Welcome

Welcome to the Web site of the Law Offices of Alexandra M. Goddard. We provide legal services in the areas of family law (premarital agreements, divorce, legal separations, alimony, child support, child custody and visitation, and paternity); real estate transactions; and estate planning (wills, trusts, and power of attorney) to individuals living in Cook County, Lake County, McHenry County, Kane County, and DuPage County.

We are experienced legal professionals who are committed to providing you with information, support, and advocacy in a comfortable yet professional manner that gets your legal needs met effectively and expeditiously.

Firm Philosophy

Most legal problems involve financial and emotional issues that can dramatically affect people's lives. This is especially true of family law issues. Being involved in the Family Court can be a stressful, frustrating, and intimidating experience for non-lawyers-and not just for the people who have been drawn into legal conflicts. Their entire families face hardships and difficult decisions as well. You not only need an experienced and skillful attorney to represent you throughout that process, you should have someone who can reduce your and your family's distress.

Attorney Alexandra M. Goddard and her staff are committed to doing just that. And having practiced law for nearly thirty years, we have the experience and expertise to back it up. We are genuinely concerned about your well-being. We strive to nurture a personal relationship with each one of our clients, and we give all of them our fullest possible personal attention.

We will do everything necessary to keep you informed and knowledgeable about your particular legal problem. That means that we stress personal attention, responsiveness, and accessibility:

We listen to you. We return your phone calls promptly. We regularly report to you on the status and progress of your case. Our straightforward, plain-speaking approach will help you make decisions that resolve your case in a manner that is fair, expeditious, and cost-effective.

Often, the best approach to legal dispute is to negotiate a fair settlement without going to court. But unlike many law firms and attorneys, we don't run a "cookie cutter" practice that views clients as just file numbers on a legal assembly line: You can rest assured that if we cannot reach a just settlement and a trial cannot be avoided, we will aggressively advocate for your rights and your interests in court.