Out of fear of being sued for legal malpractice, trying to get rid of a case they don’t want or general cowardice, Illinois attorneys will lie to potential and existing clients. These aren’t done maliciously or because they are bad people, but often for financial reasons.

For 24 years now of helping people find the right lawyer for their case, I’ve always told people the truth even when that meant explaining why I can’t help. A lot of these people come to me after talking to other attorneys. They share what they are told and it’s often clearly a lie.

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There is so much information out there on the internet, in movies, on social media and elsewhere. A lot of it is presented by people who talk like they are experts, but don’t really know what they are talking about. This tweet sums up how I feel about it.

Now a lot of people who will give you advice mean well or honestly think they know what they are talking about. Sometimes they actually do whether it’s because they are smart or just got lucky.

But I beg you not to take legal advice from your non-attorney friends. It’s…

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The weather in Illinois is brutal right now. The low in Chicago today is one degree. I guess that’s better than the minus four degrees we experienced yesterday.

With the cold weather of course comes snow and ice. That leads to a lot of slip and fall injuries unfortunately.

Regrettably a lot of the people who call us with these injuries we can not help. That’s because of an Illinois law that says that if you fall due to the natural accumulation of snow or ice and sustain an injury, the property owner isn’t liable.

What does natural mean? Generally…

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When people call us for Illinois criminal attorney referrals, one question we get a lot is, “Do they have a winning record?” There is a perception out there that you can look up an attorney’s record like they are baseball standings on espn.com or something.

The truth is that there are no win/loss records available for criminal defense lawyers in Illinois. And even if they were, they would be incredibly misleading for a couple of reasons.

First off, consider someone like the disgusting Highland Park shooter or any other criminal who is literally caught red handed doing their crime. If…

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