Ashton Beck is the Owner and Principal Attorney of Beck Law, LLC. As a vibrant advocate and legal counsel, Ashton assists families in all aspects of domestic relations matters including divorce, child custody disputes, child support, property division, maintenance, orders of protection, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, and post-decree matters. Ashton is a dedicated and zealous advocate for her clients, and has consistently demonstrated her ability to handle complex and demanding family law cases. Furthermore, Ashton’s personal experience of being the center of a long and arduous custody battle allows her to genuinely empathize with her clients. Ashton has received multiple awards including Top 30 under 30 Family Law Attorneys from National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, Top 40 under 40 from Top 100 National Black Lawyers and Top 30 Matrimonial and Family Law Trial Attorneys.

I am a passionate, dedicated family law attorney in North Raleigh Wake Co. with a growing family law practice. I help clients with all manner of issues related to their romantic and/or marital relationships- from prenuptial agreements before marriage to post-nuptial agreements during the marriage, to separation agreements and/or litigation of divorce and other legal issues which arise from the dissolution of their marriage and/or romantic relationships, such as Alimony/Post-Separation support; Property Settlement/Equitable Distribution; Child Custody; Child Support; Domestic Violence; Alienation of Affections/Criminal Conversation (for cases involving marital infidelity), and Absolute Divorce. I also assist clients who wish to modify or enforce an existing separation agreement and/or court order. Finally, I also help both individuals and couples with assets less than $1 Million, prepare simple estate plans in the form of Simple Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Living Wills.

Michael Ian Bender re-opened The Law Office of Michael Ian Bender in December of 2013 after retiring from his meaningful tenure as a Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Bender originally opened the Law Office in 1993, after serving as a Judicial Law Clerk in the First District Illinois Appellate Court for the Honorable Justice Alan Hartman from 1991 to 1993. In 1993, Bender opened The Law Office of Michael Ian Bender, where he concentrated in litigation offering a broad range of legal services including complex family law and civil rights litigation. Bender has also served as a prosecutor for the Village of Skokie as an Assistant Corporation Counsel. He additionally was elected as a Commissioner of the Skokie Park District. Bender served two terms as President of the Skokie Park Board of Commissioners, where he was instrumental in stabilizing the financial future of the Skokie Park District. Bender later joined a major Chicago family law firm, where he concentrated in family law and advocated for the rights of at-risk youths. Education: John Marshall School of Law, Admitted to practice law in 1991.

Susan L. Bender is recognized by judges and colleagues as one of the top matrimonial attorneys in New York. She is routinely listed as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” and has received a Preeminent Rating for both legal ability and ethical standards (“AV”) in the Martindale Hubbell directory of attorneys. Susan penned notable references in New York law. Her first article, “The Finality Rule Barrier to Court of Appeals Review of Appellate Division Orders in Matrimonial Litigation” was published by the New York Domestic Relations Reporter. She also authored a chapter entitled, “Enforcement of Money Judgments” in one of the most regarded references in New York law, New York Practice Guide (Matthew Bender Publisher, 1988). Most notably, she wrote the chapter, “Bringing Justice to a Flawed System” in the New York Family Law Strategies (Thompson Reuters/Aspatore Press, 2009).