Ms. Riley’s EXPERIENCE

Shellé practiced in Missouri.  While there, she represented clients seeking Social Security Disability Benefits and parents in child abuse and neglect cases.  Shellé was a Guardian ad Litem for minors in child abuse and neglect, juvenile, adoption and family law cases.   She also prosecuted for the City of Joplin in Joplin, Missouri and for the Newton County Prosecutor’s Office in Neosho, Missouri.  As a Prosecutor, Shellé prosecuted local ordinance and traffic violations, as well as felony and misdemeanor offenses. While at the Newton County Prosecutors Office, Shellé was also a member of the board that established Child Support Court in the Circuit Court of Newton County as alternative sentencing for defendants charged with misdemeanor and felony child support cases.

Shellé has spent the majority of her career practicing in Illinois, where she represented clients in all phases of parentage, divorce, adoption, guardianship, name change and Social Security matters.  She also defended clients in child abuse and neglect cases, as well as traffic, debt collection, consumer complaints and consumer credit matters.