At The Law Firm of Debra J. Braselton, P.C., located in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, Debra J. Braselton focuses exclusively on the practice of matrimonial and family law. Representing clients in DuPage, Cook and Kane counties, she handles divorce, child custody and visitation, mediation, guardianship, adoption, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreement matters. Ms. Braselton has an impressive track record for out-of-court settlements, successfully negotiating more than 90 percent of her divorce cases without litigation. Highly regarded by her peers, she has received a 10 "Superb" rating from Avvo.Ms. Braselton graduated from Rush University with a Bachelor of Science in nursing in 1984, after which she earned her Master of Science in maternal and child nursing in 1986. While in school, she was a member of the nursing honor society Sigma Theta Tau International. After working as a certified nurse midwife at a large Chicago hospital, she went on to attend Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she was awarded her Juris Doctor in 1994. Admitted to practice in Illinois in 1994, Ms. Braselton is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Supreme Court of the United States.Ms. Braselton is a Certified Child Representative in the 18th Judicial Circuit Court in DuPage County, and she sits on the Children's Advocacy Committee and the Family Law and Practice Committee of the DuPage County Bar Association. She has taken leadership roles in her professional community as panel chair of the Hearing Board of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, and as a former officer and executive board member of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois.
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