Top best Corporate Lawyers in Chicago near me

Joseph is known for his ability to make sophisticated legal issues and tax planning understandable and is highly regarded for his devotion and commitment to the diverse needs of business clients. Joseph represents corporations, partnerships and tax-exempt entities, as well as family-owned and other closely-held businesses, and their owners. He also represents high net worth individuals, lottery winners and professionals, including doctors, lawyers, accountants and wealth management advisors.. Joseph advises his corporate and business clients on critical financial, tax and business matters, including entity structure and formation, and asset ownership for asset protection and tax savings. He also assists closely-held and family-owned businesses and their owners with business succession planning for wealth preservation and to transition the business/ownership to younger generations and key employees. Joseph offers his individual clients a full range of estate, trust and tax planning services, from the drafting of wills, complex trust agreements and advanced wealth-preservation plans, to the formation of family foundations and other philanthropic entities to accomplish charitable objectives.. In addition to income and estate tax planning, a significant portion of Joseph's tax practice involves representing individual, business and corporate clients in administrative tax-controversy matters before the Internal Revenue Service and the Illinois Department of Revenue. Joseph is frequently asked by banks and financial consultants in the Chicago area to speak on wealth preservation, tax and estate planning, and business succession.. When not finding solutions to meet his clients' needs, Joseph enjoys spending time with his wife Karen and children Dominic, Gianna, Mia, Isabella and Vincent.

John J. Perconti is a highly-acclaimed Illinois attorney and co-founder of Levin & Perconti. For over 25 years, he has devoted his practice to advocating for people and families in personal injury and wrongful death cases.  In 1992, he merged his practice with Steven Levin, and now the firm employs over twenty lawyers and has obtained over $520 million in verdicts and settlements for clients.. John has an excellent record of success representing clients in injury, elder abuse and wrongful death cases.  He is nationally recognized as one of the country’s leading medical malpractice attorneys because of his extensive experience in federal and state courts. He possesses an in-depth knowledge of complex medical issues that has allowed him to achieve record-setting multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients.. John obtained a $14 million record failure to diagnose cancer verdict in Illinois for a woman whose doctor delayed her diagnosis of lung cancer. He also obtained a $7.5 millions record Illinois Jones Act settlement  for a boat worker who was injured in a boat explosion in Alton, Ill.. In a birth injury case, John reached a $6.5 million settlement for a young girl who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of an inexperienced physician’s failure to perform a timely c-section.  John also achieved a $5.77 million Federal Tort Claims Act bench trial verdict against a Veteran’s Administration and a $5.35 million against a Chicago hospital for the family of an 18-year-old woman who died when hospital staff failed to diagnose her with postpartum cardiomyopathy.. John is regarded as one of the leading nursing home negligence lawyers in Chicago for his work on behalf of victims of abuse and neglect.  John achieved a $3 million Illinois record nursing home pressure sore settlement for a client.  In 2011 he recovered a $1 million settlement in a nursing home fall case.. John also has experience in all types of injury and accident cases.  He achieved a $10 million settlement for a 5-year-old boy who lost his leg when he was run over by a fire truck. In 2010, John obtained a $6.5 million settlement for the family of a 32-year-old woman who was killed in a trucking accident. This settlement was a record-high settlement for a Kane County wrongful death claim . Additionally, John negotiated a $6 million settlement for two families who lost six children in an apartment fire, and in 2008, he reached a Jones Act settlement for $4.5 million for a deckhand whose leg was injured on a barge and required an above-the-knee amputation. He also settled a $3 million medical malpractice lawsuit against Advocate Brommen Hospital in Normal, IL.. John is an active member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Society of Trial Lawyers, The Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America and The Justinian Society of Lawyers, and has been a strong voice against tort reform. He is also a member of The National Trial Lawyers, an organization composed of The Top 100 Trial Lawyers from each state, and is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.. John was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 in the field of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. He has received an “AV” rating from the Martindale-Hubbell American Law Directory, indicating preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards. He has also been named one of Illinois’ top litigators by Leading Lawyers Network and achieved a Lead Counsel Rating in Elder Law .. In 2013, 2014, and 2015 John was included in  Chicago Magazine's  Illinois: The Top 100 list , a listing of lawyers who topped the Illinois Super Lawyers nomination, research and review process. He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer every year since 2005.. John was born and raised in Chicago and resides in suburban Chicago with his wife, Toni, and daughters Morgan and Paige.

Jack Lydon concentrates his practice in commercial litigation in state and federal courts.  He principally represents financial institutions, mortgage lenders, businesses and individuals in litigation including operations, class action defense, mortgage repurchase, consumer protection, TILA, RESPA, FCRA, ECOA, fair housing, collection, regulatory and probate matters. He also represents various not-for-profit corporations.. Jack is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association and served as the law to clerk the late Hon. Arthur L. Dunne in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Jack lives in Chicago’s Ravenswood Community and is active in a number of community organizations. He is the past president and director of the Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club. He is a director of the Ravenswood Lake View Historical Association and members of the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee and the Irish American Heritage Center.

IRA N. HELFGOT is a sole practitioner in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, including the following types of disputes, employment, mechanic's liens, contracts, mortgage foreclosure, partition, brokerage commission, partnership, corporate, injunctions, commercial forcible entry and detainer, sale of businesses, class actions, fraud, consumer fraud, and commodities and securities fraud, business collections, including collections for law firms, and professional liability law. Ira has published extensively on debtor-creditor issues and professional liability law topics for among others, IICLE, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, and the Illinois Creditors Bar Association and has lectured on debtor-creditor issues for the Illinois Creditors Bar Association and the Illinois Credit Union League. Ira is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, formerly serving on its Committee on Judicial Evaluations and as a CLE Coordinator for the Commercial Banking, Collections & Bankruptcy Section Council, the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, where he formerly served as a member of the CLE Committee and as a member of the Board of Directors, and the Illinois Creditors Bar Association, formerly serving as president and as a member of the Board of Directors. Ira is also currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers’ Assistance Program, pursuant to an appointment by the Illinois Supreme Court and has been elected as president of the Board of Directors.

I work with clients to find solutions and opportunities in connection
with business transactions, business disputes, litigation, financial
instruments, and commercial bankruptcy and out of court workouts. My
clients have included lenders, real estate concerns, trustees,
collateral agents, trade creditors, creditors committees, receivers,
asset and claim purchasers and sellers, equity interests, and others in
complex default matters throughout the country. I have substantial
experience representing corporate trustees in bond default situations,
where management of both the asset and of bondholder communications is
critical. In addition, I assist businesses and not for profits in litigation,
corporate and transactional matters, and as general outside counsel,
advising on corporate governance, board and committee structure,
bylaws, employment, fund-raising, regulatory, grievance, and other
operational and administrative matters. I served as co-chair of a large law firm's Pro Bono Committee and
administrator of its Midwest pro bono practice, and remain invested in
the pro bono legal services community.

I specialize in defending retailers, restaurants and the hospitality industry, in addition to working with my clients to lower their legal costs, minimize their risk and to develop thorough internal policies. When I am not working I am spending time with my family and writing.

I represent multinational companies in litigation, arbitration and administrative proceedings in a wide variety of substantive areas and industries, proactively counseling clients on risk management and pre-litigation dispute resolution.

I offer legal advice and representation to victims of personal injuries, businesses involved in commercial disputes, legal and professional malpractice victims, and construction contractors involved in claims.  My approach is to give honest, straight-talking advice, and personally tailor my representation in order to obtain the best result possible, through settlement, mediation, or trial.. Away from work, I spend as much time with my family as possible.  One of my greatest enjoyments is as a coach for my kids' baseball, softball, and basketball teams, which I have done for more than 6 years.  My favorite hobbies include cooking, smoking meats, and playing guitar.

I have been handling civil jury trials for 40 years.  The highest level of compliment that I have received over these years has come from clients that express their gratification of the work that I have done on their behalf.  I have a collection of notes and letters from individuals who have gone out of their way to thank me and my staff for a job well done. Those notes and letters remain the highest level of praise for my devotion to clients and in helping them solve their issues and concerns. I truly cherish those compliments.. Whether I am helping someone on the phone solve an issue or doing pro bono work, I sincerely enjoy helping people.  In my practice I come in contact with people from all walks of life.  This includes experts in technical and sophisticated areas of science or medicine. I have represented truck drivers, factory workers, house wives, the unemployed, the disabled, children of all ages, engineers, cab drivers, bike messengers and business executives and professionals. I believe that I treat all of my clients with respect and show each of them that I am responsible, reliable, honest and forthcoming.  I am also tenacious and hardworking when it comes to the cases I handle for my clients.

I got my feet wet as a former Trademark Examining Attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), and, since then, have worked for over eight years in the private sector, almost exclusively in the intellectual property (I.P.) field.  I currently work at an I.P. boutique law firm, focusing primarily on trademark (including unfair competition) and copyright legal matters, as well as domain name disputes and Internet law-related issues.. I have represented and assisted clients from one person start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in a wide range of industries, such as insurance and financial services, industrial technology products, game software, and consumer goods.  My representation and client counseling services have included (1) the clearance, registration, maintenance and enforcement of trademarks worldwide; (2) domain name disputes (UDRP & ACPA proceedings) and DMCA as well as other Internet-related matters; (3) intellectual property due diligence matters in connection with the purchase or divestiture of businesses, and conducting I.P. audits; (4) trademark oppositions, cancellations, and ex parte appeals at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board level, as well as trademark, copyright, unfair competition, counterfeiting and related dispute matters before various United States courts; (5) preparation and filing of copyright applications and providing related counseling; and (6) the preparation of Terms of Use and Privacy Policy agreements for web-based businesses, as well as Non-Disclosure Agreements and other documents to protect intellectual property assets.

I am honored to have represented businesses and their owners in numerous fields for many years, including high tech and computer industry clients, retail, manufacturing and service business, in many cases acting as outside general counsel for such companies. I  have achieved an “AV/Preeminent” rating, the highest possible rating, among my peers for legal ability, professional reliability, diligence and ethics. Serving our firm's clients is a privilege and one to be taken seriously, at all times acting in the clients' best interests.

I am a life-long Chicagoan who has represented the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce as General Counsel.  Representing the business and legal interests of the city has been particularly rewarding.  My family is active in the civic community and this is a great shared interest.

Howard Huntington is a partner of Franco Moroney Buenik, LLC. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation. He also has extensive experience in the areas of construction, product liability, professional liability, transportation litigation, toxic torts and civil rights litigation. Mr. Huntington has successfully represented large and mid-market corporations, family-owned businesses, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and municipalities in a wide variety of civil litigation in both Illinois and Indiana.. In regard to commercial litigation matters, he has litigated breach of contract matters and disputes under the Uniform Commercial Code representing corporate buyers and sellers. He represents businesses in litigation involving claims of failure to pay for goods and services, failure to deliver conforming goods and services, and unfair business practices. He has represented contractors and distributors in construction defect litigation. He also has defended retailers and wholesalers in federal actions alleging false advertising, product disparagement, and other business torts.. Mr. Huntington has defended numerous construction contractors, subcontractors, motor freight companies, hotels, casinos, and retailers in catastrophic injury and wrongful death suits. He appeared before the Indiana Supreme Court for a products matter on behalf of a manufacturer of helicopters. In the employment area, Mr. Huntington has defended municipalities and public entities in Title VII discrimination cases, Section 1983 public employee cases, and employment contract disputes. He argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and prevailed in an equal protection matter.

For over 20 years our firm has represented injured victims in the Chicagoland area. Our goal is to provide aggressive and effective representation for personal injury victims. Our firm is committed to honesty, persistence, responsiveness, and personal attention for all our clients. We Make a personal commitment to all our clients to do everything in our power to help you recover the full amount of compensation you deserve for your injuries and loss.

For nearly seven years, Michael P. Tomlinson practiced law at a large national law firm. During that time, Mr. Tomlinson represented clients involved in various types of complex business litigation, including the following types of cases:. Mr. Tomlinson also has experience in conducting internal investigations on behalf of both securities and health care clients.

Expertise. Alex's practice is focused on large, technically-complex projects, including energy (fossil, nuclear, and renewable), power generation and transmission, oil & gas extraction and refining, mining and minerals, chemical process facilities, pipelines and other transmission projects, industrial projects, manufacturing facilities, infrastructure projects, and large healthcare and hospitality projects. He is a veteran of many litigation and domestic and international arbitration proceedings (including many tried to verdict, judgment, or final award) under the laws of many U.S. and international jurisdictions. His arbitration experience includes administered and non-administered proceedings under ICC, UNCITRAL, AAA, and other rules. Alex's expertise encompasses nearly every type of construction dispute, including defects, delay, disruption, and cost growth. Alex also helps companies conduct internal investigations, respond to investigations brought by a government, and design corporate compliance programs that are successful and well-received by enforcing authorities and other stakeholders.. Alex began his legal career with Stein Ray LLP in 2005. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, New York, and New Jersey. He speaks fluent Russian. He is married with two kids, enjoys playing outdoors with his family, and is a Star Wars geek.. * As ranked by Engineering News-Record (ENR).

Ellen M. Babbitt concentrates in the area of higher education law, representing colleges and universities in tenure disputes, discrimination cases, government investigations, program and school closures, and other sensitive matters. She has authored numerous articles on program closure, accommodating students with disabilities, and best practices in designing EEO compliance programs for college campuses.

Eileen M. Letts graduated from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1978 and received the degree of Juris Doctor. She was admitted to practice before the Illinois Bar and the Federal Bar. She received her Bachelor of Arts from The Ohio State University in 1975. Ms. Letts prior employment includes serving as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Glenn T. Johnson, Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court from 1978 – 1980. In January of 1990, Ms. Letts and Martin P. Greene left another Chicago law firm to form Greene and Letts.. Ms. Letts has practiced law since 1979 and has extensive experience in litigation. Ms. Letts’ litigation experience includes dozens of jury trials and over 100 bench trials.  She has successfully defended scores of complex tort litigation matters and handled medical malpractice cases.  She has also tried contract disputes and construction litigation claims. She is a frequent presenter at continuing legal education seminars and panel discussions of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. She currently serves on ABA Section of Litigation, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the ABA’s Commission on IOLTA. Ms. Letts is the recipient of numerous awards. She is listed as a Super Lawyer and has an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell. She is a member of the American Bar Association, National Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Cook County Bar Association and the Black Women Lawyers Association.

David Pogrund has recently been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Chicago Booth MBA program teaching a course entitled "Employment Law for Entrepreneurs and Managers".  (September, 2015)

Colin Dunn has been practicing law for over a decade. He was named to the Law Bulletin Publishing Company's "40 under 40" attorney list, recognizing Illinois' top up and coming lawyers in 2010. He was also named a Super Lawyers' "Rising Star" from 2009-2013. Since 2013, he has been named both a Super Lawyer and a Leading Lawyer. He was named a Best Lawyer of 2017. And he is listed in Who's Who in Law Higher Education for his class on aviation law.. He has litigated and tried a number of high profile, complex cases, including:. $112 million dollar verdict for two men injured in a grain bin explosion at a ConAgra mill in southern Illinois (11th highest verdict by National Law Journal's The Top 100 Verdicts of 2012 ). $100 million dollar settlement from litigation stemming from a 2003 fire at the Cook County Administration Building. $22.7 million dollar verdict for the family of a husband and father killed by an intoxicated driver (90th highest verdict by Top Verdicts for 2016). $18.5 million settlement on behalf of two workers who suffered severe burns after an explosion at a train derailment clean-up site in Kentucky. $11 million settlement for a family of a father of three who was killed when a building under construction partially collapsed. $10 million dollar verdict in a premises liability case for the family of a 22 year old woman murdered in her apartment due to the landlord's negligent security practices. $9 million settlement for a family whose parents were killed when their car was struck by a news van

Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is the founder and principal of Mudd Law.  Over the last twenty years, Mr. Mudd has developed a broad-based practice representing local, national, and international clientele in diverse litigation and transactional matters.  Of particular relevance, Mr. Mudd has become internationally known on issues of space law and policy as well as diverse areas of Internet law.  He has appeared in state and federal courts throughout the United States, taught at colleges and universities, and appeared in national media.. Over the last few years, Charles expanded the firm's practice into the commercial space industry.  Beyond providing general business representation to clients in the space sector, Charles and his firm provide nuanced representation on issues such as esport control (ITAR and EAR), regulatory compliance and licensing (FAA, FCC, and NOAA), and distinct  space applications.  More broadly, Charles invests a significant amount of his time to the development of sound space law and policy. He has attended and spoken at United Nations conferences on space law and policy as well as provided testimony before federal regulators.  He regularly speaks on space law issues across the United States in a variety of settings (of late, most in a virtual format).  Charles holds memberships in the American Astronomical Society, AIAA, and IEEE. He serves on the Board of Directors for NewSpace Chicago.. Mr. Mudd is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Indiana, Connecticut and Utah.  He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits.  He is also admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Indiana, Central District of Utah, Central District of Michigan, Northern District of Florida, and the District of Colorado.. Apart from practicing law, Charles has been an active member of the legal community. For more than twenty-five years, he has been a member of the International Technology Law Association ("ITechLaw"). He recently completed a six-yar tenure on ITechLaw's Biard of Directors.  He also served as long-standing member of the Section Council for the Illinois State Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section. More recently, ge became admitted to the International Institute of Space Law.  He also enjoys membership in the European Centre for Space Law.. Charles also has participated in his local business community by serving as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Northcenter Chamber of Commerce and as a Member of the Kedzie-Elston Business and Industrial Council.  He also served as Cubmaster for a local Cub Scout Pack and as President of the Parent Council for the local middle school.. Among his hobbies and interests, Charles has a passion for astronomy, astrophysics, coding, and genealogical research.

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Bob Clifford is the founder of Clifford Law Offices, which concentrates its practice in helping victims of personal injury, medical malpractice, mass torts, consumer and health care fraud, product liability, and aviation and transportation disasters. Bob regularly handles complex damage cases and routinely receives multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.. Mr. Clifford has represented those injured or killed in every major commercial airline crash in the U.S. in the last three decades. Clifford was named Lead Counsel in the U.S. federal district court litigation involving the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302’s Boeing 737 Max8 jet on March 10, 2019, in Ethiopia. His aviation litigation representation includes the American Airlines crash at O’Hare in 1979; the United Airlines DC-10 crash in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1989; the Comair runway crash in Lexington, Kentucky of 2006; the Continental Colgan crash of 2009; and, internationally, the Turkish Airlines crash in Amsterdam of 2009 as well as the tragic Boeing crash of a 737 MAX-8 in Ethiopia in 2019. Mr. Clifford served as the liaison counsel for the subrogation and business property damage claims that resulted from our nation’s tragedy on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York. He served as lead counsel in the negotiation and settlement of those claims that settled for $1.2 billion.. Bob was named by Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report as the Lawyer of the Year in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions in 2016 and again in 2019 in the Chicago metropolitan area. He was appointed to serve as co-lead counsel in a case for which several attorneys recently secured a $250 million settlement against State Farm Insurance company. Bob also serves as co-lead counsel in a data breach case filed in state court against Advocate Medical Group, Illinois’ largest healthcare system, involving more than four million patients and reportedly the largest healthcare data breach in the nation’s history. In addition, Bob was appointed as co-lead counsel in a class action filed against Pella Windows Corporation, a nationwide window manufacturer. U.S. District Court Judge James B. Zagel of the Northern District of Illinois appointed Clifford “as class counsel for his demonstrated skills in the field”. Most recently, Bob and other attorneys have joined to represent numerous hospitals across the country in their fight against the manufacturers of opioid drugs. Clifford Law Offices also represents numerous women in their allegations against Johnson & Johnson stemming from use of the company’s talcum powder products. Just recently, the National Trial Lawyers named Bob Clifford as the Class Action Trial Lawyer of 2018.In addition to practicing law, Mr. Clifford is dedicated to the furtherance of the legal profession and has been actively involved in and held leadership roles with the American Bar Association (Chair of the Section of Litigation and Chair of the ABA’s charitable arm, the Fund for Justice and Education), Chicago Bar Association (President), Chicago Inn of Court (President), American College of Trial Lawyers and Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (President). He is also a member of the American Law Institute, the Inner Circle of Advocates and serves on the Board of Directors for the RAND Institute for Civil Justice. For more than 25 years, he has sponsored the Annual Clifford Tort Symposium on Tort Law and Civil Justice at DePaul University College of Law. Mr. Clifford also served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Naples Children & Education Foundation, a charitable organization and host of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, which benefits over 200,000 at-risk and underprivileged children in Southwest Florida.

Attorney Elizabeth Demonte is a highly skilled litigator and author who has done significant work on pre-decree divorce, post-decree divorce, parentage, child custody, child support and grandparent visitation cases. She penned article, “Spotlight On: The Nurse-Family Partnership,” which was published in the prestigious Children’s Legal Rights Journal.. Demonte received her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and graduated summa cum laude from DePaul University with a bachelor’s in Business Management. She also received the coveted Certification in Child and Family Law and was awarded a position as Editor on Loyola’s Children’s Legal Rights Journal, a major honor.