Pandemic puts divorce lawyers to work – Crain’s

COVID-19 is creating work for local divorce lawyers.

“We have done as much as 34 consultations in one day,” said Jeffery Leving, founder of the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving in Chicago. The norm is seven to 10 interviews a day, he said.

Lawyers don’t blame the virus for divorces but say it’s contributing to breaking up marriages that were already strained.

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“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”

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