Christopher J. Zaruba
Attorney at The Stogsdill Law Firm, PC
Christopher J. Zaruba joined The Stogsdill Law Firm, P.C. in June of 2014. Prior to that, Chris was an Assistant State's Attorney at the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office from 2009-2014. Chris began his career at the State's Attorney's office handling traffic and misdemeanor offenses, including DUI's, orders of protection, and domestic batteries. In 2012, Chris received the Outstanding Misdemeanor Prosecutor of the Year award. He was promoted to the Felony Juvenile Division where he worked closely with DCFS in handling cases involving abused or neglected children. After working in the Juvenile Division, Chris was again promoted to the Felony Trial Division where he handled serious offenses including drug offenses, burglaries, and aggravated batteries. During his time at the State's Attorney's Office, Chris prosecuted over 300 cases to trial, including many jury trials. Prior to leaving the State's Attorney's Office, Chris was selected to participate in the National District Attorney's Association annual seminar on Trial Advocacy which he successfully completed. Now Chris primarily focuses his practice on the area of family law.
In January of 2014, Chris received the honor of being admitted to practice in front of the United States Supreme Court in Washington D.C. He is a member of the United States Supreme Court, Illinois State, and DuPage County bar associations.
Chris earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the John Marshall Law School in 2009. While on the Dean's list at the John Marshall Law School, he was recognized for receiving top honors in the areas of Evidence and Federal Criminal Procedure. Chris also clerked for the Honorable John W. Darrah of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
While attending the John Marshall Law School and while studying for the Illinois bar exam, Chris interned at the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office.
- The John Marshall Law School
- J.D. (2009) | Law
- Honors: Honors: Dean's List Honors: CALI Award for Evidence and Federal Criminal Procedure
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- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- B.A. (2006) | Political Science, History
- Honors: Honors: Dean's List
- Activities: Major: Political Science Major: History
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- Traffic Assistant
- DuPage County, Illinois
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- Misdemeanor Assistant - * 1st. Chair - Domestic Violence * 1st. Chair - Orders of Protection * 1st. Chair - DUI
- DuPage County, Illinois
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- Felony Juvenile Assistant
- DuPage County, Illinois
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- Felony Trial Assistant
- DuPage County, Illinois
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- Law Clerk
- Honorable John W. Darrah of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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- Rising Stars, 2018-2019
- Super Lawyers
- Top Attorney
- Avvo
- Lead Counsel Rated
- Lead Counsel
- CALI Award for Evidence and Federal Criminal Procedure
- Cali Award
- United States supremem Court
- Member
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- Illinois State Bar Association
- Member
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- DuPage County Bar Association
- Member
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- Robert E. Jones AIC of DuPage County
- Member
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- DuPage County Bar Association # 27068
- Member
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- DuPage County Bar Association
- New Lawyer Committee, Chair 2014-2015
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- DuPage County Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Committee, Chair
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- DuPage County Bar Association
- New Lawyer Committee, Vice Chair, 2013 - 2014
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- Illinois
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Washington State Supreme Court
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- Credit Cards Accepted
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Collaborative Law
- Mediation