Michael C. Doyen Member

Litigation Percentage

• 92% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1987
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1987
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2002
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2011

Education

• Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
  J.D. cum laude – 1986
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
  B.A. – 1983
  Major: Economics and Philosophy

Representative Cases

• Irmo Schmitt, 391 Ill. App.3d 1010 (2nd Dist. 2009)
• Irmo Ackerley, 333 Ill. App.3d 382 (2nd Dist. 2002)
• Irmo Golden, 358 Ill. App.3d 464 (2nd Dist. 2005)
• Voga v. Voga, 376 Ill. App.3d 1075 (2nd Dist. 2007)
• Eden v. Robert A. Chapski, Ltd., 405 F.3d 582 (7th Cir. 2005)

Classes / Seminars

• Family Law Seminar Chairperson, Kane County Bar Association, 1995 – 2001
• Business Valuation, Financial & Tax Issues Affecting Divorce, IICLE and the Illinois Chapter of the American
• Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
• Frequent presenter at Kane County Bar Association Family Law Seminars, 1992 – Present

Honors and Awards

• 2002 Kane County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Award
• Selected to Illinois Super Lawyers – Thomson Reuters, 2006, 2007, and 2008
• Professional Associations and Memberships
• Kane County Bar Association, Past President
• Kane County Bar Foundation, President , 2007 – 2014
• Illinois State Bar Association, Member

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. Army, Captain, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 1986 – 1990

Pro Bono Activities

• Kane County Bar Foundation, President, 2007 – 2014
• Prairie State Legal Services, Volunteer Attorney, 1990 – Present
• Administer Justice Volunteer Attorney, 2000 – Present

Languages

• English
• Spanish