Dennise McCann

Dennise L. McCann is a Partner Anderson & Associates, P.C. who focuses on complex family law, bankruptcy and probate matters. She has been the managing attorney of the firm's Wheaton office since 2007. Dennise has been a certified mediator and guardian ad litem since 2010. She was nominated for an Inspirational Woman Award in 2012. She served as a career law clerk to the Honorable Susan Pierson Sonderby from 1988 to 1992 and was responsible for reviewing her daily motion call, researching legal issues, drafting opinions and writing speech materials for continuing legal education programs. She graduated from The John Marshall Law School in January of 1988. During law school, Dennise interned for the Honorable Susan Pierson Sonderby, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois and was a law clerk for Anderson & Associates, P.C. She graduated from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, summa cum laude, in 1984 with a major in Criminal Justice and a minor in Sociology.

The John Marshall Law School

J.D. (1988)

1988

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

B.S. (1984) | Criminal Justice

1984

Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Senior Attorney

Anderson & Associates, P.C.

1994 - Current

Career Law Clerk to the Honorable Susan Pierson Sonderby

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division

1988 - 1992

A Beginners Guide to Secured Debt in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Cases: Surrender, Redemption, and Reaffirmation

Journal of the DuPage County Bar Association

2013

Elite Lawyer Award- Family Law

Elite Lawyer

2018

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Illinois State Bar Association  # 6197960

Member

Current

DuPage County Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: Bankruptcy Committee, Elder Law Committee, Family Law and Practice Committee, and Estate Planning Committee

DuPage Association of Women Lawyers

Member

Current

Illinois

Since 1988

U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois

Since 1994

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Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights

Bankruptcy

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief

Foreclosure Defense

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

• Child Custody & Visitation
• Grandparent's Rights
• Paternity
• Guardianships
• Creditor Negotiations