Practice Areas: Family Law; view more
Licensed in Illinois since: 1986
Education: Northern Illinois University College of Law
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A family law attorney at Shaw Sanders, P.C., Matthew G. Shaw represents clients in the western metropolitan area of Chicago, including DuPage and Kane counties. He has an Avvo “Superb” rating, has been named by the Leading Lawyers Network as a Leading West Suburban Lawyer, and for his high ethical standards and long list of successful results, he holds a distinguished peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is a founding member of the American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators.
For the Kane County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, Mr. Shaw was the child support attorney after earning his Juris Doctor from Northern Illinois University in 1986. Before that, he graduated magna cum laude from Illinois College and is currently admitted to practice in Illinois and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Mr. Shaw is a member of the ISBA, sustaining member of both the KCBA and DCBA, a charter member of the Illinois Family Support Enforcement Association, a member of the American Bar Association and past member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and American Trial Lawyers Association. He is a Former chair of the family law committee of the Kane County Bar Association, and served as co-chair and on the council custody subcommittee for the Family Law Section of the Illinois State Bar Association.
A lecturer and legal author, Mr. Shaw served as guardian ad litem and mediator in many family law cases outside of court. He presented proposed custody legislation to the Illinois Supreme Court Custody Committee and served more than 20 years as an attorney presenter in the family court program “Kids in a Divorcing Society.” Mr. Shaw has written for the Illinois State Bar Association’s family law newsletter and the Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Handbook.
* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Family LawFocus areas
Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law
- 100% Family Law
First Admitted: 1986, Illinois
Professional Webpage: https://www.kanecountydivorceattorneys.com/attorneys/matt-sh...
- Child Support, Panelist, Springfield, Illinois
- Mentoring attorneys and how to manage the practice of law., Burn-out; Inside-Out, Kane County Bar Association, 2024
- Organizing a Small Divorce Office: The Business of Law (panel discussion), Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, June 25, 1993
- The Family Law Lawyer Column, Kane County Bar Association Brief, Ever Read the Mental Health and Development Disabilities Confidentiality Act?
- Jurisdiction, St. Louis, Missouri, June 28, 1991
- Custody Evaluations under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 215 (a) and (d) and IMDMA 604 and 605, Chicago, Illinois, December 4, 1992
- Ethical Problems of the Divorce Practice, Peoria, Illinois, October 12, 1994
- Hot Tips for Custody Litigation, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, June 21, 2000
- Custody Changes: What are Your Odds?, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 15, 2003
- Ethical Dilemmas for the Family Law Practitioner, Bloomington, Illinois, March 1, 2004
- Evidence: Turning a Witness, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 9, 2005
- Commingled and Transmuted Property, Chicago, Illinois, September 21, 2006
- Negotiating/Drafting Maintenance Provisions, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, June 22, 2007
- Family Law Seminars, Kane County Bar Association, 1988-2011
- Forming Families: St. Charles Adoption Attorney Shares His Story of Bringing Families Together, Kane County Magazine, Feature Story, November 2011
- Forming Families: St. Charles Adoption Attorney Shares His Story of Bringing Families Together, Kane County Magazine, Feature Story, November 2011
- Case Study: Plano Dad's Child Support Payment Problems a Family Affair, Aurora Beacon News, Feature Story, June 2014
- Finances Important to Many Post-Recession Couples, Daily Chronicle, Feature Story, July 2014
- Family Law Newsletter, Illinois State Bar Association, Pre-nuptial Agreements, Interpreting "Prior Obligations", Transfer of Marital Residence Found Fraudulent by Bankruptcy Court
- Family Law Newsletter, Illinois State Bar Association, An Introductory Overview of Jurisdictional Requirements under the IMDMA and UCCJA, Supreme Court Interprets Dissipation
- The Family Law Lawyer Column, Kane County Bar Association Brief, UIFSA: Modifying Out of State Child SupportInterest on Unpaid Child Support: Mandatory?
- The Family Law Lawyer Column, Kane County Bar Association Brief, Are Vacation Days Marital Property?
- The Family Law Lawyer Column, Kane County Bar Association Brief, Maintenance: Payable upon Death? Tax-free?
- The Family Law Lawyer Column, Kane County Bar Association Brief, Commingling Non-Marital and Marital Property: Reimbursement for Contributions?
- The Family Law Lawyer Column, Kane County Bar Association Brief, Does More Parenting Time Justify Less Child Support?
- Strategies for Family Law in Illinois, 2015 edition, published by Aspatore, a Thomson Reuters business. Topic: Maintenance Review: Jurisdiction, Procedure, Statutory Standards and Factors. ISBA Family Law Handbook (Chapter One), 2011 ISBA Family Law Handbook (Chapter One), 1995 Numerous family law articles in the KCBA Bar Briefs and ISBA Family Law Newsletter
- The Family Law Lawyer Column, Kane County Bar Association Brief, Dissipation: When Does it Begin to Begin?
- The Family Law Lawyer Column, Kane County Bar Association Brief, Maintenance: 'Til Death do us Part?
- Chapter One, Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Handbook, Author, 1995 and 2011
- Oral Agreements in Family Law, by Matt Shaw, Kane County Bar Association, 2015
- Top Ten (Best) Things I've Heard Attorneys Say, by Matt Shaw, Kane County Bar Association, 2013
- Holiday Stress and Family Law, by Matt Shaw, Kane County Bar Association, 2015
- Drafting Basics: Marital Settlement Agreements, by Matt Shaw, Kane County Bar Association, 2018
- Illinois State Bar Association, Family Law Section Council Custody Subcommittee, 2002-2003
- DuPage County Bar Association Sustaining Member
- America Trial Lawyers Association, Past Member
- Illinois Family Support Enforcement Association: charter member
- American Bar Association
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association: past member
- Kane County Bar Association, Chair, Family Law Committee, 2008-2009
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois: 1991
- Served on Illinois State Bar Association, Family Law Section Counsel
- Illinois State Bar Association; Kane County Bar Association: Sustaining Member; DuPage County Bar Association: Sustaining Member
- 10.0 Superb Rating, Avvo
- Super Lawyers, 2024
- Distinguished BV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 2013-2014
- Leading West Suburban Lawyers, Leading Lawyers Network, 2013-2018
- Bachelor of Arts Degree; Magna Cum Laude, Illinois College in 1983. Juris Doctorate Degree; Northern Illinois University College of Law in 1986. American Jurisprudence Award for Family Practice Skills 1986.
- Licensed to practice law in Illinois: 1986. Mediator: 1990.
- Mediator
- Guardian ad Litem, Family Law
- Chair of the Kane County Family Law Committee , 2008
- Featured in various periodicals, newspapers and magazines: Forming Families: St. Charles Adoption Attorney Shares His Story of Bringing Families Together, Kane County Magazine, November 2011 Finances Important to Many Post-recession Couples, Daily Chronicle, 7/28/14 Case Study: Plano Dad’s Child Support Payment Problems a Family Affair, Aurora Beacon News, 6/15/14
- Strategies for Family Law in Illinois, 2015 edition, published by Aspatore, part of Thomson Reuters. Topic: Maintenance Review: Jurisdiction, Procedure, Statutory Standards and Factors., 2015
- In re Marriage of Brunke, 436 Ill. Dec. 90, 141 N.E.3d 1186, 2019 IL App (2d) 190201 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019), 2019
- Volunteer for Prairie State Legal Services; volunteer for Kane County Bar Association and Kane County Law Library., 2024
Office location for Matthew G. Shaw
555 South Randall Road
Suite 105
St. Charles, IL 60174
Phone: 331-235-7904
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2025
