Our Legal Services
Clarity, Strategy, and Support—Start to Finish
No one expects to need a lawyer—until they do. Whether you’re facing a legal challenge or planning ahead, we’re here to help you understand your options and take action with confidence. From your first call to the final resolution, we’re in it with you.
When your family, your freedom, or your future is at stake, the attorney you choose matters. At Flatiron Legal Advisors, PLLC, we represent individuals and families across Illinois in the legal matters that matter most — divorce, custody, criminal defense, estate planning, and more.
Since 2011, thousands of clients have trusted our firm to guide them through high-stakes situations with clarity, compassion, and results. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all legal work. Every client gets a strategy built around their life, their goals, and their budget.
Illinois Legal Services Built Around You
Illinois law has its own complexities. Equitable distribution rules, a statutory maintenance formula, the allocation of parental responsibilities framework, the state’s own estate tax, and criminal sentencing ranging from court supervision to Class X felonies all demand attorneys who know the landscape inside and out. That’s what we bring to every case.
Divorce and Property Division
Illinois is a no-fault, equitable distribution state — meaning marital property is divided fairly, but not necessarily equally. Between real estate, retirement accounts and state pensions, business interests, stock options, and dissipation claims, the details get complicated fast.
We handle uncontested and contested divorces, high-asset cases, military divorces, and joint simplified dissolutions. We also guide clients through Illinois’s statutory maintenance formula, mandatory financial disclosures, and the allocation of parental responsibilities.
Child Custody and Support
Nothing keeps a parent up at night like uncertainty about their children. Illinois courts allocate parental responsibilities — both significant decision-making and parenting time — based on the best interests of the child.
We help parents establish and modify parenting plans, navigate relocation disputes, and work with guardian ad litems and child representatives. For child support, Illinois uses an income shares model that factors in both parents’ incomes and parenting time to ensure accurate, fair calculations.
Criminal Defense
A criminal charge can upend your life in an instant. Illinois’s criminal sentencing structure — from Class C misdemeanors to Class X felonies with no probation — creates both serious risks and real opportunities for a skilled defense attorney.
We defend clients against DUI charges, drug offenses, assault and battery, theft, white-collar crimes, and more. We challenge evidence, file suppression motions, pursue diversion programs and court supervision, and fight for reduced charges, dismissed cases, and expungement or sealing under the Criminal Identification Act. Illinois has also eliminated cash bail under the Pretrial Fairness Act, making pretrial detention hearings a critical early battleground.
Estate Planning
Illinois is one of the few states with its own estate tax, and the exemption threshold — currently $4 million — is far lower than the federal exemption. That makes proactive estate tax planning essential for many Illinois families.
We prepare wills, revocable living trusts, Illinois land trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, special needs trusts, and HIPAA authorizations — everything your family needs to avoid probate, minimize taxes, and honor your wishes.
Family Law
Family law goes beyond divorce. We represent clients in orders of protection under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act, parentage actions, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, guardianships, and modifications to existing parenting or support orders. Illinois’s unique allocation of parental responsibilities framework and statutory maintenance formula make experienced representation essential in every family law matter.
Civil Litigation
When business disputes, contract breaches, real estate conflicts, or insurance bad faith claims threaten your livelihood, we bring strategic, cost-effective litigation. We represent plaintiffs and defendants in Illinois circuit courts and federal courts across the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts, and we prepare every case as if it’s going to trial — because that’s what gets results, whether the case settles or not.
What Sets Flatiron Legal Advisors Apart
We Talk Straight
No jargon, no runaround. We explain your options in plain language, give you honest assessments, and make sure you understand every decision before you make it.
We Plan Around Your Budget
Legal fees shouldn’t be a mystery. We offer flat fees for many services, transparent hourly billing when appropriate, and payment plans for clients who need flexibility. You’ll always know what your case costs before we start.
We Show Up When It Counts
Courtroom experience matters. We prepare aggressively, negotiate strategically, and try cases when that’s what it takes. Opposing counsel and insurance companies know the difference between a firm that settles everything and one that’s willing to go to trial.
Serving Clients Across Illinois
We represent clients statewide, from Chicago and the collar counties to Springfield, Peoria, Rockford, Champaign-Urbana, and everywhere in between. Virtual consultations make it easy to get started no matter where you are.
Take the First Step
You don’t need to have all the answers before you call — that’s our job. Whether you’re facing a legal crisis or planning ahead to protect your family, one conversation can change the trajectory of your case.
Contact Flatiron Legal Advisors, PLLC today to schedule your consultation.
Your family. Your freedom. Your future. Let’s protect what matters.
