Danielle Jaeschke was invited to become a partner at Opal O’Brien LLC during its opening month of November, 2015. Danielle had worked with Bill Opal and Joe O’Brien for several years, and welcomed the opportunity to join their new firm at its inception. Together, they have formulated the goal of opening and expanding an ethical and high level firm devoted to the practices of family law and criminal law.

Danielle has been practicing family law in DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will and Cook County for over 25 years. She has extensive experience with divorce, custody matters, pre-nuptial agreements, parentage, adoptions, contested adoption cases and guardian cases.

Danielle has the expertise to address cases from several perspectives. In addition to acting as an counsel for a party, Danielle is trained as a Guardian Ad Litem in the 18th Judicial Circuit. As such, Danielle is regularly appointed by the Court to investigate family situations and make recommendations to the Court about custody, parenting time, removal and other issues related to the best interest of children. In addition, with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Danielle can advise her clients about the financial implications of their actions during family related litigation.

Danielle prides herself on working closely with her clients. In family related matters, a client’s desired outcome is paramount to the case. Danielle listens to what is important to each client, advises that client about his options and helps that client navigate his case to achieve the desired result.

Prior to joining Opal O’Brien LLC, Danielle worked at Roberts PC for 15 years. Danielle graduated first in her class from Depaul University College of Law. She received her undergraduate degree in accountancy from Miami University.