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Testifying in court is nothing like what you see from law dramas on TV. There is rarely a gotcha type moment. Wall lawyers love to hit home runs with the results of the testimony they take, the reality is that most of it is really just helping paint a picture. The best case usually is […]
I’ve heard my fair share of lawyer jokes over the years. The premise of most of those jokes is that the lawyer is dishonest or unethical. In reality, lawyers are like people of any other profession—teachers, accountants, doctors. The vast majority are good people who take pride in their work and try to do the […]
Under Illinois workers’ compensation law, if you are injured on the job and unable to work per your doctor, you are entitled to be compensated for your time off. This is called temporary total disability benefits or TTD and should be 2/3 of your average weekly wage. So if you tear your ACL on the […]
We are experienced attorneys who will talk to you for free. Call us at 800-517-1614 or fill out our contact form and we will call you. All medical professionals in Illinois are licensed by the Illinois Department of Professional and Financial Regulations, IDFPR. That organization also handles any disciplinary procedures. I think most people love […]
An interesting case is making its way through the courts, and the employer tried to use the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act to get out of their alleged bad behavior. In a nutshell, here’s what happened. An Enterprise Rent-A-Car facility in Cook Country used a fingerprint timekeeping system for its employees. When employees arrived at the […]
Nobody wants to spend money on a lawyer if they don’t have to. I certainly don’t and I understand the value that a good one can bring. If you do have to pay for a lawyer out of pocket – as opposed to a pay if you win case like a work injury or car […]
We are Illinois experienced Illinois attorneys who will talk to you for free about your legal matter. Call us at 800-517-1614 for a free consultation. Life insurance is a really useful product for people when it’s done ethically. If you pass away, you want to leave money for your loved ones whether it be for […]
I recently had a call from a nice woman who broke her leg at her parents house. She walked in to use the bathroom and slipped on a wet floor. It turns out there was a hole in the roof that had been there for a while and led to the leak. If she was […]
This past week was the 20 year anniversary since I started my Illinois lawyer referral and legal guidance website. In that time I’ve talked to over 500,000 people and hopefully helped most of them. I’ve also learned a lot about being an attorney, what clients think and about the legal system in general. A lot […]
We are experienced Illinois attorneys who will talk to you for free. Call us at 800-517-1614 or fill out our contact form and we will call you. Every few months I do a blog post about some of the interesting questions we’ve received. Here are some from the last few months. I was let go […]
We are experienced lawyers in Chicago who will talk to you for free. Since 2001 we have helped people who need a lawyer referral or just advice. Call us at 800-517-1614 any time to speak with an attorney in confidence or fill out our contact form and we will call you. The best thing an […]
Most speeding tickets in Illinois are a nuisance, but not that big of a deal legally speaking. If you are over 21 and have a clean driving record, you almost never need a lawyer for a ticket that’s something like 73 in a 55. You can do traffic school and get the ticket off your […]
One of the things about being a lawyer that most people don’t think about is that most law schools don’t actually prepare you how to run a law firm or talk to people. You see this a lot with some really excellent attorneys when it comes to going to court or being an “expert” on […]
The Illinois Sales Representative Act governs commission payment law in Illinois. The Act covers three main areas. 1. When commissions come due to the employee. 2. How employers should handle commissions owed to a terminated employee. 3.The penalties that can apply to employers if they fail to comply with the Act. When you get paid […]
We are Illinois lawyers who will talk to you for free. Fill out our contact form or call us at 312-346-5320. We cover all of Illinois. Illinois workers’ compensation laws are designed to provide medical treatment and payment for time off work for injured workers. To receive that, you need to show that you sustained […]
They say that the best things in life are free. I don’t know if talking to an attorney should be classified as one of the best things in life, but it exists. We are Chicago lawyers, who since 2001, have been talking to people for FREE about their Illinois legal matters. There is no catch […]
We are experienced Chicago lawyers who will talk to you for free about any Illinois legal matter. Call us at 312-346-5320 to speak with us or fill out our contact form and we will reach out to you ASAP. Covid has changed our world in countless different ways. It has also seemingly lead to a […]
In the famous words of Rainman, “Walmart sucks.” My unscientific poll of the hundreds of thousands of people I have talked to about Illinois legal matters in the last 20 years shows that Walmart treats their workers worse than most, if not all, companies. I have heard countless stories of injured Walmart workers having their […]
I got a call from a very angry woman whose husband had an Illinois workers’ compensation claim. She was really pissed because he was taken off work by his doctor for a week and she discovered that under Illinois law, he will not get paid for the first three days he missed. This is going […]
We get a lot of great questions from people who call us for legal guidance. If you have any questions, fill out our contact form or call us at 312-346-5320 to speak with a lawyer for free. Here are some questions we’ve gotten in recent months that I think the general public should know the […]