Sandra Crawford, JD & Mediator

Attorney

For over 35 years, Sandra has dedicated her law, mediation, and non-court practice to educating and leading clients to the clearest paths to resolution of their unique concerns. Every family is unique; therefore, every resolution or termination of a relationship will be unique.

Sandra is a past President of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois (now known as Collaborative Divorce Illinois) and served on its Board and various Committees for many years. She is a past President of the Illinois Bar Foundation and currently sits on the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). She has served as chair of the ISBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council, its Delivery of Legal Services Committee, and its Women in the Law Committee, working on issues of access to justice and improving the client experience for individuals in the area of family law. She currently serves as the ISBA Board Liaison to the Domestic Relations Law Section Counsel, which, among other things, reviews and proposes legislation in Illinois impacting divorces, parenting, and child and spousal support.

In 2024, she received the ISBA Richard H. Teas Legislative Support Award for her work in support of the passage of the Illinois Collaborative Process Act (750 ILCS 90/1, et. seq.). She is also a past recipient of the ISBA Matthew Maloney Tradition of Excellence Award. She has been nominated and selected by her peers as an Illinois Super Lawyer yearly for the past 16 years.

Sandra has taught mediation at the college and post-graduate levels. She has also taught Interdisciplinary Collaborative Law to legal, financial, and mental health professionals seeking to change how families experience divorce. She is currently an adjunct professor with Northwestern University School of Professional Studies, where she teaches the 40-hour Divorce Mediation Program.

She is a mother and grandmother who is deeply committed to helping families find sustainable and peaceful resolutions to their disputes. Call (312) 520-9137 for a free telephone consultation today.

Quote: “I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.” -Thomas Paine