Celeste graduated with high honors from The John Marshall Law School in 1981. She was a member of the Law Review and was chosen as a member of the National Trial Competition Team. She is a member of the Illinois Bar and has been admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She has extensive civil litigation experience. Currently, she concentrates her practice in the area of Probate, including Guardianship of Minors and Disabled Adults as well as Decedent's Estates.