attorney lawyer Hasselberg, Williams, Grebe & Snodgrass law office Peoria Illinois civil litigation, personal injury, family law, estate planning, probate, real estate, contracts, business transactions, income tax preparation, corporations, estates, trusts, agricultural law, workers compensation, insurance defense, employment law, commercial litigation, traffic, dui, creditors rights, bankruptcy, criminal law

Michael R. Hasselberg
Hasselberg, Williams, Grebe, Snodgrass & Birdsall
Chase Building
124 S.W. Adams Street
Suite 360
Peoria, IL 61602-1320

Communication Center

Phone:

309-637-1400

E-mail:

mhasselberg@hwgsb.com

Fax:

309-637-1500

Web site:

http://www.hwgsb.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions
Education	Honors	Affiliations

"OUR LAW FIRM IS SUCCESSFUL because we have quality people who do quality work."

Mr. Hasselberg represents highly compensated and high net worth individuals and spouses of highly compensated and high net worth individuals, including business owners, executives, sports and media figures, physicians, attorneys, accountants, farmers and large land owners in matrimonial matters involving the division of multi-million dollar estates throughout the State of Illinois

MICHAEL R. HASSELBERG was born in 1946. He attended the University of Illinois and received his Bachelor's degree in 1968 and his Master's degree in 1972. He graduated from John Marshall Law School in 1975. Mike is a member of the Peoria County and Illinois State Bar Associations, Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Mike was Chairman of the Peoria County Bar Association Family Law Committee from 1988 to 1989, 1994 to 1995, and 2005 to 2006, and the Continuing Legal Education Committee from 2000 to 2001. Mike was President of the Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court from 1997 to 1998. He was admitted to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 1990. Mike has been selected by his peers as a "Leading Lawyer" in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 in Illinois in the area of family law as noted by the Leading Lawyers Network. Mike has also been selected by his peers as an "Illinois Super Lawyer" in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 in the area of family law as noted in the Law & Politics magazine, a division of Chicago magazine. Mike was an Airborne and Ranger Qualified Infantry Officer in the United States Army from 1968 to 1971. He served with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971.

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner

Areas Of Practice:: 100% Family Law; .; High Profile Marital Matters Involving High Income; Families and Large Marital Estates In Northern, Central and Southern Illinois; .; Divorce; Custody; Joint Parenting Agreements; Visitation; Child Support; Child Support and Maintenance Scenarios; College Expenses; Maintenance Cases Involving Complex Executive Compensation Packages; Cases Involving The Employee Spouse; Budgeting, Financial Affidavits, and Lifestyle Analysis; Assignment of Non-Marital Property; Division of Marital Property, including Closely Held Corporations,; . "S" Corporations, "C" Corporations, Limited Liability; . Corporations "LLC's", Small Businesses, Professional; . Corporations, and Large Scale Farming Operations; Valuation of Businesses and Business Interests including Farming Operations; Buy-Sell Agreements versus Fair Market Value; Division of Pensions (Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, Qualified and; . Non Qualified); Qualified Domestic Relation Orders, Qualified Illinois Domestic; . Relations Orders and Domestic Relations Orders; Division of Stock Options (SAR's, RSU's, NQ's and ISO's); Hidden Asset and Dissipation Analysis; Tax Consequences of Divorce (IRC 1041); Estate Planning Attendant to Divorce; Prenuptial Agreements; Post-Nuptial Agreements; Pre-Divorce Planning; Post Divorce Planning and Education; Second Opinions

Certifications/Specialties:: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1990 to the Present

Bar Admissions:: Illinois, 1975; U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1979; U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1979; U.S. Supreme Court, 1979

Education:: John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1975; Juris Doctor; University of Illinois, 1972; Masters Degree; University of Illinois, 1968; Bachelors Degree

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Continuing Legal Education Seminars, Peoria County Bar Association; Law Office Management and Marketing, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2001; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders Pursuant to the Retirement Equity Act, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2002; Enforceability of Prenuptial Agreements, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2003; Social Security Benefits as Property and Income Under the IMDMA, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2004; Maintenance Under the IMDMA, Breathing Life Into Section 504, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2005; Maintenance 2005 - Case Law Update, Issues and Answers, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2006; Property/Maintenance 2006 Case Law Update, Issues and Answers, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2007; Income, Property or Both, Our Appellate Court's Efforts to Help Define and Apply Said Terms Under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act Pursuant to Sections 503, 504 and 505, Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2008; Maintenance 2008 - The Interrelationship of Sections 503, 504 and 513 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Analysis of our Appellate Court's Decisions in Reynard II, Bratcher, Heroy and Other Cases and Their Implications with Respect to the Award of Maintenance, in the Future. Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series Family Law, 2009

Honors and Awards:: Mr. Hasselberg has been selected by his peers as a "Leading Lawyer" in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 in Illinois in the area of family law as noted by the Leading Lawyers Network.; Mr. Hasselberg has been selected by his peers as an "Illinois Super Lawyer" in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 in the area of family law as noted in the Law & Politics magazine, a division of Chicago magazine.

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Peoria County Bar Association, 1996 - Present; Member Board of Directors; Peoria County Bar Association, 2005 - 2006; Chairman, Family Law Committee; Peoria County Bar Association, 1994 - 1995; Chairman, Family Law Committee; Peoria County Bar Association, 1988 - 1989; Chairman, Family Law Committee; Peoria County Bar Association, 2000 - 2001; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee; Illinois State Bar Association; Abraham Lincoln Inn of the American Inns of Court; Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court, 1997 - 1998; President; Great Rivers Regional Board of the Nature Conservancy; Board of Directors

Past Employment Positions:: United States Army, Airborne and Ranger Qualified Infantry Officer, 1968 - 1971; United States Army, Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, VietNam, 1970 - 1971

Birth Information:: 1946

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