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AREAS
OF PRACTICE
CORPORATE: An
entrepreneurial spirit distinguishes the service CCD&L offers its corporate clients. Whether the client is embarking
on a new business venture or is well established in business
yet seeking new ways to adapt to ever-changing legal, regulatory
and tax environments, our attorneys research the client's
needs and expand on the client's ideas to help them succeed.
Some of the services provided include: the formation of corporations,
partnerships, professional associations, joint ventures,
franchises and investment syndicates, as well as day-to-day
activities such as the preparation of minutes, annual reports,
and by-laws; and negotiation, preparation and interpretation
of leases, agreements and contracts.
EMPLOYMENT LAW: Today's
world has evolved into one in which the average person will
change jobs, even professions, several times during his or
her working years. New and challenging issues are constantly
facing both the employer and the employee in the workplace.
CCD&L, recognizing the increasing complexity of employer-employee
relationships, has developed an expertise in the field of
employment law and offers a full array of services for both
the employer and the employee, including seminars, document
preparation, negotiation and litigation at both the state
and federal levels.
TAXES: CCD&L offers legal services in tax planning and consulting to
individuals and to businesses to minimize or defer corporate
or personal taxes. Some of the vehicles our attorneys use
to accomplish this include: structuring tax shelters; Starker
Tax Deferred Exchanges; counseling mergers, acquisitions
and reorganizations; representing clients before the Internal
Revenue Service and appropriate courts; structuring pension,
profit-sharing and deferred compensation plans; and planning
for the special tax problems of owners of closely-held
businesses.
SECTION 1031 TAX FREE EXCHANGE: CCD&L counsels clients regarding the tax implications of tax-free
exchanges and prepares the necessary trust and escrow documents
to consummate the Section 1031 Exchange.
HEALTH CARE: Health
care law continues to grow rapidly, encompassing a host of
health care providers --from nursing homes and other institutions
to individual practitioners such as physicians and allied
health care professionals. CCD&L maintains
an edge in this highly specialized area through attorney
expertise and by coordinating the resources of other areas
of practice, including general corporate, labor and employment,
trust, probate, tax, real estate, securities law and litigation.
ENVIRONMENTAL: CCD&L
offers services in all aspects of environmental law and regulation
on the local, state and federal levels. Environmental law
services are not restricted to large industrial companies
but may be helpful for any company whose operation may affect
air, surface water, land, or may produce hazardous waste,
groundwater or noise problems. The firm counsels clients
regarding the restrictions imposed by Federal, State and
local codes, ordinances and regulations which may effect
their existing or intended use of property. The firm also
advises clients concerning hazardous waste issues and other
pollution related matters, aids clients with the regulatory
restrictions effecting the use of their property or business
including issues relating to wetlands, flood plains, health
codes and liquor licensing as well as the applicable zoning,
subdivision and building codes, and advises clients on filings
required for Army Corps, IEPA, OSHA, FEMA, IDOT and other
regulatory agencies.
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: Resourcefulness
and flexibility are the basics we employ to help clients
anticipate and meet changes in this rapidly fluctuating area.
We offer a full range of legal expertise from conventional
mortgage financing to complex syndications and service the
entire commercial real estate industry from condominiums,
apartment complexes, shopping centers, offices, and hotels
to industrial developments. We counsel clients and prepare
documentation to shelter profits through tax deferred Starker
Exchanges.
ESTATE PLANNING Estate
planning and the administration of the estate requires flexibility
and sensitivity to each client's individual needs. At CCD&L, our objectives are simply to help our clients meet present
and anticipate future needs. We advise clients on an on-going
basis of the legal and tax changes that may affect them.
At the same time, we help our clients recognize and anticipate
the changes in their own circumstances that may have significant
legal or tax implications. Our ability to apply innovative
techniques from corporate, partnership and real estate law
enables us to meet the special estate planning needs of the
owners of closely held businesses and of farmers. Similarly,
our estate planning for professionals and executives benefits
from our creative experience in qualified plans and tax shelters.
Because we maintain a professional, realistic and independent
position, we enjoy good working relationships with the major
trust departments, financial institutions, insurance industry
representatives and financial consultants and advisors in
the areas we serve.
FAMILY LAW: Whether
we are helping the client assure the permanency of adoption,
secure custody of a child, or establish economic independence
for a later marriage, CCD&L attorneys specializing in
family law recognize the need to identify both the client's
immediate needs and the long-term effects of legal action
in this area. Our family law attorneys understand that dissolution
of marriage is an extremely critical personal decision that
requires immediate and accurate legal information regarding
rights, responsibilities and obligations. The resolution
of differences between spouses requires skilled and often
aggressive negotiation and representation. Expertise in many
diverse areas of law - including real estate, tax, corporate
and contract law - is essential to dissolution cases. CCD&L provides this full range of legal service with the sensitivity
this area requires.
RESIDENTIAL REAL
ESTATE: Whether you're buying or selling, the firm
can handle your real estate transaction. The firm reviews
and counsels clients regarding the legal and tax aspects
of contracts for the purchase or sale of vacant, residential,
commercial and industrial properties. We also prepare all
necessary documentation to comply with Federal, State and
local codes, ordinances and regulations.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: The firm represents
clients in all areas of criminal allegations, including felonies
and misdemeanors.
TRAFFIC MATTERS: The firm provides
complete representation for all matters related to motor
vehicle violations.
FINANCIAL GENERAL COUNSEL: CCD&L represents financial institutions in all phases of their
operations, from assuring that their methods of regulatory
compliance are legally sufficient to representing institutions
in mortgage foreclosures and replevins. Advice on day-to-date
operating problems includes such services as loan negotiation
and the documentation, working out arrangements with customers
in financial difficulty, loan participation agreements between
institutions, questions involving documentation of deposits
or account ownership, and the disposition of funds held in
accounts. Our attorneys also assist financial institutions
in the development of new products and services and the appropriate
vehicle for their delivery.
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: CCD&L is experienced in helping financial institutions structure
mergers, acquisitions in the formation of holding companies.
In each case, our attorneys work to help the clients determine
and execute the appropriate strategy and structure to be
used. Our attorneys also ensure compliance with federal and
state securities; state corporate law in the establishment
of holding companies; and satisfying federal and state regulatory
agencies that control banking institutions.
LITIGATION (GENERAL): CCD&L has successfully represented individuals, businesses, groups
and administrative agencies in a complete range of litigation
in both federal and state courts at the trial and appellate
levels. Our attorneys are familiar with state and federal
courts.
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY AND
MALPRACTICE ACTIONS: The firm's case load of malpractice
and professional liability cases include representation
on behalf of physicians, architects, engineers, contractors,
accountants, their insurers and attorneys.
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION: An
adjunct to other corporate counsel within CCD&L, our
litigation attorneys represent corporate clients in court
when necessary. At those times, clients benefit from combined
expertise of these two areas as CCD&L litigation attorneys
and corporate console general counsel attorneys work together
to obtain the most comprehensive view possible of the client's
position.
APPEALS: All
civil and criminal appeals to the Illinois Appellate Courts
and the Illinois Supreme Court.
ZONING/ANNEXATION: Our
firm has been involved in the annexation/zoning of thousands
of acres of land in McHenry County and Northern Illinois.
We have counseled clients regarding the zoning and construction
of over one million square feet of industrial development
and a like amount of commercial development. In addition,
we have represented small and large developers of residential,
commercial and industrial properties achieve their goals.
We will be responsible for preparing all required notices,
petitions, annexation agreements, and other legally required
documents. We will also prepare witnesses for hearing and
coordinate the services of all experts retained by the client.
The firm has also represented clients with
unique requests such as landfills, gravel extraction, electric
peaker plants, interstate pipelines, assisted living complexes
and waste transfer stations to obtain the special use zoning
required for their operations.
PERSONAL INJURY: CCD&L offers representation to individuals and families in the
area of personal injuries and wrongful death. Our attorneys
have experience in handling all aspects of these matters
ranging from dealing with claim representatives to complex
jury trials.
WORKERS COMPENSATION: CCD&L represents many individuals who sustain injuries during the
course of their employment. Our attorneys provide efficient
and effective representation throughout every facet of these
matters including arbitration before the Illinois Industrial
Commission.
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