Kristina J. Wayne earned her bachelor of arts in Sociology, with distinction, from Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania, and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Hofstra University School of Law, New York. While in law school, she received an award of excellence for her studies in contract law and was a multiple recipients of Dean’s list honors. She served as Senior Editor of Articles on Family Court Review, a family law publication with an international audience of judges, attorneys, psychologists, social workers, and mediators.

Currently, a principal at the Law Offices of Kristina J. Wayne, P.C., a law firm established in 2008, Ms. Wayne concentrates her practice in the areas of family law, estate planning, probate, and residential real estate closings. In her family law practice, she handles a variety of cases ranging from uncontested to complex divorces (some of them crossing international borders), child support matters, foreign judgment enforcement, visitation and custody, orders of protection, paternity actions, and preparation of pre-nuptial agreements. Her elder law cases include preparation of wills, trusts, and powers of attorney; guardianship and probate matters as well as Medicaid planning. Before opening her own practice Ms. Wayne clerked at an elder law firm of Connors and Sullivan in New York, NY, and was an associate at the respected family law firm of Jakubs Wigoda, in Chicago, Illinois. Fluent in both Lithuanian and Russian, she has many clients with multicultural and multilingual backgrounds. Ms. Wayne takes cases in DuPage, Kane, Cook, and Will counties.

Ms. Wayne is a trained mediator who has been court-approved in DuPage County to mediate child custody issues. In her practice, Ms. Wayne has successfully used her mediator training to settle cases and avoid trial expenses for her clients.

Ms. Wayne is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, DuPage County Bar Association, and Kane County Bar Association. In 2011 and 2012, Ms. Wayne was named an Illinois Rising Star in Family Law by Super Lawyers. In 2009, she was recognized by the Presiding Judge of Cook County Domestic Relations for her service as a court facilitator, a volunteer program to help unrepresented litigants. Ms. Wayne is a frequent presenter at legal seminars and an author of articles on family and elder law in Lithuanian ethnic media. Ms. Wayne, her husband, and their twins live in Geneva, Illinois.

Eleonora “Lee” Holmes received her law degree from the Northern Illinois University College of Law, DeKalb, Illinois. She received a Master’s Degree of Accounting Science with a specialization in taxation from Northern Illinois University, her undergraduate degree from Elmhurst College, and her Associates Degree from the College of DuPage. Attorney Lee Holmes was admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 2003, and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1991. She is also a former Assistant Public Defender. She concentrates her practice in the areas of Estate planning, Trust and Estate (“probate”) Administration, and real estate. Lee is licensed in Illinois and Arizona, and also has an office in Maricopa County, Arizona. 

Prior to becoming an attorney, Lee was a licensed and registered Certified Public Accountant concentrating in tax preparation and planning. She has been an Officer and Director on the board of managers for the Kane County Bar Association. Prior to becoming a board member, Lee chaired its Estate and Probate Committee and the Collegium subcommittee for a number of years between the two. She was also a board member of the Fox Valley Chapter of the Illinois CPA Society for a number of years, and is a member of the following organizations: Wealth Counsel, Illinois State Bar Association, and Illinois CPA Society.