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Michael Helfand

Does Your Illinois Attorney Only Have Three Seconds For You

As lawyers in Illinois, we are required to complete 30 hours of continuing legal education every two years.  It’s somewhat tedious and a bit needless as I’m constantly educating myself on new laws, cases and legal happenings.  But we must formally attend conferences or in my case, watch videos online, so that’s what I do. […]

How To Get The Best Lawyer In Illinois

A couple months ago, a Cook County jury awarded a woman more than $148 million after she became paralyzed when a structure at O’Hare airport came loose during a storm and landed on her.  Her verdict against the City of Chicago was the largest I’ve ever seen in an Illinois personal injury case. In reading […]

10 Things You Need To Know About Illinois Workers’ Compensation Law

On average we talk to 8-10 people a day who have been hurt on the job and have Illinois workers’ compensation legal questions.  We hear a lot of the same things over and over.  Here is a list of ten things that we think everyone should know about Illinois work comp law. It’s a no […]

Illinois Lawyers Are The Worst

I love being a lawyer.  It’s been 20 years and every day is different for me.  I didn’t know that I would feel that way when I started off and I consider myself very lucky. I had a long time client call me the other day about a situation he had. He knew it wasn’t […]

Illinois Attorney Who Will Work On Consignment

We are Chicago attorneys who will talk to you for free to answer any question you have or help you find the right lawyer for your case.  Call us any time at (312) 346-5320.  The service is free and we cover all of Illinois. Since 2001 we’ve helped more than 350,000 people and we would […]

Illinois Lawsuits When You Are Hurt On Someone’s Property

I got called by someone the other day who was beat up on the CTA red line and wanted to sue the Chicago Transit Authority because it happened on their property.  A month ago a woman was was sexually assaulted outside her apartment wanted to sue the building owner and asked for our help.  That […]

Illinois Lawyers, Are We All Connected?

I got a call from a really nice woman who had a civil matter in Tennessee that she needed legal help with.  She lived in Tennessee, but told me that she wanted an Illinois lawyer because, “All of the lawyers down here are connected and know each other.” I explained to her that it would […]

Illinois Child Support New Law, Everything You Need To Know

On July 1st, Illinois radically changed its child support laws to become more aligned with other states that consider the incomes and parenting times of both parents when determining child support. Under the new law, how much support you pay depends on how much time you and your ex have with the kids as well […]

Chicago Injury Lawyers Experienced Suing Uber, Lyft

It’s an Uber rider’s nightmare; sitting in the back seat, when an accident occurs due to the driver being distracted. In many cases, ride share drivers will work for both Uber and Lyft. With both of these companies relying on cell phone technology, some drivers will use two phones at once and others are new […]

Pressure Cooker Injury Lawsuits

We’ve all heard the expression, “like a pressure cooker ready to explode.” But what happens when a pressure cooker actually explodes and injures the person just trying to cook or jar their foods? Pressure cookers have been used for decades in the kitchen for various meals. Personally, my mom used her pressure cooker all summer […]

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