Chicago counsel for defining moments.

Breach of contract, partnership disputes, business torts, and class-action defense in Illinois state and federal courts. More than sixty of our litigators' matters have gone to verdict — and most of the rest resolve on our clients' terms once the other side reads the trial brief.

Entity formation, governance, private placements, and acquisitions for Midwest middle-market companies. We have closed more than three hundred transactions — and structured them so carefully that none has produced post-closing litigation between the parties.

Wage-and-hour audits, non-compete drafting and enforcement, executive agreements, and defense before the EEOC, the IDHR, and the NLRB. We keep employers out of disputes where possible — and prevail in them where not.

Acquisitions, dispositions, financing, 1031 exchanges, and zoning before the Chicago Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals. We have represented developers in more than forty entitlement proceedings across the city's wards.

Multigenerational planning, business succession, guardianships, and probate litigation. The group has drafted plans governing more than $2.1 billion in family and closely held assets — and defended those plans when challenged.

Grand jury subpoenas, internal investigations, and trial defense in securities, healthcare, and public-corruption matters. Led by a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, the group has resolved nine of its last ten investigations with no charges filed.