Chicago's Legal Latte

In addition to making clear a company’s policies and procedures, employee handbooks can help an employer when employees make claims against the employer. Listen to attorney Lance Ziebell to find out how and why.

This podcast addresses the changes to the Illinois law effective January 1, 2015 regarding maintenance (formerly known as alimony) for Illinois divorce and legal separation cases. Attorney Amil Alkass explains the differences between maintenance and child support, as well as how the court determines and calculates maintenance.

In this podcast, attorney James Doerr discusses the beginning steps of reinstating one’s privilege to drive.

In order to be appointed as a guardian for a person or an estate, there are various court procedures that must be followed. In this podcast, attorney Jennifer Burt explains how to file a Petition for Adjudication of disability and for the appointment of a guardian of the estate or person.

Food trucks have hit it big in the last few years. Before that, food trucks were generally just thought to serve coffee or basic sandwiches to construction workers.  Now, people are excited about food trucks like they are going to the opening of a new restaurant. They serve gourmet food, everything from tacos to specialty cupcakes. Chicago is a city chock full of foodies and great restaurants. But rather than be on the forefront of the food truck boom, Chicago’s food truck laws are extremely prohibitive – restricting what they can serve and where they can go.

Indemnification can present a major risk with large numbers especially when contracting with large companies.Understand your risks and ability to push back when needed. Tune in to this podcast and listen to attorney Jim Voigt's helpful advice on the subject.

Have you ever considered writing your own will? You may think, "I know what I want – how hard can it be?" Unfortunately, with DIY estate planning, you really do "get what you pay for." Heather Walser addresses the topic of estate planning and why using an estate planning attorney may save you time and treasure in the end.

The Illinois Real Estate License Act of 2000 now authorizes real estate brokers to issue Broker Price Opinions (BPOs) and Comparative Market Analyses (CMAs) in connection with the sale or rental of real estate. It also exempts licensed real estate brokers from the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002 when they are issuing BPOs and CMAs for no compensation other than in connection with the sale or rental of real estate. This podcast with attorney Steve Migala explores the legislative changes to this Act as well as BPOs and CMAs generally.

This podcast will address the remedies of TRO and Injunctive relief. Attorney Matt Sheahin will address what a TRO is, when one is needed, and how to obtain one. He will also answer questions concerning preliminary and permanent injunctions.

Illinois orders for child support do not cover every expense that your child will incur. How can that be? What if I have my checks garnished each and every time, why and how could I be expected to pay more? People have to be very careful about this and expectations need to be calibrated to be in tune with the Illinois Courts. This podcast will detail how the judges in Illinois go about making decisions into what expenses the non-custodial parent will have to make in addition to child support. Attorney Pequeno will describe what sorts of debts may be incurred and how the court determines amounts that have to be paid for this.