Lake Family Law LLC

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Divorce and Mediation, Chicagoland

Practice Areas

Divorce

Mediation

Collaborative

Parentage

Parenting Time and Allocation of Parental Responsibilities

Post-Decree Matters

Pre & Post Nuptial Agreements

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About Lake Family Law LLC

Lake Family Law was founded with the single goal of providing client-focused, holistic approach to family law. We aim to transform, not just transact. We simplify the process and leave every conversation with a plan for next steps. We are efficient and straight to the point. We pick up the phone. We promote out-of-court strategy and see court as last resort. And above all, we care.

Divorce and Mediation Legal Team

Meet the team

With over two decades of combined experience, the attorneys at Lake Family Law are trained mediators and seasoned family law attorneys who practice exclusively in the area of family law. Empathy and compassion are their greatest strengths in understanding clients’ needs. The firm balances the professional and personable, with a healthy dose of pragmatism, for workable solutions.


In what can be one of the most challenging life events, the attorneys at Lake Family Law listen carefully to understand your goals and work with you to achieve the best possible outcome for you and your family.  The attorneys strive to provide clear, strategic and pragmatic advice from the outset and pride themselves for being accessible, responsive, and honest.



Gabby Pesotskiy

Principal
Gabby was admitted to practice in Illinois in 2014 and received her law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law. While in law school, Gabby was an Articles Editor of the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, where her note was published. Prior to law school, Gabby graduated Summa Cum Laude from Loyola University Chicago in 2011 where she earned a B.A. in Political Science, a B.S. in Criminal Justice, and a minor in Business Administration. Gabby is fluent in Bulgarian and English.

Sharon Genalen

Of Counsel
Sharon was admitted to practice law in 2015, after receiving her bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and her Juris Doctor degree at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, earning a Certificate in Child and Family Law. Having lived in Illinois her entire life and being raised by a social worker and an accountant, a career in family law came naturally. A child of divorce herself, she is familiar with the impact of divorce and its attendant issues on a family, both short-term and long-term. Sharon focuses her advocacy on conflict resolution and puts you first every step of the way. She brings to the table a unique background in child welfare law, school law, and matrimonial law, before she zeroed in on the parenting concerns and financial complexities associated with divorce and parentage cases. Sharon is an award-winning attorney in family law, having been named an Emerging Lawyer by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, as well as a Rising Star by Thomas Reuters Super Lawyers for consecutive years. As a practicing attorney, Sharon also serves as Guardian ad Litem in Probate and Domestic Relations cases, and she is a certified family law mediator. Sharon is currently accepting domestic relations cases in DuPage, Will, Kane, Kendall, and Cook Counties and select guardianship cases in DuPage County.

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