Djuana O'Connor Oshin
Divorce and Family Law Attorney
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Combining knowledge, experience, and compassion to guide clients through the emotional rigors of court proceedings, and help them achieve a desirable outcome.
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PRACTICE AREAS
DIVORCE
Guiding clients through the legal process of dissolving marriages, ensuring fair distribution of assets and resolution of issues such as child custody and support.
CHILD CUSTODY (ALLOCATION)
Helping parents navigate custody arrangements and parenting plans to ensure a stable and nurturing environment post-separation.
PROPERTY DIVISION
Navigating the complexities of property division and ensuring a fair distribution of assets and liabilities accumulated during the marriage, including real estate, investments, and retirement accounts.
VISITATION
(PARENTING TIME)
Establishing parenting time schedules that prioritize the parent-child relationship.
SPOUSAL SUPPORT
Providing strategic representation to secure fair and equitable spousal support arrangements by taking factors such as income disparity, duration of marriage, and individual financial needs into account.
ORDERS OF PROTECTION
Assisting clients in obtaining orders of protection to ensure their safety and well-being.
ABOUT DJUANA O'CONNOR OSHIN
Djuana O’Connor Oshin has 25 years of experience in litigating contested divorce and parentage proceedings involving allocation (custody), parenting time (visitation), inter-jurisdictional custody disputes, orders of protection, property division, child support and maintenance. Prior to starting her solo practice, Djuana represented clients at three Chicago area legal aid agencies, and later, in private practice at a boutique family law firm. She worked as a supervising attorney at the Cook County Public Guardian’s Office, where she represented abused and neglected children as a guardian ad litem for eight years.
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Djuana received both her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Loyola University Chicago, and was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1991. She is a certified mediator, having obtained a 40-hour mediation certificate at Northwestern University and a 40-hour certificate in divorce and family law mediation through the Illinois State Bar Association. Since 2021, she has been an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she teaches courses in domestic violence.
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Memberships: American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State
Bar Association, the Chicago Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution, and the
Academy of Professional Family Mediators
CONTACT DJUANA O'CONNOR OSHIN
ADDRESS
1010 Lake Street
Suite 200
Oak Park, Illinois 60301
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Phone: (312) 715-7495
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