Services
LITIGATION
Our wide-ranging litigation experience in a variety of employment, commercial, consumer, family law, and real estate lawsuits provides clients - both businesses and individuals - with the confidence and security that their legal matters will be optimally positioned for successful resolution.
Our lawyers are admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (General and Trial Bar), the Central District of Illinois, the Districts of Maryland and District of Columbia, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the state courts of Illinois, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Our attorneys have successfully briefed and argued numerous motions and appeals in various state and federal courts, several decisions of which have been published.
If you have pending or anticipated litigation involving the following matters, we encourage you to contact us:
- Employment
- Business and Contract Issues
- Individual and Business Torts
- Consumer Laws
- Divorce / Family Law
- Appeals (State & Federal)
- Criminal
COUNSELING
Litigation is a lengthy and expensive process that can often be avoided with proper attorney counseling. In the employment context, we counsel businesses on various laws and procedures to minimize the risk of future litigation. Such counseling includes drafting, reviewing, and/or providing guidance on the following:
- Employee Handbooks and Policies
- Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policies
- Employee Contracts
- Non-Compete Agreements
- Commission Agreements
- Hiring Issues
- Discrimination and Harassment Investigations
- Employee Discipline and Termination
- Reductions-in-Force / Layoffs
- Severance Agreements
- Employment Practices Audits
- Wage, Hour, and Child Labor Laws
- Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA")
- Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA")
- Federal, State, and Local Employment Laws
In the realm of commercial, consumer, real estate, and family law, we also provide pre-litigation counseling to explore cost-effective alternatives to litigation, including mediation or alternative dispute resolution.
TRAINING
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, there were 75,768 filings alleging employment discrimination in 2006. Purchasing employment practices liability insurance, and defending employment-related lawsuits, can be costly endeavors.
Acquiring the proper training for your company's supervisory and managerial personnel on what employment laws require can go far in reducing the risk of future employee claims, saving your business money and aggravation down the road.
We can train company supervisors and managers on
- effective ways to implement employment-related policies and procedures;
- responsibly handling and investigating complaints; and on
- making lawful, employment-related decisions.
We can also instruct non-supervisory staff (in both English and Spanish) on their rights and obligations under the law and under a company's handbooks or work policies.
As employment and labor laws change (which they frequently do), we can keep your company and employees up-to-date, thereby minimizing the risk of government investigations, fines, and lawsuits. The result is better employee morale, a managed risk of future litigation, and the availability of certain defenses should employment litigation become inevitable down the road.
