THE NEW GENERATION

ALAN TOBACK

Lake Toback & Yavitz.

Nine attorneys specializing in divorce.

Age: 42.

Years in biz: 18.

Famous clients: Loren Walgreen, Marisol Reynolds, $40 millionLotto winner Polly Andreen.

Strangest things clients fought over: The husband's baseball cardcollection. The wife said he collected them during the marriage. Shewas just doing it to be vindictive. We won on that point.

Most memorable cases: The Walgreen case. Both people wound upkilling themselves (through drug overdoses) before the case was over.The biggest rush in the case was getting custody for my client overthe Walgreens.

Pet Peeves: People really don't understand how difficult it is tobe a good and caring divorce lawyer. The perception of divorcelawyers is that we're not good people--that were the bottom of thebarrel. Some of the best lawyers I know are divorce lawyers.

Marital status: Married 18 years. It helps your marriage. Youlearn from other people's mistakes.

Retainer: $5,000 to $25,000.

Hourly Rate: $325 court / $300 office.

Best divorce lawyers in his opinion: My partners, Steve Lake, DaveYavitz. ENRICO `RICO' MIRABELLI

Nadler Pritikin & Mirabelli.

11 lawyers specializing in divorce law, including partners FloydNadler and James Pritikin

Age: 44.

Years in biz: 18.

Famous clients: Danny Bonaduce, Chicago school board chairman GeryChico. Strangest things clients fought over: A $100,000engagement ring. She broke off the engagement. My client, the man,got it back. We made jokes about could we get weekend visitation withthe ring.

Most memorable case: (My client) was shot at point blank range inthe face by his wife and survived. We got him an order of protection.When she got out of jail on bond, she went back with a larger weaponand shot him and this time killed him. I always wished there wassomething I could have done.

Pet Peeve: People who call me just to see if I'm thinking abouttheir case. Marital Status: Happily married.

Retainer $7,500.

Hourly rate: $300.

Best divorce lawyers in his opinion: James Pritikin, Floyd Nadler,Mike Kalcheim, Bernie Rinella and Don Schiller

DAVE PASULKA

Pasulka & Associates.

Two attorneys specializing in divorce law.

Age: 40.

Years in biz: 16.

Famous clients: Judd and Jeanne Malkin; was the court-appointedattorney for children in two Scottie Pippin paternity cases; otherNBA players Gary Payton, Kendall Gill, LaSalle Thompson; embryos inthe Margaret Hale/Tod Ginestra case.

Strangest things clients fought over: dog custody, dog visitation.

Most memorable case: What people do in terms of putting kids inthe middle of divorce is sickening. I just represented a 16-year-oldgirl Her earliest memory in her life, when she was 3, 4, 5 years old,her dad was downstairs telling her to come sleep with him. Her momwas upstairs telling her to come sleep with her. This little girlwalked halfway up the stairs and slept there as a compromise.

Pet peeve: lawyers who assume with no first-hand knowledge thattheir clients are 100 percent correct.

Marital status: Happily married for 14 years.

Retainer: $5,000.

Hourly rate: $350.

Best divorce lawyers in his opinion: I know so many qualifiedlawyers. William White, Alan Toback, ``Rico'' Mirabelli, BernieRinella, Jim Feldman, Sandra Murphy.