Attorney Profiles

Kelli E. Gordon
Springfield, Illinois

Areas of Practice:: Adoption; Alimony & Spousal Support; Child Support; Childrens' Rights; Custody & Visitation; Divorce; Domestic Violence & Neglect; Estate Administration; Guardianships & Conservatorships; Landlord/Tenant; Paternity; Prenuptial Agreements; Trusts; Wills

Certification/Specialties:: Approved Custody and Visitation Mediator, Circuit Courts of the 7th Judicial Circuit in Illinois, 2007

Bar Admissions:: Illinois, 1998; U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1998; U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1998

Education:: Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois
J.D.; University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, USA, 1995
B.S.
Major: Business Administration; 40 hour custody and visitation mediation training at the University of Illinois-Springfield-Jan 2007

Published Works:: Minimum Contacts with Your Out of State Expert, Illinois State Bar Association; Trial Briefs, May 2007; Vol. 52, No. 9; Who is going to Pay for College?, Illinois State Bar Association; Trial Briefs, August 2010; Vol. 54, No. 1

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Pleading Under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and Client Rationalization, Illinois State Bar Association, February & March 2012; Temporary Relief- Emergency, Exparte or Otherwise, Illinois State Bar Association, February 2011; Case Law Updates, Illinois State Bar Association, April 2010; Inside Divorce Mediation, Illinois State Bar Association, June 5, 2009; Support for Non-Minor Children and Educational Expenses, Illinois State Bar Association; March 6, 2009 and March 13, 2009; Orders of Protection, Illinois State Bar Association, April 18, 2008; Basic Skills - Family Law, Illinois State Bar Association, November 14, 2007; Primer on Domestic Violence - Getting Orders of Protection - March 15, 2007 and March 23, 2007, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Strategies for Divorcing Elder Clients with Disabilities - November 4, 2005, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Family Law for the Elderly Client: The Dying Client in Dissolution Matters - June 17, 2005, Illinois State Bar Association; Update and Overview of Civil Practice: Service of Process - April 22, 2005 and May 6, 2005, Illinois State Bar Association; Bridge the Gap, Illinois State Bar Association

Honors and Awards:: Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2006 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Sangamon County Bar Association, 2011; President; ISBA Family Law Section Council, 2008 - Present; Mediation of Child Custody, Illinois State Bar Association April 2007; Lincoln-Douglas Inns of Court, 2005 - Present; Sangamon County Bar Association; Law Day Chairman; Central Illinois Women's Bar Association; President - 2005; Young Lawyers Sangamon County Bar Association; President - 2005; Illinois State Bar Association, 1998 - Present; American Bar Association, 1998 - Present