Sandra Crawford

Family law attorney, mediator, and Collaborative Law Professional, Sandra Crawford is the founder and owner of Law Crawford, P.C., serving the greater Chicagoland area.  With over 30 years of legal and mediation experience, Sandra provides exceptional counsel and support to clients facing the life-transition of separation and divorce. 

Sandra is committed to educating her clients about their legal and process options and helping them make the best-informed decisions as she guides them through the complicated arena of family law.  Well-versed in Collaborative Practice, Mediation, Limited Scope Representation, she has achieved significant success helping her clients come to favorable agreements in a manner that is more efficient, economical, sustainable and less adversarial than traditional litigation and court process.  A compassionate professional,  Sandra understands and empathizes with the stress and uncertainty her clients are likely feeling regarding their situations.  She delivers highly personalized counsel with the utmost care and respect to help set their minds at ease while illuminating the clearest path to help them achieve the favorable outcomes they aspire to.  

In recognition of her outstanding professionalism and service, Sandra has earned consistent endorsements from her peers, along with many five-star reviews and referrals from her satisfied clients. She holds a 10 out of 10 rating on Avvo.  She has taught mediation (at the college and post-graduate level) and Collaborative Practice to legal, mental health and financial professionals seeking to change how people experience divorce.   She is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Professional Studies where she teaches the 40-hour Divorce Mediation Program. 

A 1984 graduate of DePaul University, Sandra obtained her Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School (now UIC Law School) in 1989. She has been practicing mediation since 1994.  She was among the first attorneys to be trained in the interdisciplinary model of Collaborative Law Practice in Illinois in 2002, and help establish the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois which is dedicated to helping divorcing families restructure amicably.  A leader in the legal community, Sandra sits on the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), is a past President of the Illinois Bar Foundation, and is a Fellow in the Collaborative Divorce Institute of Illinois.  In 2024 she received the ISBA Richard H. Teas Legislative Support Award for her work on the passage of the Illinois Collaborative Process Act (750 ILCS 90/1 et. seq.) and is a past recipient of the ISBA Matthew Maloney Tradition of Excellence Award.