Diane Ainsworth
Principal
Email: funny21@prodigy.net

Practice Areas: Criminal Litigation; Estate Planning; Guardianship; Wills; Probate; Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Trust Administration; Trust Litigation; Chancery and Equity; Civil Litigation; Evictions; Commercial Leasing; Contract Litigation; Corporate Litigation.

Admitted: 1985, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Law School: Northwestern University, J.D., 1985

College: Emma Willard School; State University of New York at Purchase, B.A., 1981

Member: Cook County (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1992), Chicago (Co-Chair, Estate Planning Committee, 1995) and Illinois State Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Black Women's Lawyers Association.

Biography: Recipient: Community Service Award, Cook County Bar Association, 1986 and 1996; Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1986. Certified Circuit Court Arbitrator. Volunteer, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, 1990-2000. ALTA Regional Moot Court Judge, 2003. FACULTY: Adjunct Professor, Estates and Trusts, Roosevelt University Lawyer Assistant Program, 1997-1998; Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Northwestern University School of Law, 2004-.

Languages: French.

Special Agencies: Board of Commissioners, Historic Preservation Commission, City of Hammond; Appointed as a Special Administrator, Guardian ad Litem and Guardian by the Probate Courts.

ISLN: 909518569