You can’t control everything in life, but when it comes to facing the inevitable, some preparation can give you a sense of control. At the very least, it can ease some of the stress that comes with caring for aging parents. Here are some common legal documents you may have heard about… Power of […]
When I started this service in 2001, any time the phone rang I would have my secretary answer it. We get a high volume of calls every day, so usually I’d be sitting at my desk, just waiting for the call to be transferred. I did this for no other reason than it was my […]
Imagine that you are driving down the road, obeying the speed limit, staying in the right lane because traffic is slower there and generally being as safe as you can be. Then imagine that you get pulled over for driving in that right lane and finding out that you can lose your Illinois driver’s […]
A reader sent us the following question: Not getting my workers compensation like I should, they owe me a lot of money still and I am getting tired of waiting for them to pay me. I get paid every once in awhile but nothing like I should. Wonder if I should sue because of […]
Every week we offer five tips on various areas of Illinois law. Insurance companies will often wrongly deny payment for a life insurance policy because for the most part they have nothing to lose. This requires you to get an attorney. Here are five things that you should know if you are in that situation. You […]
Some of my best memories as a kid are going to summer camp in Northbrook and later on in Glenview. No school, no homework, lots of dodge ball and floor hockey. Lots of swimming. Trips to Great America and the Indiana Dunes. Life didn’t seem like it could get much better than that. While a […]
Not a week goes by where we don’t get a phone call that goes something like this: I broke up with my girlfriend a week ago. She wasn’t happy about that, but I really sent her over the edge when she saw me with a new girl at a bar in Chicago. She screamed at […]
One of the best things the City of Chicago has done is to add bike lanes throughout the city. On Dearborn St.where our office is located there are scores of bikers there every single day heading in each direction. Unfortunately, with thousands of people biking to and from work and to other places, we’ve seen a big increase […]
Illinois law says that you have three years from the date of your injury to file a claim for workers’ compensation. Even if you have a perfectly good claim, blowing the deadline can mean that you are forever barred from bringing that claim. Filing a claim means that you fill out an Application for Adjustment […]
A very nice guy called us. He had injured his rotator cuff while working in Schaumburg. At first the insurance company was paying all of his medical bills and time off work, but suddenly they stopped doing that without any apparent reason. He was hoping that I could find him a free lawyer because […]
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