Lisa M. Nyuli focuses her practice in the areas of Family Law, Divorce, Family Law Mediation, Bankruptcy, Foreclosure and Collections. She has been licensed to practice in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois since 1989. In June 2004, she became licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
Ms. Nyuli is involved in a number of professional organizations, and has been a frequent seminar speaker on various topics. She is the immediate past president of the Kane County Bar Association and a past president of the Kane County Bar Foundation. She received the Family Law Achievement Award in 2003 from the Kane County Bar Association Family Law Committee.
She continues to serve as a director of the Kane County Bar Foundation, and is involved in the Illinois State Bar Association, Family Counseling Service of Aurora, and the Illinois Bar Foundation. Ms. Nyuli has been instrumental in efforts to bring a Children's Waiting Room to the Kane County Judicial Center.
Ms. Nyuli received her B.S. in business administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1986 and her J.D. from Northern Illinois University College of Law in 1989.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Kane County Bar Association - President, 2004-2005; First Vice President 2003-2004; Second Vice President 2002-2003; Secretary/Treasurer 2001-2002; Director 1998-2001; Committees: Family Law - Chair (2007 - 2008); GAL subcommittee; 2000-2001 Chair Families First Legal Aid Program Committee. Member since 1989.
Illinois State Bar Association - Member since 1989. Board of Governors, 2009 - present; Assembly Member from the 16th Judicial Circuit from 2001- 2007. Judicial Advisory Polls Committee Chair 2005-2006; member from 2000 to present. Continuing Legal Education Committee member since 2004: Solo & Small Firm Conference Committee, 2007 - present.
Kane County Bar Foundation: President, 2001-2003; Vice President, 1999-2001; Secretary 1996-1999; Director, 1996 - 2009; Chair - Children's Waiting Room Committee, 1998 to 2009.
Illinois Bar Foundation - Silver Fellow.
Elgin Bar Association - Member, President 2004-2005.
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Fellow.
AWARDS
Family Law Achievement Award, Kane County Bar Association, 2003
Northern Illinois University College of Law Alumni Council, Alumnus of the Year, 2005
Kane County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Award, 2006
COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS
Family Counseling Services, Aurora, Illinois 1999/2001 President; 2001/2002 Immediate Past President; 1997/1999 President Elect, 1995/1997 Vice-President; 1994/1995 Secretary; 1991/1994 Board of Directors
YWCA Legal Aid, Aurora, Illinois 1992 - 2000; volunteer attorney for legal advice clinic
St. Charles Breakfast Rotary Club, St. Charles, Illinois, 1990 - 1999; Paul Harris
