Experience

• Over 25 years experience as an Illinois Adoption Attorney.

• Over 5 years of experience in the area of Assisted Reproductive Technology.

• Successfully completed over 3 thousand adoptions.

• Member of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA) since 2003.

• Former Co-Chair of the CI (Confidential Intermediate) advisory committee with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

• Member  of DCFS’s Adoption registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council.

• Member of the Chicago Bar Association and its Adoption Law Committee (Chair 2011-2012)

• Former Vice Chair of Cook county Bar Association's Adoption Law Committee.

• Graduate of University of Chicago Law School (Doctor of Law)

• Chapter Author of IICLE Adoption Law (Illinois) 2006 Edition, 2011 Edition, and 2013 Supplement on Transracial Adoption.

• “Internet promises, Scares, and Surprises: New Realities of Adoption”, Capital University Law Review Volume 41, No. 2, 2013.

• An Adoptive Parent.

Areas of Practice

Adoption ​Law

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Assisted Reproduction Tech​

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Real Estate Law​

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Personal Injury Law​​​​

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​Notary Public​​​​​​​​​

Michelle M. Hughes J.D.

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News & Publications

Understanding Open Adoption

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Open adoption can mean different things for different families. Parents should consider their child's needs when deciding on an open adoption.