Hon. Mark J. Lopez (Ret.) | JAMS Mediator and Arbitrator

Описание: Full bio here: https://www.jamsadr.com/mark-lopez/

Hon. Mark J. Lopez (Ret.) joins the JAMS family law ADR team in Chicago after a 39-year legal career, including over 22 years of distinguished service in the Child Protection and Domestic Relations divisions of the Cook County Circuit Court. Judge Lopez presided over an independent, high-volume calendar both in person and over remote court call. He is accustomed to working with unrepresented litigants.

Judge Lopez served, by appointment of the Illinois General Assembly, on the Illinois Family Law Study Committee and contributed to the rewriting of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act as well as the Parentage Act (2016). This legislation marked a major step forward in streamlining dissolution proceedings and updating the determination of parentage given scientific advancements in DNA testing and in vitro fertilization, as well as the legal recognition of civil unions and same sex marriages since prior updates in the 1980s. Judge Lopez has tried and pre-tried thousands of family law cases and is a longtime proponent of mediation for family disputes.

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1:12 - Dealing with Emotions in a case
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