Chicago Business Lawyers, Unraveling Complex Business Disputes

Cool under fire. The measure of our mettle at Lubin Austermuehle is how we remain cool under fire. Our Chicago trial attorneys are at ease in heated courtroom environments and tackle complicated cases with flexibility, speed, diligence, and an unyielding will to win, either outright or though substantial settlements.

Winning’s in the Wind. To help you come out on top --whether you’re an individual, small or large business – LA, your Chicago Business Attorneys, start by delving deep into your unique litigation needs. Next, we develop a mastery of the evidence and law, then cross examine witnesses to obtain damaging admissions. Even when the winds are against us we can successfully navigate a win. As an example, we have obtained wins for our clients at the appellate court level when the judge did not agree with our position or when the opposition appealed a trial court victory. The verdict in our client’s favor was not appealing to the opposition.

No Industry or Complex Business Dispute Left Behind. When you look at our track record over our many years of service, we’ve had the honor of tackling a huge range of dispute issues for individuals and businesses in huge variety of industries involving many different types of complex commercial disputes or class action claims. These cases include: prosecuting and defending copyright infringement, trade secret theft and restrictive covenant lawsuits, as well as franchise and dealership termination claims. We represent shareholders and LLC members in closely held business disputes, breach of fiduciary duty and shareholder oppression cases.

The Chicago Business Attorneys of Lubin Austermuehle not only handle large business disputes, our firm is also proud to represent professionals, such as doctors, dentists or lawyers in defamation, libel and slander cases and partnership and wage disputes. We’ve heard and responded to the call for help from consumers on Yelp and Google. If the big guys bring out their slander, libel and defamation guns, we arm our clients with a fierce defense of their First Amendment right to voice their opinion. We’ve also prosecuted or defended wrongful employment termination, civil rights and employment discrimination claims.

No Small Record of Achievement for Noteworthy Causes, Cases and Clients. At Lubin Austermuehle, our hard work and years of experience have resulted in a record of distinct victories on behalf of our clients. We've assisted owners, LLC members or shareholders in closely held companies vindicate their rights, and in some instances obtained multi-million-dollar recoveries in fraud, shareholder oppression or breach of fiduciary duty claims.

We are knowledgeable regarding the changes and complexities of copyright and trademark law and can offer decades of experience and success fighting for our clients' property rights and defending them against baseless infringement claims.

Class Action Triumphs on Behalf of Many Wronged Parties. The Chicago Business Attorneys at Lubin Austermuehle are singularly effective in class action lawsuits when many have been wronged. We have also successfully defended companies in high-stakes class action suits involving hundreds of millions of dollars in claimed damages. Here are notable successes we happily shared with many people who put their faith and trust in our ability to navigate financial and emotional wins on their behalf.

• We obtained a $40 million settlement in the Erikson v. Ameritech class action suit listed by Crain's Chicago Business as the second largest settlement in Illinois for the year.
• We’ve served as lead counsel for plaintiffs in well over a hundred putative or certified state and nationwide class action suits.
• Based on Peter Lubin’s commitment to the ideals of the legal profession, the DuPage Legal Assistance Foundation recognized Mr. Lubin and his firm as “Law Firm of the Year.”
• Visit the record and press sections of our site to see media coverage of some of our biggest accomplishments.

For decades in the Chicago area, we’ve made it our business to unravel complex business disputes for our clients. But getting to know, trust and use us isn’t complex at all. The simple facts are we believe in hard work, providing the highest level of quality legal representation and making it our business to give you the personal attention you deserve. On behalf of our clients, we aim for and usually gain victories in the name of justice and just compensation.

Taking a stand on behalf of businesses and individuals who have been maligned, abused, or treated unfairly or unjustly is what we stand for. We’d be proud to stand with you!

Lubin Austermuehle has experience handling the following types of business litigation matters:

• Shareholder owner, LLC member and partnership disputes
• Shareholder and LLC member freeze outs and squeeze outs in closely held businesses
• Stolen trade secrets
• Copyright and trademark infringement
• Business fraud
• Non-compete agreements and restrictive covenants
• Defense of businesses facing class action suits
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Wrongful franchise, dealer and distributor terminations
• Real estate and all other types of contract disputes
• Shareholder oppression and business dissolution claims
• Partnership disputes
• Real-Estate fraud

In addition to business litigation, Lubin Austermuehle has successfully taken on cases in the following areas:

• Consumer class action litigation
• Consumer fraud
• Auto-Fraud
• Libel Defamation and Slander
• Wrongful employment terminations
• Civil rights violations

As we’ve stated, one of our most important attributes at Lubin Austermuehle is our willingness and ability to listen carefully. Call us at 833-305-4933 or contact us for FREE consultation. We can discuss your specific business law issue or issues and explain how we may be able to apply our skills and experience to resolve even the most complex business disputes.