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Ms. Schening grew up in Kane County and considers the rural, farming community West of Elgin to be “home.” She began her college education at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL and completed it cum laude at University of Houston in 1984. She returned to Northern Illinois University College of Law for her law degree, which she received magna cum laude in 1987.
She began her legal career in Dallas, TX, working as a briefing attorney for Hon. Robert Maloney, a federal judge at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She then joined the international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.* in their Dallas, TX office where she practiced for more than 20 years, 13 years of which she was a partner.
Ms. Schening then returned home to Illinois to be closer to family, opening her own practice in South Elgin in early 2012.
Ms. Schening speaks fluent conversational Spanish and can communicate well with Spanish-speaking clients who have English as a second language.
Ms. Schening is licensed to practice in Texas (1987)** and Illinois (1988).
Ms. Schening was a member of the Northern Illinois Law Review, published by the Northern Illinois University College of Law, and authored the published Comment, Federal Products Liability Legislation: Not the Cure for Worker’s Compensation Ailments, N.I.U. Law Review, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Spring 1986.
Ms. Schening received the Northern Illinois University College of Law “Young Alumna of the Year Award” in 1995.
* Now known as Norton Rose Fulbright.
** License currently inactive in Texas.
Schening & Dopke Law, LLC is located in South Elgin, IL and serves clients throughout Kane, DuPage, DeKalb and Cook Counties and the surrounding areas.
