Gunnar J. Gitlin
Mr. Gitlin’s firm, the Gitlin Law Firm, P.C. in Woodstock, Illinois, exclusively handles family law cases. Attorney Gitlin wrote Gitlin on Divorce: A Guide to Illinois Family Law (5th Edition), having extensively updated the treatise based upon the statutory rewrites to Illinois divorce law from 2015 through 2019. AAML Illinois awarded Attorney Gitlin the Michael S. Cohen award "for continuing commitment and contribution to the professional education of matrimonial lawyers." Attorney Gitlin's full c.v. provides the details for over 125 lectures--nationally and throughout Illinois. Mr. Gitlin serves as President of the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers for 2022-23. As a Fellow, he has served on their Board of Directors for 10 years and served as chair of their CLE committee for a dozen years. He chaired for several years the AAML's Institute for Training Matrimonial Associates. Mr. Gitlin has been given the President's Special Recognition Award by the Illinois Chapter of the AAML. Mr. Gitlin is also a Fellow of the prestigious International Academy of Family Lawyers. Attorney Gitlin is on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (2021-23). He was honored by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education as a “Master Teacher." Gunnar is a member of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
- President's Special Recognition Award by the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Michael S. Cohen Award "for continuing commitment and contribution to the professional education of matrimonial lawyers."
- Selected by Leading Lawyers Network in 2003 through 2023 by survey of peers of Illinois’ lawyers in the area of Family Law. Law Bulletin Publishing Company.
- Selected by his peers to be named as an Illinois SuperLawyer® in the area of Family Law.
- A-V Peer Review Designation through Martindale-Hubbell®.
Woodstock, Illinois 60098
