Work Experience:

• Managing Partner at Gehris & Associates, LLC, 2014-present
• Partner at Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, PC, 2013-2014
• Associate at Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, PC. 2007-2013
• Attorney at City Of Chicago Corporation Counsel, 2006–2007
• 7-11 Law Clerk at City Of Chicago Corporation Counsel, 2005–2006

Areas of Practice:

• Family Law
• Real Estate
• Estate Planning
• Foreclosure Defense

Bar Admissions:

• 2006 — Illinois
• 2007 — United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• 2012 — Supreme Court of the United States

Education:

• John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Law, JD - Juris Doctor, 2006
• John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Real Estate Law, JD Certificate, 2006
• North Carolina State University, Political Science, BS - Bachelor of Science, 2003
• University of Illinois, Computer Science, 1998-2000

Current/Past Affiliations or Offices Held:

• Board of Governors — McHenry County Bar Association, 2013–2019
• Chairperson for the Membership and ADR and Mediation Committees, 2013-2019
• Member — Mediation Advisory Council, 2011–2019
• President of Family Law Section — McHenry County Bar Association, 2008–2011

Speaking Engagements:

• Keynote Speaker for Career Day - Reed-Custer High School 2024
• Attorney Presentation for Career Day – Crystal Lake South High School 2021
• Volunteer Mediation — Shah Center, McHenry, 2013
• Family Law and Daycare Issues — McHenry County Community College, 2013
• Role Play Mediation — Loyola Retreat Center, Woodstock, 2012

Michelle C. Gehris 
Managing Partner

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Michelle's legal practice is concentrated in family law and real estate. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from North Carolina State University in 2003 and her JD with a Certificate in Real Estate from The John Marshall Law School in 2006.

Prior to starting Gehris & Associates, LLC, Michelle was a partner in another local firm. She was the head of the Family Law and Real Estate Departments since 2011. Michelle's goal in starting Gehris & Associates, LLC was to provide an atmosphere for clients to not feel like they are just another file.

Prior to joining her prior law firm as an associate in 2007, Michelle prosecuted building code violations with Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago Building and Land Use Litigation Division.

Michelle is a Court appointed mediator and served on the Mediation Council for McHenry County for eight years. She is also very active in the McHenry County Bar Association, where she served three terms as President of the Family Law Section and served six years on the Board of Governors. Michelle is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the United States Supreme Court.

Michelle's ability to connect with her clients and at the same time help them through one of the most difficult times of their lives has helped her earn the highest rating on the most comprehensive Attorney review site, Avvo.com. In her free time, Michelle enjoys spending time with her husband and twin boys.