Gemma Cassaretto Allen-Nader (JFRC ’64-65, BS ’66)
2018's Spirit of Felice Award Winner
A family-law attorney and partner at Allen & Glassman, Chartered, Gemma Cassaretto Allen-Nader is a litigator and court-certified mediator. Ms. Allen-Nader hosts Better Beginnings, Fewer Endings Think Tank™ and is a prolific author on family law. She serves on the planning committee for “Business Valuation: Financial Tax and Issues,” wrote the IICLE chapter on child support for more than 15 years, cowrote “The New Love Deal” on the financial aspects of relationships, and appears weekly on the Business First AM segment Marriage Money Gems.™ Named by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of Chicago’s 100 Most Influential Women, Ms. Allen-Nader won the 2017 Chicago Business Journal and Enterprising Woman magazine awards for her business success and commitment to volunteerism and mentoring. A past president of nonprofits The Lilac Tree and Forensic Forum, she was named one of 50 Fabulous Women Over 50 by Chicago Woman and featured in Dynamic Women of Chicago in 2018.
A family-law attorney and partner at Allen & Glassman, Chartered, Gemma Cassaretto Allen-Nader is a litigator and court-certified mediator. Ms. Allen-Nader hosts Better Beginnings, Fewer Endings Think Tank™ and is a prolific author on family law. She serves on the planning committee for “Business Valuation: Financial Tax and Issues,” wrote the IICLE chapter on child support for more than 15 years, cowrote “The New Love Deal” on the financial aspects of relationships, and appears weekly on the Business First AM segment Marriage Money Gems.™ Named by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of Chicago’s 100 Most Influential Women, Ms. Allen-Nader won the 2017 Chicago Business Journal and Enterprising Woman magazine awards for her business success and commitment to volunteerism and mentoring. A past president of nonprofits The Lilac Tree and Forensic Forum, she was named one of 50 Fabulous Women Over 50 by Chicago Woman and featured in Dynamic Women of Chicago in 2018.