Dwayne Douglas

Negotiating your way through a family law case can be difficult, whether it is a divorce, a proceeding regarding allocation of significant decision-making responsibilities, parenting time, a child support or maintenance issue, or any other family law matter. Your relationship with your children and your financial stability can depend on the outcome. With decades of litigation experience, I am ready to help. As a father, I understand the importance of a parent’s relationship with his or her children. Through my law practice and my service to individuals in my community, I have seen firsthand how a bad result in a family law matter can have a negative impact on people and their families for years! Because there is no “one size fits all” solution to address a client’s concerns, I focus on my client’s individual circumstances, and working together, we can find what needs to be brought to light to achieve the best possible outcome, whether through negotiations or presenting evidence in the courtroom. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Dwayne Douglas included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Super Lawyers, 2016 - 2026 Volunteer Lawyers Program, Lake County Bar Association, Pro Bono Award, 2004, 2012 Rated 10, Superb - AVVO Other Sources of Feedback About Dwayne Douglas Included on the 2026Illinois Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2017 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Speaker, Criminal Prosecutions and Order of Protection Proceedings: Possible Relationships to Family Law Proceedings, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2003
• Speaker, Sexually Violent and Dangerous Persons' Cases: A Nuts and Bolts Primer, Urbana, Illinois, 2006
• Speaker, Dispositive Motions in Family Law Cases, 2-619 Motion to Dismiss, Motion for Summary Judgment, Motion for Declaratory Judgment, Savannah, Georgia, 2006
• Speaker, When Can I Appeal a "Final" Judgment? Considerations for Family Law Practitioners, Santa Monica, California, 2007
• Speaker, Retainers for Attorney's Fees, To Whom Does Your Retainer Belong, Washington D.C., 2008
• Speaker, Guardianship and Custody Proceedings. Where do parents stand against third parties?, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2009
• Speaker, Wilson v. Clark, the principle and its development, Memphis, Tennessee, 2010
• Speaker, Parentage Act of 2015, Nashville, Tennessee, 2016
• Mock Trial Witness, Mock Trial Seminar, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2019
• An Appellate Primer: the ABCs of Appeals, Napa, California, 2024

• Campaign for Legal Services for Prairie State Legal Services, Former Co-Chair
• Township of Moraine, Ethics Commissioner, and former Trustee, Ethics Advisor, Member of the Grants Committee and Latino Advisory Committee, and liaison to the Human Rights Commission of the City of Highland Park

• Illinois, 1991

• Lake County Bar Association, Former Chair of the Family Law Committee
• Jefferson Inn of Court, Former President
• Illinois Bar Association, Member
• Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Arbitrator
• Lake County Bar Association, Board Member, 2019-2022