurisdiction for Original Custody and Removal of Child from State of Illinois (2010 Edition) Co-Author: Of the House Bill ultimately adopted as the Illinois Gestational Surrogacy Act ( ) Author: Regulating non-traditional childbirth-the Illinois Gestational Surrogacy Act, for the Illinois State Bar Family Law Journal Vol. 48, No. 2, January 2005 Author: Domestic Relations (Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (2005, 2012) Page 4 of 8 5/6/13

5 Author: Determining the Undeterminable: The Best Interest of the Child Standard as an Imperfect but Necessary Guidepost to Determine Child Custody, for the Northern Illinois University Law Review, Spring 2005 Author: The Pendulum has Swung: the Upside-Down World of the Law of Maintenance in Illinois, for the Newsletter of the Illinois State Bar Section on Family Law, December 2005 Author: Mother Knows Best. Judicial Deference and the Child s Best Interests, for the DuPage County Bar Journal, January 2004 Author: Who s Your Daddy?: An Analysis of Illinois Law of Parentage and the Meaning of Parenthood, for the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal Vol. 35 No. 3 Spring 2004 Author: Family law Starting points: The Fundamentals of 11 Practice Areas (Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education 1994, 2000, 2004, 2012) Eckert Revisited: The Supreme Court's Review of Collingbourne and the Second District Appellate Court's application of the law of removal, for the Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Newsletter, February 2003 Author: Effective Presentation of a Motion for Temporary Support for the American Bar Association Family Law Litigation Newsletter, Spring 1999 Assistant Editor: American Bar Association Family Law Litigation Newsletter LECTURES Speaker: Objection! 10 Principals of Evidence Every Divorce Lawyer Needs to Know, for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Missouri Chapter Biennial Institute, Family Law Symposium, April Speaker: Wax On, Wax Off 10 Principles of Evidence Every Divorce Lawyer Needs to Know for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) Seminar on Business Valuation, Financial and Tax Issues in Divorce, January 2013 Co-Speaker: Stafford PowerPoint Webinar, Family Law Evidentiary Issues: Navigating the Rules of Evidence and Ways to Authenticate, Admit and Restrict Admission of Evidence and Testimony in a Divorce Case, November Co-presented with Attorney Anita Ventrelli, of Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck. Page 5 of 8 5/6/13

6 Co-Speaker: Trial Tactics: How to Make Trials Less Trying, for the Ohio Association of Magistrates (OAM) Fall Conference, October Co-presented with Attorney Anita Ventrelli, of Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck. Speaker: Foundations for Electronic Evidence, for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Fall CLE Program, October 2012 Speaker: Evidentiary Foundations and Admitting Social Media, and Other Digital Evidence for the Illinois State Bar Association 8 TH Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference, Sept 2012 Co-Speaker: Conducting Effective Expert Witness Cross Examination: How to Impress the Judge for the American Bar Association Section of Family Law, Section of Litigation, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education. Co-presented with Attorney Anita Ventrelli, of Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck, June 2012 Speaker: Is it Authentic? The Procedure and Foundation for the Admission of Digital Evidence, for the Kane County Bar Association Seminar, May Speaker: Is it authentic? The Procedure and Foundation for the Admission of Digital Evidence for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Columbus Day Seminar, October 2011 Keynote Speaker: Redefining the Practice of Family Law for the Oklahoma Bar Association Family Law Section, " November 2010 Speaker: Removal Update after Collingbourne, for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Fall CLE Program Advanced Family Law, October 2010 Speaker: Hot Tips: Why blog? Incorporating blogging into a family law practice for the American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California (May 2010) Speaker: Chaos after Collingbourne for the Kane County Bar Association Seminar, April 2010 Speaker: Reconceptualizing the Practice of Family Law in the 21 ST Century for the American Bar Association Family Law Section, Fall meeting, Montreal, Quebec, October 2009 Speaker: Hot Tips: Presentation on Law Practice Management, for the American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 2009 Speaker: Law Practice Management during Troubled Financial Times for the David Peskind Memorial Family Law Seminar November, 2008 Page 6 of 8 5/6/13

7 Speaker: Maintenance How much and How Long? For Gitlin on Divorce Family Law CLE, Divorce Basics presented at an Expert Level by Experts, April, 2008 Speaker: 10 Things a Divorce Lawyer Needs to Know About Taxation -A Primer, 2007 David Peskind Memorial Family Law Seminar Speaker: Maintenance Roundtable, Kane County Bar Association, 2007 Speaker: Trends in Maintenance Awards , Kane County Bar Association, 2005 Speaker: Current Issues in Child Custody Law, Northern Illinois University Law Review Symposium, March 2005 Speaker: The Illinois Gestational Surrogacy Act, Illinois State Bar Association, 2004 Speaker: Illinois statutory Basis of Parentage, Kane County Bar Association, 2004 Speaker: The implications of In re Marriage of Collingbourne of child removal cases in Illinois, Kane County Bar Association, 2003 Moderator: Dividing Retirement Plans in Divorce, Kane County Bar Association, 2002 Moderator: Calculation of Child Support and Maintenance in Family Law Cases, Kane County Bar Association, 2001 Speaker: Speech to newly admitted Illinois Attorneys at swearing in ceremony, Elgin, Illinois, May 1999 Speaker: Discoverability of Mental Health Records, Kane County Bar Assoc, 1998 Speaker: Extraordinary Family Law Remedies, Kane County Bar Association, 1992 Speaker: Hearsay in family law cases, Kane County Bar Association, 1993 Speaker: Contempt Proceedings, Kane County Bar Association, 1994 Presenter: KIDS program (Kane County Family Court) lectures on divorce and its impact on children Presenter: People s law School (1990, 1992) Page 7 of 8 5/6/13

8 ADVANCED EDUCATION Symposium: Genetic Bonds and Family Law; The Challenge of DNA Parentage Testing March 27-28, 2003 New Orleans, LA, Presented by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, University of Louisville Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law, and the Hastings Center Family law Trial Advocacy Institute (American Bar Association/University of Houston Law School) Intensive eight-day advanced trial skills course, 1995 Mediation Institute (40 hour mediation training) 1991 NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS Steven Peskind has successfully challenged the constitutionality of the Illinois Parentage Act in a ruling by a Kane County trial judge. While subsequently overruled by the Illinois Supreme Court, the case (In re John M.) questioned the state s exclusive reliance on DNA tests as a determinant of parentage. Also, he successfully briefed and argued a case before the Illinois Supreme Court that substantially altered the law in Illinois involving removal of children from the State. In re Marriage of Collingbourne (2003). Mr. Peskind coauthored the text of the bill that ultimately culminated in the Illinois Gestational Surrogacy Act. He was the Illinois State Bar Association liaison to the Illinois legislature concerning the replacement of the Illinois Parentage Act with the Uniform Parentage Act. VOLUNTEER SPONSOR Pro bono advocate for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), Breaking Free: Not for profit education and treatment of substance abuse, , President of Board, United Way Allocations Committee, Copley Memorial Hospital Foundation, David P. Peskind Memorial Scholarship: Annual scholarship presented by Northern Illinois Law School to graduating student exemplifying excellence in Family Law Studies. Page 8 of 8 5/6/13