Principal Attorney Tracey A. Hower

Hower Law Firm, LLC, St. Charles, Illinois, March 2018 to Present

Principal and Founding Attorney

Domestic Relations Advocacy – Dissolution/Divorce, Maintenance/Alimony, Child Support, Property Valuation and Division, Custody, Visitation/Parenting Time, Removal, Domestic Battery, Orders of Protection/Restraining Orders, and Injunctions
Parentage Advocacy – Establishment, Support, Custody, Visitation/Parenting Time, Removal, Domestic Battery, Orders of Protection/Restraining Orders, Injunctions, Illinois Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) Administrative Hearings
Adoption – Related, Unrelated, and Foreign
Juvenile – Delinquency and Parental Rights Termination
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Administrative Hearings, Appeals, and Parental Rights Termination
Estate Planning– Wills and Powers of Attorney

Mevorah Law Offices, LLC, St. Charles, Illinois, September 2010 to March 2018

Associate Attorney

Domestic Relations Advocacy – Dissolution/Divorce, Maintenance/Alimony, Child Support, Property Valuation and Division, Custody, Visitation/Parenting Time, Removal, Domestic Battery, Orders of Protection/Restraining Orders, and Injunctions
Parentage Advocacy – Establishment, Support, Custody, Visitation/Parenting Time, Removal, Domestic Battery, Orders of Protection/Restraining Orders, Injunctions, Illinois Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) Administrative Hearings
Adoption – Related, Unrelated, and Foreign
Juvenile – Delinquency and Parental Rights Termination
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Administrative Hearings, Appeals, and Parental Rights Termination
Estate Planning– Wills and Powers of Attorney

Prairie State Legal Services, St. Charles, Illinois, August 2009 to September 2010

Volunteer Staff Attorney

Obtain Orders of Protection for victims of domestic abuse with little financial means
Dissolutions/Divorces for particularly and uniquely challenged individuals
Custody cases for mental health or addiction issues of one or both parents.

Northern Illinois University, College of Law – Chicago, Illinois

Juris Doctor, May 2009

Boston University, Boston Massachusetts

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration,

Illinois Super Lawyers

AVVO

Certifications

Professional Associations

DuPage County Bar Association
Kane County Bar Association
Kane County Family Law Committee
Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
Illinois State Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member of Beta Gama Sigma, the premier honor society recognizing business excellence

Representative Cases

Community Service

Regular volunteer at DuPage County Family Law Help Desk providing free legal advice to those of modest means and in need
Volunteer at Will County pro se days helping Judges with cases and providing those in need with free legal help
Volunteer at Kane County Ask A Lawyer Day
Volunteer at Anderson Animal Shelter
Over 32 hours of pro bono work in 2015 assisting an indigent woman with her divorce and post decree issues
Volunteer staff attorney for Prairie State Legal Services
Participant of a Domestic Violence Clinic while in law school and volunteered aiding victims of domestic abuse at Prairie State Legal Services and in Court while issued a 711 student law license
Volunteer for St. Charles Swim Team (Club and High School Teams) including, but not limited to: organizing multi team swim meets, fundraising, timing, working concessions, donating food for meets, setting up for meets, cooking and bringing the team breakfast(s), cooking and hosting Regional, Sectional, and State dinners, etc. from 2007 through 2013
Boy Scout troop volunteer during the years my sons were participants (approximately 2000-2006), including, but not limited to: coordination and donations to: pine wood derby, camps, “cross-over” and other events