David R. Del Re
- Principal
- Founder
Location:
Waukegan, IL
Phone:
Fax:
(847) 625-9980
Email:
Areas of Practice
- Family/Divorce Law
- Domestic Orders of Protection
- Custody
- Parental Allocation
- Complex Divorce Litigation
- Appellate Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Guardian ad litem, Child’s Representative through 2020
- Certified Guardian ad litem for Probate Cases through 2020
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1998
Education
- University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- J.D. - 1998
- Law Journal, Tulsa Law Journal, Staff Member
- University of Illinois-Chicago
- B.A.
Classes/Seminars
- April 2025 – Speaker/Presenter, LCBA Family Law Seminar 2025, The Admissibility of Children’s Hearsay Statements, New Orleans, Louisiana.
- April 2019-Speaker/Presenter, LCBA Family Law Seminar 2019, Direct Examination, Cross Examination and Closing Arguments in a Relocation Case. Scottsdale, Arizona.
- Presenter, How To (and How Not To) Cross Examine 604.10 (b) and (c) Evaluators, LCBA Family Law Seminar, Charleston, South Carolina, April, 2018
- Presenter, New Local Rules of the 19th Judicial Circuit, LCBA Family Law Seminar, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April, 2017
- Panelist/Presenter, Testifying as a Guardian Ad Litem, 19th Judicial Circuit Child Representative Training, September, 2016
- Panelist/Presenter, Important Changes to ILCS 5/600-5/610.5 Involving All Aspects of Children, November, 2015
- Panelist, Lake County’s Family Law Committee Seminar, Domestic Violence, Orders of Protection and Social media, 2014
- Lecturer, Substitution of Judge for Cause regarding the Illinois Supreme Court case of In Re: The Marriage of O’Brien which tried at the Circuit level by David R. Del Re and briefed and argued with co-counsel, Mark Vogg, before the Illinois Supreme Court in January of 2010, Lake County’s Family Law Committee Seminar, Memphis TN, April, 2010
- Presenter, Orders of protections and custody cases with simultaneous criminal prosecutions, Lake County Criminal Committee Seminar, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November, 2009
Honors and Awards
- Nominated Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers
- Named Leading Lawyer – Peer Selected 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Benedict J. Ori Award, 2015, established July 11, 1986, in recognition of the efforts of former Lake County Prosecutors whose contribution to law enforcement, the Bar, the Judiciary and the people of Lake County, reflecting the tradition of service shown by Benedict J. Ori
- Pro Bono Award, The Law Offices of David R. Del Re, P.C. by Lake County Bar Association
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Lake County Bar Association, Board Member, 2018 to 2021
- Lake County Bar Association, Judicial Selection and Retention Committee, Chair, 01/2016 to 12/2021
- Lake County Bar Association, Judicial Section and Retention Committee, Member, 01/2014 to Present
- Lake County Justinian Society, Past President, 2010 to 2011
- Illinois State Bar Association, Member
- Association of Woman Attorneys of Lake County, Member
- Leading Lawyers Network, Member
- American Inns of Court/Lake County, Member, 1997 to Present
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Sustaining Member
- Ducks Unlimited
Past Employment Positions
- Lake County State’s Attorneys Office, Assistant State’s Attorney, Chief of the Domestic Violence Courtroom
- Lake County State’s Attorneys Office, Intern and Supreme Court Rule 711 Intern