Chris S. Haaff

CHRIS S. HAAFF has his own law firm in Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois. His family law practice includes divorce, child custody and visitation, child support, adoption, paternity, post-judgment, surrogacy, and qualified domestic relations orders. Chris has spoken and written about family law for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), and other groups and publications. He served on the ISBA Family Law Section Council and other committees and councils. In 2005 the ISBA named Chris the "Young Lawyer of the Year" for outside Cook County, and the McHenry County Business Journal listed him in its first list of "Top Ten Business Professionals Under Age 40." He is listed in Super Lawyers and the Leading Lawyers Network. Chris graduated in 1997 from the University of Illinois College of Law. Awards and Honors Honors Listed in “Illinois Super Lawyers,” every year since 2008 Judge, Illinois State Bar Association Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest, 2008 Illinois State Bar Association "Young Lawyer of the Year," outside Cook County, 2005 McHenry County Business Journal "Top Ten Business Professionals Under Age 40", 2005

• Sole Practitioner

• “Advanced Custody and Visitation Issues,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), 2014
• “Qualified Domestic Relations Orders,” Winnebago County Bar Association, 2008 and 2013
• “Marital Settlement Agreement Workshop” and “Essentials of Family Law,” IICLE, 2012 and 2013
• “Premarital Agreements” and “Frozen Embryos,” ISBA Family Law Section, 2009
• “Child Support and Maintenance,” IICLE Annual Family Law Conference, 2006, 2007, 2008
• “Preparing and Presenting Evidence in Contested Custody and Adoption Trials,” Gitlin on Divorce, 2006
• “Family Law Update,” ISBA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section, 2005, 2006, 2008
• Family Law Conference, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), 2005 - 2007
• Family Law Update, Ill. State Bar Assoc. General Practice, Solo, & Small Firm Section Council, 2005 - 2006
• “Paternity” and “Surrogacy,” IICLE 4th Annual Family Law Conference, 2005
• Various topics, Alumni-Student Career Conference, University of Illinois College of Law, 2000 - 2010; Conference Chair, 2004 - 2009
• “Practice Skills for New Lawyers - Domestic Relations,” ISBA, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005

• Illinois, 1997

• Illinois State Bar Association (Since 1994)
• ISBA - Family Law Section Council, 2005 - 2008
• ISBA - Standing Committee on Mentoring, 2006 - 2008
• ISBA - Genetics and Human Reproduction Task Force, 2005 - 2008
• ISBA - Task Force on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 2004 - 2008
• ISBA - Assembly (Legislative Body of ISBA), 2001 - 2007 (Elected Member)
• ISBA - Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation (Since 2001)
• ISBA - Young Lawyers Division Council, 1999 - 2008
• ISBA - Strategic Planning Conference, 2005 - 2006 (Committee, Participant, and Facilitator)
• ISBA - Future of the Profession Conference, 2004 - 2005 (Planning Committee and Participant)
• ISBA - Law Student Division Committee (1994 - 2006; Chair, 2000 - 2006)