Illinois Lawyers

Real Estate Law

19150 S. Kedzie, Suite 103B, Flossmoor, IL 60422

Area of Practice: Municipal Law Michelle Broughton-Fountain has been practicing law as a general practitioner since 1996. She graduated with Honors and Distinction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Also, she graduated from the College of Law with her Juris Doctor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Michelle Broughton-Fountain has lived in the South Suburbs for over thirty years. She founded the Law Office of Michelle Broughton-Fountain in May of 2005. She currently specializes in family law, probate law, estate law, real estate matters and municipal law.

Family and Divorce Law

900 North Shore Drive, Suite 220, Lake Bluff, IL 60044

Family and Divorce Law

30 N LaSalle St, STE 3100, Chicago, IL 60602

Mitchell works exclusively in the area of family law. He has significant experience dealing with both parenting-related and financial litigation. Mitchell approaches his cases with the goal of problem solving through the understanding that each client has a unique set of circumstances. Mitchell works closely with his clients throughout the legal process to find reasonable and practical solutions. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Gordon has expertise conducting settlement conferences, drafting marital settlement agreements, parenting agreements, and pre and post-nuptial agreements. Furthermore, he is a skilled appellate advocate, having litigated numerous family law cases at the Appellate Court level. In 2012, Mitchell’s book, Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements, was published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) and is their most comprehensive authority on the drafting and enforcement of pre and post-nuptial agreements. Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements provides practical instruction on negotiating the best terms for clients, implications of estate planning and tax law, and ethical considerations. He earned his B.A. from the University of Iowa before attending Chicago-Kent School of Law, where he earned his J.D.

Probate Law

5300 Main St, Downers Grove, IL 60515

Personal Injury Law

1246 Broadway St, Quincy, IL 62301, USA

NICHOLAS C. ROBER, JR., focuses his practice on personal injury, divorce/family law, construction litigation, criminal defense, DUI defense, estate planning, and real estate law. Nicholas has diverse experience in both criminal and civil law. Since his senior year of college when he began his first internship with the a public defender office in his home of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nicholas has been involved in the law. He is an experienced litigator who has a true passion for helping his clients. Prior to starting Rober Law in 2020, now Rober & Phillips, Nicholas practiced at Blickhan, Timmerwilke & Woodworth in Quincy, Illinois. There he represented clients in divorce, family, criminal, personal injury and workers' compensation cases. Before moving back to Quincy, Illinois in 2019, Nicholas worked for the Chicago based, insurance defense law firm, Leahy, Eisenberg & Fraenkel, Ltd. At LEF, Nicholas was assigned to the litigation department and predominately handled cases involving motor vehicle accidents, semi-truck accidents, premises liability, and nursing home negligence under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act. Prior to practicing at Leahy, Eisenberg & Fraenkel, Ltd., Nicholas worked in private practice at Pollock, Ennis & Heck in Quincy, Illinois, handling personal injury, divorce, family, construction, criminal, and workers' compensation cases. While attending law school, he volunteered as a law clerk for the Washtenaw County Public Defender Office in Ann Arbor, Michigan, defending indigent clients in misdemeanor and felony matters under Michigan Supreme Court Rule 8.120. Nicholas also served as a 711 Law Clerk for the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, prosecuting traffic and criminal cases in Aurora, Illinois. Nicholas and his wife, Gabrielle, moved from the Chicago area in 2019 and decided that they would make Quincy, Illinois their permanent home. They spend the majority of their time outside of work spending time with their three dogs, going to Mark Twain Lake and being outdoors. Nicholas is a former collegiate baseball player and has volunteered in both Michigan and Illinois with several schools and travel baseball teams as a coach. In his free time, he enjoys hanging out with his family, jet skiing, wakeboarding, hunting, fishing and snowmobiling. Nicholas received his B.A. from Concordia University in 2010 and his J.D. from Western Michigan University in 2014. Nicholas is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois.