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For Illinois lawyers, no matter what area of law you focus on, it is your job to represent your clients based on what Illinois law is. While there are times when “new law” is created through the courts, the reality is that most law is settled even when it has a grey area.

In other words, lawyers aren’t law makers. We don’t make the law. We don’t usually change the law. We deal with the law as it is and advocate for clients based on what it is. If you come to us with good facts, we can help you.

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Yeah, I know it’s not really called Comiskey any more, but if you grew up in the 80’s like I did, you are going to still call it Comiskey. I’m a Cubs fan, but my most memorable White Sox moment is when a father and son were arrested for storming the field and assaulting a Kansas City Royals coach. It was disgusting and they fortunately were criminally charged. It does make for good fun when I tease my White Sox fan friends.

Since that happened, it seems not a major sporting event goes by where a fan doesn’t try to…

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If you get into a car accident in Chicago or a nearby area that is not your fault and you have an injury, there is some advice to know. Call the police so there’s an official report of what happened. Go to the doctor ASAP so your injuries can be documented. Oh, and get ready to be flooded with calls, texts and even in person visits from personal injury attorneys or their representatives.

That’s right, if you get hurt in a car accident and there’s a police report or any other injury that makes the news, scumbag PI lawyers, especially…

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Baseball is back! Hope spring eternal and Cubs fans can dream of winning our first World Series since 2016. And White Sox fans can dream of not losing 100 games.

When I was in law school, a professor pointed out to us how everything around us could potentially be a legal issue. It’s really changed the way I think. With that in mind and in celebration of the new season, here are the top ten legal issues that will happen at and around Wrigley Field this year.

  1. Workers’ Compensation – We don’t think of professional athletes as employees, but they
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With the caveat that there are exceptions to this, generally speaking in life, if you want to have an enforceable agreement with someone, you get it in writing and you both sign off on it. So if someone says they’ll sell you their car for $5,000 and you say sure, it’s not really an agreement. If push came to shove and they wanted to back out, they could, as could you.

A written contract shows a meeting of the minds. A well-written contract makes clear the rights and responsibilities of each party. It’s why so many housing contracts are really…
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When you hire an attorney in Illinois, you will pay them in one of three ways:

  • Flat fee – Typically traffic or misdemeanor criminal cases
  • Hourly – Divorces, most civil law suits, commercial litigation
  • Contingency – Paid if they win on injury cases, suing for owed life insurance money, class actions, some employment wage cases

It’s up to you and the law firm to agree on what type of fee arrangement to enter in to. No matter what you agree on, your contract with them will likely have a clause that says that they get reimbursed for their expenses. For…

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