Business: Kuffel Law

Address: 400 E. Diehl Road, Naperville

Phone/website: 630-923-6006; www.kuffellaw.com

Owner: Missy Kuffel, 43, of Bolingbrook

Years in business: 4

What does your business do? “We are a family law firm. For people unfamiliar with that, that means child support, custody, divorces, parentage,” Kuffel said.

What’s your background? “I’ve been practicing for about 18 years. For my first seven years, I was with the Public Guardian’s Office (in Cook County). I represented abused and neglected kids. I had 100 kids assigned to me, ages zero to 21. I had to take care of them in court and go to their homes, foster homes, psych wards, hospitals, schools, wherever it was.

“I went to law school because I wanted to help people. It was a perfect fit, something I could

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