Grund & Leavitt PC

What Grund & Leavitt PC does

Grund & Leavitt, P.C. is a Chicago-based matrimonial and family law firm operating as a privately held professional corporation under Illinois law. Founded in 1983 by David I. Grund and Marvin J. Leavitt (a former Illinois Appellate Court Justice), the firm has practiced continuously for more than 40 years and currently lists 17 attorneys — partners, of counsel, and associates — across three Chicago-area offices in Chicago, Highland Park, and Oak Brook. The firm provides legal representation in complex divorce actions, custody and parental responsibility disputes, maintenance and child support, property and asset division (including business valuation and stock options), prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, paternity, post-decree modification and enforcement, and appellate work, supported by an in-house appeals department that also handles general civil and criminal appeals at the state and federal level. Adjacent service lines include mediation, collaborative law, estate planning and trusts, and a dedicated Child & Family Law Center focused on matters involving children with special needs, as well as an LGBTQ+ family law practice.

The firm is the author of the "Illinois Practice of Family Law," a two-volume treatise published by Thomson Reuters (most recently the 19th Edition, 2020) that is described on the firm's own materials and on Westlaw as the most widely relied upon resource for judges and practitioners throughout Illinois. Revenue is generated exclusively through professional services — traditional hourly billing and retainers — with fees dependent on case complexity, attorney seniority, and matter type, and no public pricing disclosure. Distribution is direct and reputation-led: clients engage the firm through referrals, bar association networks, peer recognition (Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Leading Lawyers, AAML Fellowship), and CLE programming. The firm maintains a Squarespace-hosted website with attorney bios and news, plus a TimeSolv Pay-integrated client portal for payment processing. There is no disclosed parent company, outside investment, or non-legal technology platform.

Name

Grund & Leavitt PC

Legal name

Grund & Leavitt, P.C.

Website

https://grundlaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grund & Leavitt, P.C. is a Chicago-based family law firm with 17 attorneys serving high-net-worth individuals and families across Illinois in complex divorce, custody, appellate, and estate planning matters; the firm is the author of the Illinois Practice of Family Law treatise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Law Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Family law services
• Matrimonial law representation
• Divorce and custody law
• Estate planning trusts
• Appellate family law

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: Traditional law firm revenue model based on hourly billing and retainers for legal services in family law, divorce, custody, estate planning, and related matters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Grund & Leavitt, P.C. is a Chicago-based family law firm providing legal representation in matrimonial and family law matters, including complex divorce actions, custody and parental rights disputes, maintenance/alimony, child support, property division, premarital and postnuptial agreements, paternity/parentage cases, and post-divorce enforcement. The firm also offers in-house appellate representation, mediation and collaborative law services, estate planning and trust administration, and LGBTQ+ family law representation, supported by its Child & Family Law Center division focused on special education and special-needs family law.

Product overview

Grund & Leavitt, P.C. is a Chicago-based family law firm offering a comprehensive suite of legal services centered on matrimonial and family law matters. The firm operates as a single integrated practice with multiple service lines including litigation, appeals, mediation, and estate planning. The core offering is family law representation covering divorce, custody, maintenance, child support, property division, and related matters, supported by an in-house appellate department and alternative dispute resolution services. The firm also provides a client portal for payment processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Child & Family Law Center: A division of Grund & Leavitt P.C. focusing on child and family law matters including special needs considerations, juvenile law, and divorce decision-making.

Products and services

• Divorce and Family Law Representation Comprehensive family law representation including complex divorce actions, custody/parental rights disputes, maintenance/alimony, child support, property division, premarital and postnuptial agreements, paternity/parentage, post-divorce enforcement and modification, and asset classification/valuation, for high-net-worth individuals and families.
• Litigation Services Trial-court representation and zealous advocacy for matrimonial and family law matters.
• Appeals In-house appellate department handling family law appeals as well as general civil and criminal appeals at state and federal levels.
• Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Alternative dispute resolution through mediation, lawyer-assisted mediation, and collaborative law approaches.
• Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates Legal Services Estate planning including wills, trusts, probate, business succession planning, and charitable gift planning.
• LGBTQ+ Family Law Services Legal representation for same-sex domestic relations matters including marriage, dissolution, custody, and domestic partnerships.
• Child & Family Law Center (Special Education and Special-Needs Family Law) A division of Grund & Leavitt P.C. focusing on child and family law matters including special education law, special-needs considerations, juvenile law, and divorce decision-making.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Schiller DuCanto & Fleck: One of the largest family law firms in Illinois, serving high-net-worth clients in Chicago with divorce, custody, and appellate work — a closely matched competitor in the same HNW matrimonial niche.
• Beermann LLP: Chicago-based family law firm focused on high-asset divorce and custody matters, competing for the same HNW clientele and bar association recognition in the Chicago metro.
• Berger Schank: Long-established Illinois family law firm practicing in divorce, custody, and adoption — comparable boutique competitor with overlapping Chicago-area HNW clientele.
• Wohlner Kapche Lubin: Chicago family law boutique handling complex divorce and custody matters for high-net-worth individuals — a closely aligned peer on size, geography, and practice mix.
• Katz & Stefani: Chicago family law firm concentrating in divorce, custody, and appeals — directly comparable boutique peer serving the same metropolitan HNW market.
• Koenig & Dunne: Chicago matrimonial and family law firm with a similar HNW practice focus and comparable scale — direct competitor for complex divorce and custody engagements.
• Cordell & Cordell: Largest U.S. family law firm focusing on divorce, custody, and family law matters across multiple states — comparable practice model at significantly greater geographic scale.

Broad incumbents

• Hinshaw & Culbertson: Chicago-headquartered full-service law firm with a family law practice group — broader incumbent whose matrimonial offering overlaps with Grund & Leavitt's core.
• Baker McKenzie: Global law firm with a private client and family law capability — broad incumbent whose HNW family law practice competes for ultra-high-net-worth clients in major markets.

Emerging players

• LegalZoom: Online legal services platform offering divorce, estate planning, and related documents — emerging player whose low-cost model targets the lower end of the same client need states Grund & Leavitt serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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