Mitchell Gordon
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Licensed for 20 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Child custody
Language
English
About
Mitchell B. Gordon works extensively in the areas of family and matrimonial law. He has significant experience dealing specifically with both parenting related and financial litigation. In 2009 Mr. Gordon was recognized as one of 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch by the publishers of Chicago Lawyer Magazine. Based on the recommendations of judges and other colleagues, Mitchell was selected from among approximately 20,000 lawyers in Illinois under the age of 40 for this honor. Mr. Gordon's litigation practice has been very "hands-on" throughout his career, which has afforded him exposure to a wide array of legal issues. He approaches his cases with the goal of problem solving through the understanding that each client has a unique set of circumstances. Working closely with his clients throughout the legal process, he knows how to find reasonable and practical solutions. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Gordon also has significant experience conducting settlement conferences, drafting Marital Settlement Agreements, drafting Parenting Agreements, drafting Pre-Nuptial Agreements and drafting Post-Nuptial Agreements. Furthermore, he is a skilled Appellate Advocate. Mr. Gordon's commitment to excellence was recognized in 2008, 2009 and 2010 by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine when he was named a "Rising Star". This accolade is issued only after a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Super Lawyers' attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area and a good-standing and disciplinary check. Mitchell also co-hosts the popular public access television show "Let's Talk Justice!" on Chicago's CAN-TV Network. On the show, Gordon discusses myriad of legal topics of public concern while answering live telephone calls. Mitchell is well respected for his time-consuming involvement with his weekly television show. Mitchell has also been featured on the Chicago radio show , Vocalo. Mr. Gordon joined Pasulka & Associates, P.C. as an associate in 2003. Prior to that he worked as an associate attorney concentrating in family law starting in 2001, and had worked as a clerk during law school in law firms concentrating in family law. Mr. Gordon received his Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent in 2001 and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa in 1997.
Practices Areas
Child custody
Divorce and separation
Language
English
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Reviews
I hired Mitch on recommendation from a good friend who had gone to law school with him, and I'm so glad I did. When I told my ex-husband that I wanted a divorce, he was initially cooperative, even suggesting that we could hire a mediator because it would be so amicable. And, stupid me, I fell for it. My husband fought me on literally everything and, on top of that, became increasingly verbally abusive when we weren't in front of the mediator, including showing up my apartment, drunk and yelling at the window until my neighbor called the police. I couldn't deal with him anymore and that's when I hired Mitch, who was a gamechanger. Mitch took the time to listen to what I wanted and what my priorities were in the divorce (security for my eventual retirement and getting on with my post-divorce life), and he also asked lots of questions about my ex - what motivated him, what was really important to him v. what fed his huge ego. Mitch's suggested solution was in the form of a QDRO, which allocated my high-earning spouse's robust 401k to me (thereby easing my retirement anxiety) while letting my ex keep the house, the car, the rental propery, and the other assets that I didn't want or care about. When he proposed the QDRO to my ex and his lawyer, Mitch did so in a way that made my ex feel magnanimous, like I needed him to "take care of me in my old age" because I'd certainly "never be able to do so for myself" and certainly would "never find another partner who could do so." This really spoke to my ex's narcissism. Mitch literally wrote one letter to propose the QDRO and it resolved months of back-and-forth pretty much instantly. If I'd called Mitch in the first place, it would have saved me nearly a year of agony. Now, if the letter hadn't work, I fully believe that Mitch could and would have gotten the job done another way, but as it turned out, he didn't need to. I cannot recommend Mitch enough. These other reviews talk about Mitch prolonging a trial, but that was certainly not my experience with him, and quite the opposite. My ex earned in the seven figures every year - if Mitch had wanted to drag out the divorce, there certainly would have been the money there to pay for it. But I didn't want that, I wanted to move on, so Mitch made that possible. I will be forever grateful to him and I refer him whenever I get the chance.
It appeared this attorney and his team were very helpful, competent, and supportive until we got to the point where negotiations were being handled with not the pre-trial judge, but the trial judge and the ex's attorney. I was then told I needed to pay back my ex a very large sum of monies the ex had claimed I stole years ago. I never stole any money. This atty and the ex's atty made a 'deal' without consulting me or asking for my proof showing I did not steal any money. I had also provided proof to the pre-trial judge before showing the monies were all there, which I was then told I was cleared, but the ex's atty. did not show that info. to my atty or the trial judge. When I explicitly stated to this atty. that I would not pay my ex monies I did not steal, I was then threatened, yelled at, gaslighted, told I was 'getting bogged down in principle", and that if I didn't agree to pay back these funds, I would have to then go to trial. In addition, this atty. had promised me he would make sure my ex paid me other monies he owed me, such as monthly support court ordered to me and my disabled son during the divorce, which the ex refused to pay, and other monies the ex managed to slip out of the funds owed me as well, totaling $300K. I never received any of these monies back as promised by this atty., yet he expected me to pay him his final bill of $18K. Even though he had also told me at one point that he didn't need my money, because he had much wealthier clients, and that I wasn't getting very much in this settlement anyway. Because my divorce was taking too long (3 years), this atty. just wanted to case over no matter what I had to lose. He allowed my ex to walk away with owing me the $300K, and my having to pay him a total of over $50K. Do not use this atty and his team. In the beginning they appeared to be very supportive to me and my case, but when the negotiations got tough, he backed down and caved to the ex's unethical atty and let him walk with monies I sorely needed to support myself and my disabled son. I did not get any child support for my son either. Be cautious of attorneys who promise you anything or tell you that you will get the monies owed you at the end. It will Not happen.
I too agree 100% with the other reviews. My case dragged on for years with continuance after continuance. He unduly prolonged my case to significantly increase his fees. He is arrogant and primarily about “billable hours.”
Do not use him. Absolute joke. Dragged my case on for over 3 years. Took ME to court because I couldn't pay fast enough after my divorce. His sloppy language in the final divorce agreement has me back in court (with another lawyer) trying to repair his damage. Arrogant, lazy - will just take your money.
TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY...HE NEVER SHOWS UP AND DID NOTHING BUT CONTINUE THE CASE. I AGREE 100% WITH HIS OTHER REVIEWS. I WISH I WOULD HAVE READ THEM BEFORE HIRING THIS GUY. DOES NOTHING BUT DRAG CASE ON, I HAD A SIMPLE CASE THAT MY OTHER ATTORNEY COMPLETED IN 3 MONTHS!
He comes on strong He did write a great response to the original petition but seemed to do little to conclude the case. For me, he hard sold me that I needed him in the courtroom. Hard sell. Delayed my case for well over a year with help from opposing counsel over child support issues. He seems to prefer messengers/ substitutes to attend court dates(almost most of the time for status hearing{continuance} requests anyway . After 3 retainers endless continuances and nothing settled I moved on. After finally assuring me he was attending. I got a call from him about 45 - 1 hr. before court that he was at a funeral in Michigan. I went to court alone told clerk i was alone and please let whomever is from his firm attending that I was present. Somehow someone he sent snuck into the courtroom and got a scheduled next status hearing (continuance) . Never even heard the case called though listening intently as I was seemingly alone. I asked the clerk after about 30 mins . if my lawyer was there and clerk told me she told whom ever from the firm or messenger ) I was in court and registered. Somehow they got in front of the judge and got there routine continuance with out my even getting called. He ensure me I didn't need to be in court so mostly did not attend the endless continuances (status hearing requests) The last straw was I showed up in his office after court. His receptionist said he was in a meeting though he told be about and 1 1/2 hrs. earlier he was attending a funneral in Michigan and would 'nt be back til next week. Busted. He finally came out and I told him he was done.
I hired Mitch on recommendation from a good friend who had gone to law school with him, and I'm so glad I did. When I told my ex-husband that I wanted a divorce, he was initially cooperative, even suggesting that we could hire a mediator because it would be so amicable. And, stupid me, I fell for it. My husband fought me on literally everything and, on top of that, became increasingly verbally abusive when we weren't in front of the mediator, including showing up my apartment, drunk and yelling at the window until my neighbor called the police. I couldn't deal with him anymore and that's when I hired Mitch, who was a gamechanger. Mitch took the time to listen to what I wanted and what my priorities were in the divorce (security for my eventual retirement and getting on with my post-divorce life), and he also asked lots of questions about my ex - what motivated him, what was really important to him v. what fed his huge ego. Mitch's suggested solution was in the form of a QDRO, which allocated my high-earning spouse's robust 401k to me (thereby easing my retirement anxiety) while letting my ex keep the house, the car, the rental propery, and the other assets that I didn't want or care about. When he proposed the QDRO to my ex and his lawyer, Mitch did so in a way that made my ex feel magnanimous, like I needed him to "take care of me in my old age" because I'd certainly "never be able to do so for myself" and certainly would "never find another partner who could do so." This really spoke to my ex's narcissism. Mitch literally wrote one letter to propose the QDRO and it resolved months of back-and-forth pretty much instantly. If I'd called Mitch in the first place, it would have saved me nearly a year of agony. Now, if the letter hadn't work, I fully believe that Mitch could and would have gotten the job done another way, but as it turned out, he didn't need to. I cannot recommend Mitch enough. These other reviews talk about Mitch prolonging a trial, but that was certainly not my experience with him, and quite the opposite. My ex earned in the seven figures every year - if Mitch had wanted to drag out the divorce, there certainly would have been the money there to pay for it. But I didn't want that, I wanted to move on, so Mitch made that possible. I will be forever grateful to him and I refer him whenever I get the chance.
It appeared this attorney and his team were very helpful, competent, and supportive until we got to the point where negotiations were being handled with not the pre-trial judge, but the trial judge and the ex's attorney. I was then told I needed to pay back my ex a very large sum of monies the ex had claimed I stole years ago. I never stole any money. This atty and the ex's atty made a 'deal' without consulting me or asking for my proof showing I did not steal any money. I had also provided proof to the pre-trial judge before showing the monies were all there, which I was then told I was cleared, but the ex's atty. did not show that info. to my atty or the trial judge. When I explicitly stated to this atty. that I would not pay my ex monies I did not steal, I was then threatened, yelled at, gaslighted, told I was 'getting bogged down in principle", and that if I didn't agree to pay back these funds, I would have to then go to trial. In addition, this atty. had promised me he would make sure my ex paid me other monies he owed me, such as monthly support court ordered to me and my disabled son during the divorce, which the ex refused to pay, and other monies the ex managed to slip out of the funds owed me as well, totaling $300K. I never received any of these monies back as promised by this atty., yet he expected me to pay him his final bill of $18K. Even though he had also told me at one point that he didn't need my money, because he had much wealthier clients, and that I wasn't getting very much in this settlement anyway. Because my divorce was taking too long (3 years), this atty. just wanted to case over no matter what I had to lose. He allowed my ex to walk away with owing me the $300K, and my having to pay him a total of over $50K. Do not use this atty and his team. In the beginning they appeared to be very supportive to me and my case, but when the negotiations got tough, he backed down and caved to the ex's unethical atty and let him walk with monies I sorely needed to support myself and my disabled son. I did not get any child support for my son either. Be cautious of attorneys who promise you anything or tell you that you will get the monies owed you at the end. It will Not happen.
I too agree 100% with the other reviews. My case dragged on for years with continuance after continuance. He unduly prolonged my case to significantly increase his fees. He is arrogant and primarily about “billable hours.”
Do not use him. Absolute joke. Dragged my case on for over 3 years. Took ME to court because I couldn't pay fast enough after my divorce. His sloppy language in the final divorce agreement has me back in court (with another lawyer) trying to repair his damage. Arrogant, lazy - will just take your money.
TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY...HE NEVER SHOWS UP AND DID NOTHING BUT CONTINUE THE CASE. I AGREE 100% WITH HIS OTHER REVIEWS. I WISH I WOULD HAVE READ THEM BEFORE HIRING THIS GUY. DOES NOTHING BUT DRAG CASE ON, I HAD A SIMPLE CASE THAT MY OTHER ATTORNEY COMPLETED IN 3 MONTHS!
He comes on strong He did write a great response to the original petition but seemed to do little to conclude the case. For me, he hard sold me that I needed him in the courtroom. Hard sell. Delayed my case for well over a year with help from opposing counsel over child support issues. He seems to prefer messengers/ substitutes to attend court dates(almost most of the time for status hearing{continuance} requests anyway . After 3 retainers endless continuances and nothing settled I moved on. After finally assuring me he was attending. I got a call from him about 45 - 1 hr. before court that he was at a funeral in Michigan. I went to court alone told clerk i was alone and please let whomever is from his firm attending that I was present. Somehow someone he sent snuck into the courtroom and got a scheduled next status hearing (continuance) . Never even heard the case called though listening intently as I was seemingly alone. I asked the clerk after about 30 mins . if my lawyer was there and clerk told me she told whom ever from the firm or messenger ) I was in court and registered. Somehow they got in front of the judge and got there routine continuance with out my even getting called. He ensure me I didn't need to be in court so mostly did not attend the endless continuances (status hearing requests) The last straw was I showed up in his office after court. His receptionist said he was in a meeting though he told be about and 1 1/2 hrs. earlier he was attending a funneral in Michigan and would 'nt be back til next week. Busted. He finally came out and I told him he was done.
I hired Mitch on recommendation from a good friend who had gone to law school with him, and I'm so glad I did. When I told my ex-husband that I wanted a divorce, he was initially cooperative, even suggesting that we could hire a mediator because it would be so amicable. And, stupid me, I fell for it. My husband fought me on literally everything and, on top of that, became increasingly verbally abusive when we weren't in front of the mediator, including showing up my apartment, drunk and yelling at the window until my neighbor called the police. I couldn't deal with him anymore and that's when I hired Mitch, who was a gamechanger. Mitch took the time to listen to what I wanted and what my priorities were in the divorce (security for my eventual retirement and getting on with my post-divorce life), and he also asked lots of questions about my ex - what motivated him, what was really important to him v. what fed his huge ego. Mitch's suggested solution was in the form of a QDRO, which allocated my high-earning spouse's robust 401k to me (thereby easing my retirement anxiety) while letting my ex keep the house, the car, the rental propery, and the other assets that I didn't want or care about. When he proposed the QDRO to my ex and his lawyer, Mitch did so in a way that made my ex feel magnanimous, like I needed him to "take care of me in my old age" because I'd certainly "never be able to do so for myself" and certainly would "never find another partner who could do so." This really spoke to my ex's narcissism. Mitch literally wrote one letter to propose the QDRO and it resolved months of back-and-forth pretty much instantly. If I'd called Mitch in the first place, it would have saved me nearly a year of agony. Now, if the letter hadn't work, I fully believe that Mitch could and would have gotten the job done another way, but as it turned out, he didn't need to. I cannot recommend Mitch enough. These other reviews talk about Mitch prolonging a trial, but that was certainly not my experience with him, and quite the opposite. My ex earned in the seven figures every year - if Mitch had wanted to drag out the divorce, there certainly would have been the money there to pay for it. But I didn't want that, I wanted to move on, so Mitch made that possible. I will be forever grateful to him and I refer him whenever I get the chance.
It appeared this attorney and his team were very helpful, competent, and supportive until we got to the point where negotiations were being handled with not the pre-trial judge, but the trial judge and the ex's attorney. I was then told I needed to pay back my ex a very large sum of monies the ex had claimed I stole years ago. I never stole any money. This atty and the ex's atty made a 'deal' without consulting me or asking for my proof showing I did not steal any money. I had also provided proof to the pre-trial judge before showing the monies were all there, which I was then told I was cleared, but the ex's atty. did not show that info. to my atty or the trial judge. When I explicitly stated to this atty. that I would not pay my ex monies I did not steal, I was then threatened, yelled at, gaslighted, told I was 'getting bogged down in principle", and that if I didn't agree to pay back these funds, I would have to then go to trial. In addition, this atty. had promised me he would make sure my ex paid me other monies he owed me, such as monthly support court ordered to me and my disabled son during the divorce, which the ex refused to pay, and other monies the ex managed to slip out of the funds owed me as well, totaling $300K. I never received any of these monies back as promised by this atty., yet he expected me to pay him his final bill of $18K. Even though he had also told me at one point that he didn't need my money, because he had much wealthier clients, and that I wasn't getting very much in this settlement anyway. Because my divorce was taking too long (3 years), this atty. just wanted to case over no matter what I had to lose. He allowed my ex to walk away with owing me the $300K, and my having to pay him a total of over $50K. Do not use this atty and his team. In the beginning they appeared to be very supportive to me and my case, but when the negotiations got tough, he backed down and caved to the ex's unethical atty and let him walk with monies I sorely needed to support myself and my disabled son. I did not get any child support for my son either. Be cautious of attorneys who promise you anything or tell you that you will get the monies owed you at the end. It will Not happen.
I too agree 100% with the other reviews. My case dragged on for years with continuance after continuance. He unduly prolonged my case to significantly increase his fees. He is arrogant and primarily about “billable hours.”
Do not use him. Absolute joke. Dragged my case on for over 3 years. Took ME to court because I couldn't pay fast enough after my divorce. His sloppy language in the final divorce agreement has me back in court (with another lawyer) trying to repair his damage. Arrogant, lazy - will just take your money.
TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY...HE NEVER SHOWS UP AND DID NOTHING BUT CONTINUE THE CASE. I AGREE 100% WITH HIS OTHER REVIEWS. I WISH I WOULD HAVE READ THEM BEFORE HIRING THIS GUY. DOES NOTHING BUT DRAG CASE ON, I HAD A SIMPLE CASE THAT MY OTHER ATTORNEY COMPLETED IN 3 MONTHS!
He comes on strong He did write a great response to the original petition but seemed to do little to conclude the case. For me, he hard sold me that I needed him in the courtroom. Hard sell. Delayed my case for well over a year with help from opposing counsel over child support issues. He seems to prefer messengers/ substitutes to attend court dates(almost most of the time for status hearing{continuance} requests anyway . After 3 retainers endless continuances and nothing settled I moved on. After finally assuring me he was attending. I got a call from him about 45 - 1 hr. before court that he was at a funeral in Michigan. I went to court alone told clerk i was alone and please let whomever is from his firm attending that I was present. Somehow someone he sent snuck into the courtroom and got a scheduled next status hearing (continuance) . Never even heard the case called though listening intently as I was seemingly alone. I asked the clerk after about 30 mins . if my lawyer was there and clerk told me she told whom ever from the firm or messenger ) I was in court and registered. Somehow they got in front of the judge and got there routine continuance with out my even getting called. He ensure me I didn't need to be in court so mostly did not attend the endless continuances (status hearing requests) The last straw was I showed up in his office after court. His receptionist said he was in a meeting though he told be about and 1 1/2 hrs. earlier he was attending a funneral in Michigan and would 'nt be back til next week. Busted. He finally came out and I told him he was done.