Associate
Location: Libertyville, Illinois
Phone: 847-680-4970
Fax: 847-680-5459
Deanna joined Schlesinger and Strauss, LLC in February 2017. She attended Loyola University Chicago for both her undergraduate and law studies. Additionally Deanna spent a semester abroad at the John Felice Rome Center, in Italy, during the Spring 2010 semester. While in law school Deanna was a 711 Law Clerk for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in their traffic, municipal, and juvenile justice divisions. As a 711 Law Clerk she gained experience litigating over 25 bench trials. Deanna is Co-Secretary of the Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County and she is a member of the Women and the Law Committee of the Illinois State Bar Association. Attorney Hoyt was recently selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star 2021.
Areas of Practice
- Family Law
Bar Admissions
- Illinois 2016
Education
- Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, Bachelor of Science: Criminal Justice and Criminology
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IL, May 2016, JD, Certificate in Trial Advocacy, Certificate in Child and Family Law
Relevant Past Employment:
- Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Chicago, IL, 711 Law Clerk, May 2014 – May 2016
- DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office, Wheaton, IL, Law Clerk, May 2014 – August 2014
