Mediation Can Be a Path to a Less Painful Divorce

There is simply no getting around that fact that the end of almost any marriage is a time fraught with intense emotions, tension, and conflict. Hurt feelings, worries about the future and the well-being of any children, and the practical issues of property division and support can create a perfect storm for lengthy, expensive, and destructive divorce litigation.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Don’t Make These Four Crucial Mistakes When an IDFPR Letter Comes

When the mail comes one day and you see an unexpected envelope from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), you’ll likely feel a wave of anxiety and trepidation wash over you as you speculate as to what lay inside. When you open the envelope and see that a complaint has been lodged against you and/or that you are under investigation, your mind may begin racing as you think back to what could have led to the complaint and look ahead towards the possibility of losing the professional license – and career – that you have worked so hard for.

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