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Dennise L. McCann
Partner
| Phone: | 630-653-9400 |
| Fax: | 630-653-9450 |
Dennise L. McCann is an attorney at 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.
Year Joined Firm
- 1994
Practice Areas
- Divorce
- Family Law
- Paternity
- Custody
- Visitation
- Guardianship
- Grandparents’ Rights
- Bankruptcy (Chapter 7, 11 and 13)
- Estate Planning
- Estate and Trust Administration
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1988
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1994
Education
- John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. - 1988
- University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
- summa cum laude
- B.S. - 1984
Published Works
Honors and Awards
- Nominated for Inspirational Woman Award - 2012
- Certified Mediator - 2010 to present
- Certified Guardian Ad Litem - 2010 to present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- Illinois State Bar Association, Member
- DuPage County Bar Association, Member
- DuPage Association of Women Lawyers, Member
- Chicago Bar Association, Member
- Northwest Bar Association, Member
- DuPage County Bar Association, Bankruptcy Committee
- DuPage County Bar Association, Elder Law Committee
- DuPage County Bar association, Family Law and Practice Committee
- DuPage County Bar Association, Estate Planning Committee
Past Employment Positions
- Career Law Clerk to the Honorable Susan Pierson Sonderby, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, 1988-1992
