Breaking Away from Law Firms:
Women seeking balance find a solution by setting up their own shops
Chicago Tribune
August 13, 2003
by Connie Lauerman

"In her climb up the legal ladder, Rosaire Nottage did it the hard way. She held a full-time job handling grants and contracts while she went to Loyola University Law School at night, then got a job as an associate at a large law firm. She married and had her first child the year she made partner. Two years later she had a second child. Then, with 15 years under her belt at the firm, she left in 1988 to start a small law firm with lawyer Eunice Ward, specializing in divorce."   full text >

30 Tough Lawyers:
You Want Them for You, Not Against You
Chicago Magazine
March, 2002
by James Ylisela Jr.

"... Eunice Ward is sassy and likable. And if you let that fool you, she'll probably get the better of you in court. Ward and her partner Rosaire Nottage, have built a reputation for toughness in a contentious area of law long dominated by men...."   full text >

Elite Attorneys Tackle Big-Money Breakups
Chicago Sun-Times
August 6, 2000
by Abdon M Pallasch

"... Nottage ... lambaste[s] what they call 'the good ol' boys' of the profession, who they say prefer to settle cases by gentlemen's agreements behind closed doors at clients' expense and who resent Nottage's ... willingness to go all the way to trial."   full text >

Her Day in Court: Divorce court was famous for its old-boy network. Then Rosaire Nottage arrived.
Chicago Tribune Magazine
July 10, 1994
by Bill Brasher

"Rosaire Nottage leans in on her opposing counsel – a guy who usually looks like L.A. Law's Arnie Becker – and rips. 'You've got the husband, and his business is in the toilet,' Nottage says. 'I've got the wife; she's an idiot, and she believes in a standard of living that never really existed. Now that you know that I know, let's practice law."   full text >

Partners: Rosaire Nottage & Eunice Ward
Today's Chicago Woman
January 1990
by Anne Rowan

"These two attorneys, who finish each other's sentences, laugh at each other's jokes, and have a reputation for toughness and team-lawyering, have built a dynamic divorce practice in less than three years. "   full text >

Splitsville: Breaking up is hard to do
Chicago Times Magazine
Nov/Dec 1988
by Sallyann Jacobson

"... 'People spend more time choosing an automobile than an attorney,' Rosaire Nottage sighs. 'It pays to shop around.' Nottage has been practicing divorce law for ten years and believes in stripping away the mystique surrounding attorneys and helping the client become and informed and demanding consumer."   full text >

The Architectural Design of the
Law Offices of Nottage & Ward
June, 1988

"As opposed to the traditional law office decor, (lots of wood, rigid furniture, and a general sense of outdated machismo) FERNANDEZ & GEORGE created what's been called 'the most streamlined legal offices' in the loop."   full text >

Lawyers Try New Approach
to Announce Their New Firm
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
May 23, 1988

"... Senior U.S. District Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovits wrote: '... if I ever marry and it doesn't work you, you'll have my divorce business.'"   full text >