• Member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
• Member of the Chicago Bar Association and its Adoption Law Committee
• Member of Adoptive Families Today (AFT)
• Member of Chicago Area Families for Adoption (CAFFA
• Former Member of Resolve of Illinois
• Graduate of DePaul University's Law School
• Adoptive Parent
• Licensed Foster Parent
• Born and raised in the Chicago Area
• Chapter Author of IILCLE Adoption Law (Illinois) 2006 Edition
• 2001 - 2002 Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Adoption Law Committee
• Successfully completed hundreds of adoptions

Denise J. Patton, sole practitioner, devotes her law practice to adoption and infertility law issues.

Over the years Denise has successfully completed hundreds of adoptions. She has presented at several adoption conferences and conducted seminars educating prospective adoptive parents on the different types of adoptions, the adoption process, how to get started and the financial benefits available to adoptive parents to help make adoption more affordable.

Prior to receiving her J.D., Denise was employed as an Adoption Specialist for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. In this capacity she monitored, assisted, trained and educated private agencies on the adoption process.

After graduating from law school, Denise, as an attorney for the Department of Children and Family Services, assisted in expanding the Department's new Expedited Adoption Program. A program created to minimize the amount of time children were waiting to be adopted.

In addition to the Expedited Adoption Program, Denise was also assigned to a Juvenile Court room which handled the termination of parental rights in order to free children for adoption.

She advised private agency workers, DCFS workers, and DCFS attorneys on adoption assistance agreements, the grounds for termination of parental rights, and the adoption process as a whole.

Denise and her husband have adopted one child through DCFS and are licensed foster parents.

It is because of Denise's sincere interest in building families and her familiarity with the many obstacles that may arise in this endeavor that she has chosen to dedicate her practice primarily to adoption and infertility law issues.