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Our Founder

Meet Robin Becker
Founder of Solutions First and lead lawyer Robin Becker is highly skilled and accomplished in the specialty of Family Law and very sensitive to the needs of families-especially children-who are affected by the losses that are part and parcel of divorce. Having practiced law for more than 20 years, Becker brings a thorough understanding of the challenges inherent in divorce and family law to each situation and unique family dynamic.
Her visionary, “outside the box” approach to reaching fair and appropriate resolution is exemplified in her personal commitment and compassion toward her clients. Becker strives to make sure that every client knows from the outset that their case never becomes just a case-rather, each client is an integral part of their legal process and will remain well-informed and involved from start to finish.
Whether employing traditional or contemporary methods, or a well-crafted combination of both, Robin Becker and Solutions First practice family law creatively, skillfully, and with consistent success.
Robin’s Experience & Expertise
Robin Becker also has extensive expertise in business and finance and is well-acquainted with the benefits and pitfalls of being a business owner and an employee. Her insider’s point of view is a critical piece of the practical knowledge Becker brings to business law, litigation, and mediation. As a result, she “gets it” and brings an intuitive understanding of which results will best suit her clients.
Not only is Becker widely credentialed as a Chicago mediator and litigator, she is also a well-known public speaker and author. Having been recognized as one of “100 Women Making a Difference in Chicago” by Today’s Chicago Woman magazine, she approaches both personal and professional commitments with a level of dedication and integrity to uphold such a distinction both professionally and personally.
With respect to her legal practice, Becker is firmly committed to the idea that clients deserve individual attention and treatment and should be closely involved in their case throughout the legal process. Her firm’s services are delivered with skill and professionalism based on a combination of traditional and contemporary principles. Becker brings a visionary sensibility to her practice, with a carefully constructed, yet revolutionary and inventive approach toward justice that consistently serves her clients well.
A Woman of Many Hats
An authentic Midwesterner, Becker grew up in Nebraska. A graduate of Boston’s Tufts University, she received her law degree from Chicago-Kent School of Law. After law school, Becker worked for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter as a financial adviser, gaining valuable experience which contributes to her formidable strengths as a business litigator and mediator. Fortunately for Illinois, she chose downtown Chicago to grow her roots and hang her shingle many years ago. She now has grown her practice of family law and business law for residents of Illinois to include Lake County, DuPage County, Kane County, McHenry County, and Suburban Cook Counties including Rolling Meadows and Skokie.
Solutions First continues to reflect Robin Becker’s foundation of dedication to the principles of sound legal practice in litigation and mediation, as well as deep dedication to families in need of representation in matters of divorce, family law, and business law. Call 312.386.1467 or email robin@solfirst.com to speak with a qualified, dedicated Chicago lawyer and mediator today and begin your path to legal resolution.

WE HELP OUR CLIENTS JOURNEY FORWARD
“Empathy begins with understanding life from another person’s perspective. ”
— Sterling K. Brown
Compassion through Experience
Robin Becker fully understands the vulnerabilities her clients face and chooses to share parts of her own story as a way of reciprocating their sharing of theirs with her. Robin spent over 10 years in divorce court (pre and post judgment) agonizingly observing her children suffer and thrive depending on experience of the day. She grappled with abusive, manipulative and fraudulent tendencies (these details aren’t shared to protect her children). She experienced firsthand losing the dream of what could have been. She faced each day with a sense of loss over the time and money being spent on the legal process and yet holding onto hope that whatever would follow would be better than what had been. She blindly forged into the unknown just as her clients have, not knowing if all would be “ok” but living with the belief that it had to be better than the past.
She introspected, second guessed herself, wondered if she had done all she could have or should have done. She learned firsthand what it was like to have a judge or a child’s attorney tell her how much time she could have with her children and what would be next.
She watched dates that she hoped would end in her case be set and then be re-set. She watched her ex, at times, laugh at the prolonging of the end, as if that was his goal. She felt mocked and insignificant.
And yet, she pushed to the end. In hindsight, she believes with all conviction that a life free from abusive and oppressive ways is well worth the painful path.
In her heart, she still believes marriage and unions are a beautiful expression of choosing one’s family. But a union that is unhealthy is like a cancer and can eat at one’s soul until a person cannot recognize him/herself any longer. It is a slow eroding that often is not obvious until separation.
When the separation comes, so too can come beautiful clarity and another chance at happiness.
And this is what drives her to help her clients to the best of her abilities.
Solutions First Legal Services, PC
As we weave through the tapestry of life, let us embrace each choice with confidence, assurance, and courage.
Solutions First
1619 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
Additional Offices:
Lincolnshire, Schaumburg, Wheaton
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