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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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