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Susan Parnell Wilson, Family Law, Belleville, IL

 

Location:

Belleville, Illinois

 

Phone:

618-235-1600

 

Fax:

618-235-1617

 

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Mediation and Divorce Lawyers in St Clair County Illinois

Susan Wilson founded her Belleville Divorce Law Firm serving Saint Clair County IL in 1991. The firm transitioned into Wilson, Dabler & Associates, L.L.C. in January 2018, through which Susan Wilson and Heather Dabler and their associates continue to concentrate in family related cases.

Susan is a family law attorney in Belleville, IL, and her office is just blocks from the St Clair County Courthouse.

Although Susan Wilson is licensed in Illinois and Missouri, the firm primarily practices in the Illinois counties of St. Clair County, Madison, Monroe, Clinton, and Randolph. The firm staffs three paralegals and a secretary/receptionist. The cases handled most frequently include divorce, child parenting issues, support issues, domestic violence, modification of divorce and custody decrees, paternity, and grandparent rights and visitation.

Additional areas of practice in which the attorneys and paralegals are experienced include personal injury, DUI’s, wills, and powers of attorney. The firm handles all types of divorce law, including Military Divorce, Family Law Mediation, Complex Divorce Cases, Child Custody, Alimony and Maintenance, Property Division and more. These additional areas of practice naturally flow from the family-related areas and are often necessary to complete problems which arise during or after completion of the family matters.

Attorney Susan Parnell Wilson possesses high academic credentials, maintains strong community ties, is committed to the pursuit of excellence, communicates effectively, and demonstrates the strictest personal and professional ethics, as well as the utmost concern for our clients. With more than 35 years experience in family law, Ms. Wilson is primarily a litigator spending the majority of her day in hearings.

Divorce and Mediation Services: Move Forward with Your Life

Appointments with new clients are primarily scheduled around the trial schedule and are usually early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Attorney Wilson is also a licensed and experienced mediator and arbitrator. She has been mediating family-related issues since 1993. As an arbitrator for St. Clair County Arbitration programs, she arbitrates several cases each year acting as an arbitrator judge in personal injury and property damage cases.

The firm, although all female, has a high concentration of male clients, and has had success in gaining custody for fathers on numerous occasions. The firm excels in catering to a wide range of emotionally-charged issues and helps the clients cope while going through their crises, as well as helping them develop skills to face “life after divorce.”

The firm brings with it a wide range of past experience in that Susan Parnell Wilson taught high school English/French for 10 years prior to attending law school. In addition to family law, the firm’s paralegals have training in personal injury, criminal law and military law. Heather Dabler previously practiced five years in a firm which handled personal injury and insurance defense cases and Sara Rice practiced four years as a public defender in St. Clair County.

 

Areas of Practice

  • Divorce/Legal Separation
  • Child Support/Maintenance
  • Parenting Time and Parental Responsibility Allocation
  • Paternity
  • Mediation

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 1985
  • Missouri, 1986
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1987
  • Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1993

Education

  • Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
    • J.D. cum laude – 1985
  • Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
    • M.S.Ed. cum laude – 1978
    • Major: French Education
  • Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois
    • B.A. cum laude – 1972
    • Major: French Education

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • St Clair County Bar Association, 1992 – Present
  • St Clair County Bar Association, Former Member, Board of Directors
  • Illinois State Bar Association , 1985 – Present

Past Employment Positions

  • Unit District 196 Dupo Illinois, High School Teacher, 1972 – 1982
  • President of Teachers Union, Dupo Federation of Teachers
  • Lobbyist For Illinois Federation of Teachers, 1978 – 1982

Divorce Law

We're family law attorneys representing clients in a range of matters including divorce, parenting issues, support issues and property division.

Family Mediation

We firmly believe in the mediation process and the benefits it can bring to families, parents and children. We are licensed mediators.

Traffic & Criminal Law

If you were accused of a DUI or you received a traffic ticket for any alleged violation, let us protect your rights and work to minimize the impact on your life.

Wilson, Dabler & Associates, L.L.C.

14 South Second Street
Belleville, IL 62220

Satellite Office (by appointment only)
216 North Market Street
Waterloo, IL 62298

 

Contact Us

618-235-1600
Fax- 618-235-1617

 

 

 

Office Hours

8:30am-5pm Monday-Thursday
8:30am-4pm on Fridays
Closed for lunch from Noon-1pm
After Hours Appointments Available