About Rachel
Rachel Hernandez constructed her profession on court work and quiet interventions on the negotiation desk. She earned a J.D. from Northern Illinois University College of Law in 2005 after completing a B.S. in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration at Western Illinois University in 1997. Her education set a clear path towards public service and later toward personal practice.
Her early legal roles were in county state’s lawyer workplaces. She served as an intern under Supreme Court Rule 711 in 2003 at the Kane County State’s Lawyer. After law school she joined the Boone County State’s Lawyer as an assistant in 2005. The subsequent yr she moved to Winnebago County where she labored as a felony assistant, an assistant state’s lawyer, and later as a manager. Those years in prosecutorial workplaces gave her sustained exposure to felony procedures and courtroom responsibilities.
By 2008 Hernandez used to be practicing and mediating beneath her own name. She later hung out of counsel at a regional law workplace in 2015 and then shaped a small practice in 2016. That same yr she became a partner and founding lawyer at Bruckner Hernandez Legal Solutions, LLC. The firm lists offices in St. Charles and Sycamore. Her résumé also consists of work outdoor litigation: in the late Nineteen Nineties she handled fraud research and data safety for HSBC and in advance served as a useful resource developer and occasions coordinator for a network crisis center.
Hernandez built a tradition that blends courtroom experience with opportunity dispute resolution. She is a collaborative professional mediator and handles household law matters including uncontested and collaborative divorces, child-related problems, family violence things, and guardian advert litem work. She additionally gives restricted scope representation and facilitated negotiation services. Her practice reflects an interest in resolving disputes thru negotiation whenever possible and taking instances to courtroom when important.
Her professional memberships are wide and frequently local. She holds admittance within the DeKalb County, Kane County and Illinois State Bar associations. She belongs to the International Association of Collaborative Professionals, the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, and the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Locally she takes phase in county bar associations and serves on committees, including a solo and small firm practice committee and the board of a network disaster middle where she is secretary.
Outside of law she is active in network and church groups, holding leadership roles within the St. Charles Mothers Club and volunteering at St. John Neumann Roman Catholic Church. She now practices at Bruckner Hernandez Legal Solutions, LLC, focusing on family law, mediation, and associated things.
