One of the most discouraging things to encounter in personal injury law is where you endure a lengthy litigation process and even obtain a successful verdict at trial, only for the defendant to turn around and declare bankruptcy in an attempt to discharge your judgment and force you to walk away with nothing. In situations…
Whether I take on a personal injury matter – accident, nursing home, dog bite, workers compensation or the like – or business matter (plaintiff or defense), there is one thing that NEVER goes missing: pursuit of excellence in representing my client(s). While attorneys cannot ethically guarantee any particular result or that they can win –…
Fraud is one of the most contentious causes of action that arises in business litigation. What many aggrieved parties don’t understand when they first seek out an attorney is that it is so difficult to even plead a proper complaint for fraud that a good deal of cases never even make it off the ground…
I resolve a wide range of real estate disputes in Chicago for both plaintiffs and defendants. For many years I have addressed cases involving residential real estate; commercial real estate; property tax sales; physical structures, such as a homes, warehouses and storefronts; and plots of land. The Nature Of Real Estate Disputes According to the…
Breach of contracts–written or oral (and, often, both) is a common, every day commercial / business issue that nearly any type of business–and individuals–face. Simply put, several elements are necessary to establish / form a contract whether it is oral or written: An offer; An acceptance of the offer; and “Consideration” (that is, usually money…
We have probably all experienced some sort of pain – physically, emotionally and what can easily be called “pain” from a business or personal perspective when money is lost in a business deal. We can call this “business pain” or “business damages”. Obviously, real, physical and emotional (or mental) pain cannot literally be “equated” with…
On September 18, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued what is called a “notice of violation” or “NOV” of the Clean Air Act to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. This NOV (fully found here) alleges that: four-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars from model years 2009-2015 include software that circumvents EPA…
As we’ve previously discussed, fraud is one of the most contentious causes of action that arises in business litigation. What many aggrieved parties don’t understand when they first seek out an attorney is that it is so difficult to even plead a proper complaint for fraud that a good deal of cases never even make…
Chicago Bankruptcy fraud is serious. To combat it, an “adversary complaint” is filed to civilly prosecute a debtor who is essentially trying to hide assets, or is not being forthright about a loss of assets. You may have won a judgment against a person who then files bankruptcy or the person owes you money. You…
The fact finding process in civil cases is known as “discovery” — that is, where you can ask the other side to turn over any document or other piece of evidence/information in their possession that might have some bearing on your case (provided that you ask for it in fairly descriptive terms). Many litigants make…