Attorney Eric Calhoun has been practicing law in Dallas, Texas and other jurisdictions for over thirty years. He has been rated AV-Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell’s national peer review process for over fifteen years. Only attorneys who achieve the highest level of professional excellence rating by their peers receive an AV-Preeminent® rating. The Martindale Hubbell peer surveys are based upon an attorney’s legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, communication ability and legal experience. AV rated attorneys must also have high ethical standards. See martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews/. Mr. Calhoun has also received the highest available Judicial AV-Preeminent® rating based upon reviews by members of the judiciary familiar with Mr. Calhoun as a practicing attorney. Mr. Calhoun received his undergraduate degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1982. He obtained an MBA from the University of Illinois in 1987. He obtained his law degree from the University of Illinois that same year, graduating cum laude. While in law school, Mr. Calhoun received the American Jurisprudence Award for academic excellence. Eric Calhoun served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable James P. Churchill, then Chief of United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Honorable Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia. Mr. Calhoun is licensed to practice law in the states of Texas, California, New York, Illinois and Oklahoma. Mr. Calhoun is also a member of the bar and admitted to practice before the following federal courts:

Practicing since 1978, firm founder Cali concentrates on all aspects of Family Law, including divorce, separation, custody, adoption and representation of children in custody litigation throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania, including Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Susquehanna, Sullivan, Bradford and Wyoming Counties. He has successfully argued before the Appellate Courts on family law matters, is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and has been selected for the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list since 2009. In 2018, Cali was designated vice-chair of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, a 13-member independent agency under the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction. Attorney Cali also has a strong business background, holding undergraduate degrees in business administration and accounting. As a business owner himself, he understands the sound practical judgment required of business owners and advises his clients in all business matters whether related to a divorce or otherwise. He is a member of the Pennsylvania, Lackawanna and American Bar Associations.

I began my career as a public defender. In this capacity I was able to help many people who otherwise would have no help. Even though I did not make the money I could have made at a larger firm, the defense of the rights of the indigent and the defense of the Constitutional right to counsel when your rights are being taken away was a passion. I did hundreds of trials and was given an award by the honorable Judge Paul Moyle (now retired) for outstanding service as a public defender. After many years of being unable to pay my student loan from The University of Miami, I realized it was time to strike out on my own. I began private practice in February of 2013, practicing exclusively in the area of Family Law. I built my firm from the ground up and now have an associate, 2 paralegals, a bookkeeper and a filing person. I treat my staff with the utmost respect. I give them the same respect as I would give a Judge. I only do family law, because this area involves every area of the law. It is impossible to be competent in this area and practice in other areas. Each year I attend the substantial CLE in order to keep my knowledge of the case law up to date. This area is such a passion for me because I have the ability to help many people to settle their case and learn to effectively co-parent amicably. As a mother, my passion is for the children. I also have great passion for minimizing attorney’s fees. I have been able to shut down others who don’t share this belief by setting all cases for trial as soon as the rules permit. As a consequence, I have done numerous trials. My prior substantial trial experience has allowed me to perform in trial competently and effectively. Sometimes, when a party is unreasonable one is left with no choice but to proceed to trial. My staff is my backbone and, as a team, we are effective and properly presenting evidence and my knowledge of the law and evidentiary rules also allows us to try cases in a cost-effective manner. Being bound by the rules of ethics, the goal is to settle to minimize fees and, more importantly, the detrimental effects that litigious cases has on the children. In every case, the children are my biggest concern.

Attorney Joshua V. Callahan founded The Callahan Law Office in his home state of Oregon in 2014. Since then, he has helped numerous clients in the Greater Portland area successfully attain the compensation they deserve related to injury or death. Joshua takes the term Trial Attorney seriously and is always willing to take every client's case to trial if necessary. While completing his formal education, and before opening his own law practice, Joshua owned and operated a business providing trial consulting services as a technical expert to trial lawyers. After playing a supporting role for many years, in countless cases throughout the Pacific Northwest, Joshua knew he wanted to be the one at the counsel table fighting for clients. Watching and supporting many of the most skilled and experienced trial attorneys in the region, on both the defense and plaintiff side, Joshua gained valuable experience unique among his peers. Drawing from this knowledge, Joshua has become a preeminent litigator in his own right, fighting tirelessly for the justice his injured clients deserve.

Judge Ann Callis (retired) is a partner at Holland Law Firm and heads up the firm’s Madison County, Illinois office. She serves as local counsel and leads major civil litigations in state and federal courts in Illinois and Missouri. Ann Callis was the first woman Circuit Judge in Madison County, Illinois and was the first woman Chief Judge in Madison County, where she served for 18 years. She served in every division in the 3rd Circuit Court where she presided over hundreds of jury and non-jury trials including complex litigation, environmental, personal injury, and professional negligence (legal and medical). She spent 8 years on the circuit bench on the Felony docket. In addition to handling a full civil docket, Chief Judge Callis was instrumental in creating the nationally recognized Veterans Treatment Court, the first of its kind in Illinois, where Veterans involved with the justice system are given necessary assistance and counseling to become once again productive members of society. She also established the Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation Program that saved hundreds of families their homes. As an attorney, Judge Callis concentrates her practice on mass torts, products liability, environmental disasters and commercial practice. She is currently handling many aspects of the opioid litigation, where she represents more than thirty Governmental Entities in Illinois and Missouri and has also been appointed to the Plaintiffs ’Executive Committee for the Statewide Opioid MDL in Illinois. Judge Callis also represents women in the Illinois Essure Litigation. She has received many awards and recognition for her judicial service including an Achievement Award from the Alton Branch of the NAACP, the Coalition of Concerned Citizens of Alton Chairman Award (for promoting Justice for All), the Community Counseling Center Mental Health Hero and an award from the St. Clair/ Monroe Counties Salute for Protecting the Children from the Storms of Life. Judge Callis obtained her B.A. Magna Cum Laude from St. Louis University in 1987 and went on to earn her law degree from S.LU. in 1990. She also completed a public managers program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard College.