Firm News

Happy New Year! We wish all of you a prosperous year and hope your outlook for 2020 is bright. As we look ahead to another busy and successful year providing our clients with the best representation possible, it is important that we look back on what we accomplished in 2019. Our Environmental litigation team, led (continue reading)

Kendall County Motorcycle Crash Settlement The Firm settled a contested motorcycle crash case pending in Kendall County for over $200,000. Our client suffered a fractured leg which required surgery. The lawsuit was settled for over double the defendant’s initial settlement offer. Business Litigation Results The Firm won a motion for complete dismissal with prejudice in (continue reading)

Cook County Personal Injury Jury Verdict A Cook County jury returned a six-figure verdict for our client who slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk at a shopping center plaza, breaking his ankle and requiring surgical intervention. The verdict amount was six times the original offer by the Defendant. Business Litigation Results The Firm successfully (continue reading)

Business Litigation Results The Firm obtained a very successful result on behalf of our client, a well known business with locations throughout Illinois and Indiana in a shareholder dispute. The plaintiff sued our client, and demanded more $2.5 Million just before arbitration based upon claims of ownership in the company and its intellectual property. The (continue reading)

Million Dollar Personal Injury Settlement Our client suffered catastrophic leg injuries as a result of a drunk driving roll-over crash of a recreational vehicle, a UTV, while on a fishing trip in Wisconsin. The client underwent four surgeries and had permanent scarring, pain and numbness. The Firm was hired as co-trial counsel. After being hired, (continue reading)

Commercial Litigation Jury Trial Verdict On July 12, 2019, a DuPage County, Illinois jury returned a verdict in our client’s favor in a breach of contract claim that also sought to pierce the corporate veil under and alter ego theory. The Plaintiff requested approximately $2.75 million. Our client, an Indiana-based healthcare company and its alleged (continue reading)

Personal Injury Settlements The Firm has recovered approximately $300,000 for personal injury clients during the month of June. Cases include an elderly woman struck as a pedestrian and two auto accident cases where our clients were involved in crashes on Interstate 88. Business Litigation Results The Firm won an appeal on behalf of a national (continue reading)

Personal Injury Settlement The Firm has recovered $150,000 for a client hit by a semi-truck, causing a fracture of her right foot and soft tissue injuries to her shoulder. The claim was settled pre-suit. Welcome New Law Clerk, Dayna Smith We are happy to welcome Dayna Smith to the Firm. Dayna is from Frankfort, Illinois. (continue reading)

Personal Injury Settlements Within the past month, the Firm has recovered $500,000.00 for its personal injury clients. The cases include a motorcyclist struck by a young driver, a woman who was injured at a local car dealership, and an intersection collision where a husband and wife were both injured. Super Lawyers 2019 Collins Law Groupis (continue reading)

Three Million Dollar Trial Verdict The Firm obtained a $3,000,000.00 jury verdict after a seven day trial in the Northern District of Illinois. More than 15 fact and expert witnesses testified, and the jury deliberated just three hours before returning a verdict in favor of the Firm’s client. The case involved litigation in multiple venues (continue reading)