Principal Attorney Tracey A. Hower



Experience
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.
Education
Northern Illinois University, College of Law – Chicago, Illinois
Juris Doctor, May 2009
- Honors: Cum Laude, Dean’s List
- Moot Court
- 711 Externship with Prairie State Legal Services
Boston University, Boston Massachusetts
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration,
- Honors: Cum Laude, Dean’s List
- National Honor Society for Business Students
Bar Admissions
- State of Illinois, November 2009
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, November 2010
Acknowledgements & Honors
Illinois Super Lawyers
- Rising Star Award 2016-2019
AVVO
- Top-Rated Attorney (10.0/10.0)
Certifications
- Guardian Ad Litem, DuPage County Bar Association
- Mediation, Kane County Bar Association
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
- Khan v. Fatima, 680 F.3d 781 (2012)
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
Speaking Engagements
DuPage County Collaborative Law Association Monthly Meeting, 2017
- The Intersection of Divorce and Bankruptcy
Publications
Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine, 2019
Chicago Magazine, 2019
Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine, 2018
Dupage County Bar Association, 2018
Patch.com, 2017
Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine, 2017
Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine, 2016