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BARRY A. SCHATZ

Born:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

Education:  Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1968); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1974); Chapter Author, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education.

Lectures & Publications:  Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education: January 2006 Seminar entitled Business Valuation, Financial, and Tax Issues Affecting Divorce 2006. Lecturer, "Developing Income Information From a Schedule C and Presenting the Evidence to the Court" (American Bar Association CLE Conference, Spring 2005). Lecturer, "Procedures and Techniques in Discovery of Hidden Income - Discovery Problems" (Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, January 2005 seminar entitled Business Valuation and Financial Tax Issues Affecting Divorce, 2005). Lecturer, "From Riches to Rags as the Pendulum Swings Back on Rehabilitative Maintenance," ABA Spring CLE Conference, 2004. Lecturer, "Marketability Discounts ­ What, How and When to Use Them," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, January 2004. Lecturer, "What Does 50/50 Ownership Mean in Valuation? Enterprise Goodwill, The Latest in Valuation Methodologies," AAML Fall Meeting, 2003. Author, "The Impact of Property Distribution on Maintenance Awards," American Journal of Family Law, Fall 2003. Author and Lecturer, "Maintenance Overview and Tax Consequences, ABA Section of Family Law Meeting, Fall 2002. Lecturer, "Impact of Property Distribution on Maintenance Awards," ABA CLE Conference, 2002. Co-author: "Valuation-Divorce Assets," West Publishing Co., Supplemental Edition (1999-2001). Lecturer, "Handling a Relocation Case," ABA Spring CLE Conference, 2001 - Moderator. Lecture, "Presenting Evidence of Dissipation Testimony," ABA, Fall 2000. Lecturer, "Quantifying Extraordinary Pre- and Post-Separation Contributions into Separate But Not Equal Property Distributions," Law Education Institute, 2000. Lecturer, "Religion," First Amendment and Visitation Issues, ABA Summer CLE Conference. Lecturer, "Illinois Statutory Scheme v. Freefall Alimony," ABA Spring CLE Conference, 1999. Lecturer, "Maintaining Your Edge Litigation Issues," Clifton Gunderson, January, 1999. Lecturer, "Drafting for Dollars: Critical Clauses in Separation Agreements," American Bar Association, Spring, 1998. Lecturer, "Business Valuation Issues in Marital Dissolution Cases" The Business Valuation Association, February, 1997. Lecturer, "Tax Traps ­ Unreported Income and Other Ways for You and Your Client to Go to Jail," 1996 AAML Spring Meeting. Co-author with Eichner "Discovery in Family Law Cases," Chapter, ISBA Family Handbook, 1995. Lecturer, "Presenting Dissipation Claims and Defenses," Law Education Institute, January 1993. Author: "Dissipation in Illinois: Time for a More Flexible Approach," Illinois Family Law Report, Vol. XVI. No. 1, January, 1993, Co-author with Birnbaum: "New Statute Promotes Homemakersą Rights," Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 80, No. 121, p. 610, December, 1992. Lecturer on "Representing the High Profile Client," and Moderator, ISBA Annual Meeting, 1992. Lecturer on "Problem Visitation," and Moderator, ISBA Mid-Year Meeting, 1991. Author: USA Today Magazine "Holding On To The Money When Love Goes Bankrupt," November, 1991 Lecturer, Illinois State Bar Association; "Supreme Court Rule 137 Remedies," June 1991, "Value Billing," June, 1990, "Overview of Illinois Domestic Violence Act," 1989. Member: Faculty, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; "Tax and Retirement Benefits for Domestic Relations Attorney," November, 1990.

Member:  Chicago (Member, Matrimonial Law Committee), Illinois State (Member, Family Law Section Council, Officer, 1989-1991, Chairman, 1991-1992, Family Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Economics of Law Practice; Litigation) Bar Associations.

Fellow:  American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Illinois Chapter); American Bar Foundation.

Practice Areas:  Family Law; Domestic Relations; Matrimonial Law; Trial and Appellate Practice.

Email:  bschatz@bergerschatz.com

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