• Member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
• Member of the Chicago Bar Association and its Adoption Law Committee
• Member of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys
• Was named in Leading Lawyers as being one of the top lawyers in the state in the area of Adoption Law
• 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
• Former Licensed Foster Parent
• Born and raised in the Chicago Area
• Chapter Author of IILCLE Adoption Law (Illinois) 2006 Edition and 2011 Edition
• 2001 - 2002 Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Adoption Law Committee
• Successfully completed over a thousand adoptions

For over 14 years, Denise J. Patton has devoted her law practice to adoption and infertility law issues.

Denise has successfully completed over a thousand adoptions. She has presented at many adoption conferences, conducted informational seminars and written articles educating prospective adoptive parents, adoption professionals and fellow attorneys 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 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 former 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.