Biography - Anthony Sammarco
Anthony Sammarco obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1979 and
thereafter his Law Degree in 1982 from the
DePaul University,
College of Law in Chicago. He was admitted to the Illinois State Bar
and the United States District Court Bar in 1982.
Since that time he has maintained an active membership in the DuPage
County Bar Association and has served on its Matrimonial Law Committee,
the Illinois State Bar Association and most recently in 2006 is serving
as a committee member for the Illinois State Bar Association Judicial
Evaluations Committee.
Anthony Sammarco joined the Law Offices of William J. Stogsdill, Jr.,
P.C. in the fall of 1993. Since that time he has tried scores of cases
as principal counsel of record during contested motions and/or trial
from beginning and continuing to decision. More importantly, he has
managed to obtain successful negotiated settlements on even more cases
than he has carried to trial. His prior case experience ranges from
simple divorce matters to the most complex cases involving the
classification and distribution of property, the amount, duration and
reviewability of maintenance, the calculation of income for purposes of
support, reimbursement from the marital to the non-marital estate and
vice versa, adoptions contested on the basis of unfitness, proceedings
under the
Illinois Domestic Violence Act for the award, extension,
modification and/or vacatur of Orders of Protection as well as appellate
proceedings in the Appellate Court of Illinois both First and Second
Districts, post-judgment proceedings for modification, enforcement,
reconsideration and/or vacatur of final judgments and the drafting and
enforcement of pre-nuptial agreements.
Anthony Sammarco has also attended nearly every continuing legal
education seminar available in order to exchange and develop ideas with
members of the bench and bar as well. Anthony Sammarco has also had an
opportunity to lecture at several continuing legal education seminars in
2003 and 2002.
Anthony Sammarco has also enjoyed the honor and privilege of accepting
appointments to serve as children's representative and/or attorney for
the minor children over the course of his tenure with the Law Offices of
William J. Stogsdill, Jr., P.C. and is committed to providing pro bono
advocacy for the indigent.