Raiford Palmer

Raiford D. Palmer is the Managing Shareholder of STG Divorce Law, P.C. handling divorce and family law matters in the Chicago metropolitan area. He has extensive prior experience in commercial litigation, personal injury litigation and commercial litigation. A SuperLawyer rated attorney for family law every year since 2016, Mr. Palmer also has an Avvo “Superb” rating, and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois. Raif handles primarily complex divorce cases, whether resolved through litigation, collaborative law, or mediation. He also mediates cases (primarily financial matters in divorce), handles post-divorce modifications, prenuptial agreements, paternity, property division, child custody and visitation, and child and spousal support issues. 

Mr. Palmer regularly teaches seminars on family law and law firm management topics to other attorneys in Illinois, and published articles related to grandparent visitation, division and valuation of business in divorce, and tax issues for nontraditional couples.

He is the author of I Just Want This Done, a guide to people involved in divorce - available on Amazon.com. 

After earning a Bachelor of Arts in political science and prelaw from the University of Illinois in 1991, he went on to earn a Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1994. 

Mr. Palmer is a member of The Illinois State Bar Association, The Chicago Bar Association, the DuPage County Bar Association, and the Will County Bar Association. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and in the State of Illinois.

He is the father of two adult sons, and stepfather to two daughters. Mr. Palmer enjoys climbing, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, sailing, and paintball, among other interests.