Calabrese Associates, P.C.
Achievements
  • Admitted to Practice:
  • Illinois State and Federal District Court, Northern District of Illinois in 1993

  • Professional Associations:
  • Calabrese Associates, 2001-
  • Sullivan Taylor, P.C., 1995-2000
  • Levy, Leopold & Associates, 1994
  • Holleb & Coff, 1993-94, Summer Associate 1992-93
  • DCBA Professional Responsibility Committee Chair 1999-2000
  • DCBA, ISBA and ABA Family Law Committee Member

  • Academic:
  • DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, IL
  • Juris Doctor with Honor (Highest Distinction), June, 1993
  • Top 10% of Class
  • Order of the Coif - Legal Honor Society
  • Dean's Scholar - Scholarship Awarded to the Top 10 Students
  • DePaul Law Review - Writing Staff Member
  • National Trial Team - Selected by Faculty 1991-93
  • Moot Court Society Executive Board - Elected Trial Team Representative
  • Regional Semifinalist - T.Y.L.A. National Trial Competition
  • John Powers Crowley Award - Excellence on Trial Team
  • Three American Jurisprudence Awards - Contracts I & II, Legal Writing II
  • Justinian Society of Lawyers Scholarship

  • Rosary College, River Forest, IL
  • B.A. Cum Laude, May, 1990
  • Major: Communication Arts and Sciences

  • Publications:
  • In re T.W., 313 Ill.App.3d 890, 731 N.E.2d 982 (2d Dist. 2000), appeal denied, 191 Ill.2d 532, 738 N.E.2d 926 (2000).
  • Family Law Case Law Update, DCBA Family Law Committee 2000-2002, DCBA Brief 2000-2001, DCBA Mega Meeting 2001-2002
  • Co-author, Bankruptcy Code Section 509 (Recent Developments), Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 1994-95 Edition
  • Co-author, Section 553 - Setoff (Recent Developments), Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 1994-95 Edition

  • Bilingual: English and Spanish

  • Michael J. Calabrese is happily married and has three children aged 14, 3 and 2.
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