Background
Phelps, Joseph G. was born in 1952.
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Joseph G. Phelps
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Loyola University (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1972. Juris Doctor, 1982); spoken languages: Italian and Latin.
Career
People ex rel. Lionel I. Brazen v. Finley, 119 Ill.2d 485, 519 N.E.2d 898, 116 Ill.Dec.683 (1988); In Re The Marriage Of Savas, 139 Ill.App.3d 68, 486 N.E.2d 1318, 93 Ill.Dec 483 (1st Dist. 1985); In Re The Marriage Of Hilkovitch, 124 Ill.App.3d 401, 464 N.E.2d 795, 124 Ill.App.3d 401 (!st Dist. 1984); and In Re Marriage Of Ligas, 110 Ill.App.3d 1, 441 N.E.2d 1277, 65 Ill.Dec. 763 (!st Dist. 1982).Worked at Rinella and Rinella, Ltd. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Illinois. Chapter Author, Legal Checklists, "Matrimonial MattersTax Considerations," 1983.
Guest Lecturer for the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation on: "The New Withholding Orders," June, 1984. "No Fault Divorce," September 25, 1984. "Mandatory Support Guidelines," December 18, 1984.
"Maintenance and the 1984 Tax Reform Act," June, 1985. "Tax Reform Act of 1984 and Child Support," October, 1985. "Property Distribution and the New Tax Laws," January, 1986.
"Qualified Domestic Relations Orders and the Valuations of Pensions," July 30, 1986. "Qualified Domestic Relations Orders," November 19, 1986 and "Court Procedures in Domestic Relations," January 28, 1987. Lecturer, "Family Law in Illinois," Cambridge Institute, July 14, 1988, April 26, 1989 and October 17, 1989 and April 18, 1989.
"Child Custody and Visitation in Illinois," National Business Institute, Inc., April 19, 1995. Board Member, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation, 1989-1992. Commissioner, Chicago Park District, 1988-1994.
Member: Chicago (Member, Matrimonial Law Committee, Subcommittee on Appellate Rules and Practices, 1983-1990. Subcommittee on Support Enforcement, 1984-1986. Subcommittee on the Courts, 1984-1991, Legislation Subcommittee, 1984-1991 and Current Law Reporting, 1986-1992), Illinois State (Member, Family Law Section.
Associate Member, Family Law Section Council, 1988) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Rinella and Rinella, Ltd., is the oldest matrimonial law firm in Illinois. Founded by Samuel A. Rinella, a co-founder of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and Kathryn Barasa Rinella, who served as President of the State of Illinois Women's Bar Association, the firm is nationally recognized as one of the premiere family law firms in the country.
Membership
Member: Chicago (Member, Matrimonial Law Committee, Subcommittee on Appellate Rules and Practices, 1983-1990. Subcommittee on Support Enforcement, 1984-1986. Subcommittee on the Courts, 1984-1991, Legislation Subcommittee, 1984-1991 and Current Law Reporting, 1986-1992), Illinois State (Member, Family Law Section.
Associate Member, Family Law Section Council, 1988) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations.
