Practice Areas

• Asset Protection. This type of protection shields your hard-earned assets from potential legal claims or creditors. It commonly involves the creation of legal structures, such as trusts or LLCs that can hold assets and protect them from seizure or attachment. You can minimize your risk while still maintaining financial flexibility. Asset protection needs to be done proactively before any potential legal claims or liabilities to be most effective.
• Civil and Commercial Litigation. Civil litigation resolves non-criminal disputes between individuals or organizations, such as contract disputes, property disputes, or personal injury claims. Commercial litigation specifically involves disputes between businesses or between businesses and individuals. Examples of commercial litigation include breach of contract claims, disputes over intellectual property rights, and employment law matters such as wrongful termination or discrimination.
• Estate Planning. This involves how your assets, such as property, investments, and personal belongings, will be managed or distributed after your death. It typically involves creating legal documents such as wills, trusts, Powers of Attorney, and healthcare directives to ensure that your wishes are followed by your beneficiaries and to minimize estate taxes and legal costs. Estate planning is important for anyone who wants to ensure that their wishes and loved ones are provided for in their absence. 
• Guardianship. This legal process allows a court to appoint a responsible person (the guardian) to care for a person who is unable to manage their affairs, known as the ward. Courts may appoint guardians for minors, the disabled, or the incapacitated who may be authorized to make decisions on behalf of the ward for their personal care, medical treatment, education, and finances.
• Probate. This involves the administration of the estate of a deceased person, including identifying and valuing assets, settling debts or taxes, and distributing the remaining property to the heirs or beneficiaries. In Illinois, these proceedings are governed by the Illinois Probate Act, which sets forth the rules and procedures of this process and related matters. Attorney Teichner also handles contested probate and probate litigation.
• Real Estate Law. This area of law covers issues such as property taxes, zoning, land use, construction, landlord-tenant issues, and real estate transactions. The laws are designed to regulate the buying, selling, and leasing of property, as well as to ensure that real estate agents, brokers, and other professionals conform to certain ethical and legal standards. Our firm handles both residential and commercial real estate, including commercial leasing. 
• Trust and Probate Administration. These are legal processes that govern the management and distribution of a person's assets after their death. In Illinois, these processes are governed by different laws and procedures. Probate administration is the court-supervised process of validating and distributing a deceased person's assets. Trust administration is the process of managing and distributing assets held in trust after the trust creator's death.

If you have questions, concerns, or the need to proceed in resolving any matter regarding the above practice areas, we recommend that you request a free initial consultation with Attorney Teichner to discuss your needs. Our firm provides tailored services designed to help you find effective and efficient solutions for your situation.