Bernard B. Rinella
Member
Email: donnaw@rinellaandrinella.com
Practice Areas: Family Law; Premarital Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements; Adoption Law; Child Custody; Paternity.
Admitted: 1961, Illinois
Law School: DePaul University, J.D., 1961
College: University of Michigan, B.A., 1958
Member: Chicago (Member, 1963- and Chairman, 1980-1981, Matrimonial Law Committee), Illinois State (Member, 1965- and Chairman, 1971-1972, Council of Family Law Section) and American (Member, 1961-; Parliamentarian, 1988-1990; Associate Editor, Domestic Relations Section Law Notes, 1967-1974; Chairman, Divorce Law and Procedure Committee, 1987-1989; Member, Committee on Federal and International Law Taxation, Family Law Section, 1977; Committee, Task Force on the Needs of Children, Family Law Section, 1977) Bar Associations.
Biography: Delta Theta Phi. Chapter Author: Legal Checklists, "Matrimonial Matters," 1983. Author: "Winning Cases Through Show and Tell," Family Advocate, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1983. Co-Author: "Illinois Child Custody Law: An Overview," Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1, Sept. 1987; "Antenuptial Agreements and Malpractice: Is the Risk Worth the Reward?" American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 1988; Illinois Domestic Relations Forms, Aspen Legal Publishers, 1989-; Hidden Assets, Family Advocate, Summer, 1989. Lecturer, Cambridge Institute, Family Law in Illinois, 1988-1989. Nominated: "The Best Lawyers In America, Woodward/White; Best Domestic Lawyers in America," National Law Journal; "Best Divorce Lawyers in America," Town and Country Magazine. Named to Leading Lawyers and Super Lawyers, 2004-. Recipient, Lawyer of the Year Award, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2004. President, Justinian Society of Lawyers, 1977-1978. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, 1961-, Board of Governors, National Chapter, 1982-1984; Counsel to National Chapter, 1986; Member, 1990-; Member of Council, 1986-; President, Illinois Chapter, 1981-1983); American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation (Member, 1990-; President, 2000-2002); International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, 1990-; Council American Chapter, 1998); American College of Family Trial Lawyers (Member, 1994-2000).
Born: Chicago, Illinois, April 15, 1936
ISLN: 902131321
