Ms. Wood has substantial litigation experience  in  a  multitude  of  practice  areas,  specifically concentrating in the areas of Family Law,  Juvenile Law, Criminal Defense,  General  Civil  Litigation and Appellate Practice. She was selected by her peers to become a member of the Leading Lawyers Network of Top Lawyers.  Ms. Wood is also a trained family law mediator.

Ms. Wood was born in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1968.  She earned her Bachelor of Science at Illinois State University in 1990.  In 1994, she received her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.  While attending law school, she was awarded Best Brief as a Moot Court Participant in the Chicago Bar Association Competition.  She was admitted to the Illinois Bar and U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois in 1994.  Ms. Wood is the author of "Preparing Your Client for Divorce Mediation," published in the ISBA General Practice, Vol. 26, No. 4, in May 1998, and "Preparation and Use of Marital Inventories"  published in the ISBA General Practice Vol. 27, No. 1, in August 1998.  She is an active member of the McLean County, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations, as well as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.  She was also a member of the General Practice Section of the Illinois State Bar from 1995 to 1998.  Ms. Wood currently serves on the Board of Directors for Heartland Headstart and is Council Chair of the Family Violence Coordinating Council of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit while also Co-Chairing the McLean County Domestic Violence Task Force.  Prior to entering into private practice, she was an Assistant State's Attorney in Mclean County from 1994 to 1995.