Our Litigation Practice Group handles disputes involving trusts and estates, commercial litigation involving contracts, construction, real estate and complicated business issues, insurance matters, constitutional and civil rights case, domestic disputes, professional malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death. With estate planning at the core of the firm, our attorneys are premier trust and estate litigators, preserving a decedent’s estate plan when challenged, protecting beneficiaries’ rights, and defending fiduciaries charged with breach of fiduciary duty. Our attorneys also represent clients in tax audits. We litigate on our clients’ behalf in Illinois trial, appellate and supreme courts and in the federal courts, including tax court.
Our primary goal is to help our clients end conflict. While we believe the litigation process is a legitimate and valuable tool, we also seek to avoid the costs and delay involved with protracted litigation whenever possible by pursuing alternate dispute resolution techniques including mediation and arbitration.
Specific Areas of Focus:
- Trust and estate controversies
- Commercial litigation
- Real estate and construction litigation
- Tax disputes
- Divorce
- Issues related to charitable, faith-based, and not-for-profit organizations
- Mediation
- Personal injury and wrongful death
- Building Court and Administrative Hearings
- Insurance
- Constitutional and civil rights litigation
- Employment disputes
Case Studies
Downtown Disposal Services, Inc. V. City of Chicago