Meighan Harmon

Meighan Harmon is a versatile attorney who offers her clients a wide range of dispute resolution options. With extensive experience as a litigator and a fierce advocate in the courtroom, she is also a trained collaborative lawyer and family law mediator. Meighan strives to create thoughtful, creative solutions to amicably settle even the most challenging cases.

While she assists her clients in dissolving their marriages, she encourages them to focus on the future. Her goal is to reduce feelings of vulnerability and increase a sense of empowerment during a challenging time. She believes that divorce can present a unique opportunity for clients to build a positive future for themselves, complete with financial and emotional security. To support this process, Meighan provides her clients with essential tools to construct a solid foundation to navigate their new lives. She sees divorce as a chance for clients to reinvent themselves.

Meighan specializes in complex family law cases involving the distribution of "multimillion dollar" high-net-worth estates, representing successful business professionals and their spouses across various industries and individuals with multi-generational family wealth.

She is part of an elite group of leaders in family law and has been recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” in Family Law by The Best Lawyers in America for two years—2021 and 2024. In 2011, Meighan was elected by her peers to serve as President of the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and continues to be an active member of the American Academy, the International Academy of Family Lawyers, and the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, which is limited to the top 100 family law trial lawyers in the country. In 2020 and each subsequent year, Meighan earned international recognition from Chambers and Partners USA, which ranked her in the top tier (Band 1) for Family/Matrimonial Law: High Net Worth. For many years, Super Lawyers has recognized Meighan as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Illinois and among the Top 100 Lawyers in the state, across all practice areas. She has consistently received accolades from the Leading Lawyers Network and Illinois Super Lawyers since 2006.

In addition to her legal practice, Meighan is a frequent lecturer on family law topics and a published author. She has contributed to the research and drafting of numerous books and articles covering a variety of family law subjects, including litigation and mediation strategy, executive compensation, pre- and post-marital agreements, international family law, trust and estates in family law cases, and much more.

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