Kristina J. Wayne earned her bachelor of arts in Sociology, with distinction, from Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania, and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Hofstra University School of Law, New York. While in law school, she received an award of excellence for her studies in contract law and was a multiple recipients of Dean’s list honors. She served as Senior Editor of Articles on Family Court Review, a family law publication with an international audience of judges, attorneys, psychologists, social workers, and mediators.

Currently, a principal at the Law Offices of Kristina J. Wayne, P.C., a law firm established in 2008, Ms. Wayne concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, residential real estate closings and family law. In her family law practice, she currently focuses on uncontested family law matters, families working towards an amicable divorce resolution and preparation of pre-nuptial agreements. Her estate planning cases include preparation of wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. She represents clients in probate administration cases in Cook, DuPage and Kane counties. Before opening her own practice Ms. Wayne clerked at an estate planning and probate law firm of Connors and Sullivan in New York, NY, and was an associate at the respected family law firm of Jakubs Wigoda, in Chicago, Illinois. Fluent in both Lithuanian and Russian, she has many clients with multicultural and multilingual backgrounds. Ms. Wayne takes cases in DuPage, Kane, Cook, and Will counties.

Ms. Wayne is a trained mediator who has been court-approved in DuPage County to mediate child custody issues. In her practice, Ms. Wayne has successfully used her mediator training to settle cases and avoid trial expenses for her clients.

Ms. Wayne is a member of the DuPage County Bar Association and Kane County Bar Association. In 2011 and 2012, Ms. Wayne was named an Illinois Rising Star in Family Law by Super Lawyers. In 2009, she was recognized by the Presiding Judge of Cook County Domestic Relations for her service as a court facilitator, a volunteer program to help unrepresented litigants. Ms. Wayne is a frequent presenter at legal seminars and an author of articles on family and elder law in Lithuanian ethnic media. Ms. Wayne, her husband, and their twins live in Geneva, Illinois.