We Have 15 Areas of Practice

Banking; Loan Agreements; Guaranty Contracts
Successful financing is important to most businesses, yet many never study their loan documents until they receive a notice of default. Read More

Class Actions
People often blame class actions for increasing insurance premiums, but in the hands of responsible lawyers, this tool has been used to benefit businesses and consumers. Read More

Commercial Contracts
We represent small or medium sized businesses, professionals and entrepreneurs suing to collect money owed. The cases are too varied to be easily described. But often our opponents are arrogant, larger companies who think they can avoid payment simply because they are big. Read More

Construction
Owners, architects, construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors and their insurers can benefit from our experience. Read More

Corporate, Partnership and LLC Issues
One of the largest areas of our practice is the handling of disputes between shareholders, partners, corporate officers, or members of an LLC. Read More

Defamation or Product Disparagement
False statements about a company, product, or individual can kill your reputation or your business. New internet and consumer laws make it difficult to protect your reputation, but we have had success in doing so, across the country and in Canada. Read More

Emergency Business Litigation
In most cases, the parties to a lawsuit are fighting about money: one party or the other is going to pay money to the other to compensate it for the claimed wrongs that were done. But sometimes, money is not enough. Read More

Employment
The Patterson Law Firm helps employees preserve their civil rights and sales representatives recover payment for services rendered. We have also defended employers in labor and union disputes. Read More

Insurance and Contractual Indemnity
Many times, the key component of a successful resolution of a business issue depends on establishing insurance coverage. We have extensive experience working with our clients on insurance and contractual indemnity issues. Read More

Intellectual Property/Technology
We stay on the cutting edge of technological and business advancements and fuse this knowledge with science and the law. Read More

Personal Injury
We have worked on complicated personal injury matters to get compensation from insurance companies and others. If you were injured in an accident, we work to make the best out of a bad situation. Read More

Professional Negligence
Have you ever been injured because a lawyer or other professional has deviated from the appropriate standard of care? We have considerable experience and proven results in this area. Read More

Real Estate
Whether you are a commercial tenant or a developer, our attorneys have the experience to serve as counsel and guides. Our firm handles transactions that include drafting development contracts, management, buy/sell financial agreements, brokerage commissions, and commercial leases; and litigation that arises from the breach of these agreements. Read More

Sales of Goods
Transactions for the sales of goods are governed by the sales laws of each state. Illinois has adopted Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) to regulate transactions in the sales of goods. Read More

Unfair Competition
Unfair competition can be broken down into two categories: torts that confuse consumers as to the source of a product and unfair trade practices. We have experience in both categories. Read More