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Practice Areas

With many practice areas, we are ready to meet virtually any legal services need. We invite you to explore the breadth and depth of our capabilities.

Our Practice Areas include:

Corporate/Business Services

  • Corporate Compliance – Corporations face new and growing demands not only to comply with all the laws and regulations that apply to their business, but also to organize their compliance efforts in a way that stands up to scrutiny.
  • Corporate Governance – An increase in corporate scandals has resulted in intense public scrutiny of the manner in which companies govern themselves. Our Corporate Governance practice has a wealth of experience in corporate governance matters and is well-equipped to counsel public and private companies as they steer through the maze of new regulations and standards resulting from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  • Corporate Finance & Securities – A significant portion of the legal services we provide involves advising and counseling businesses and their management with respect to a wide range of matters. Belongia Shapiro, LLP’s Corporate and Securities Group focuses on solutions, not problems.
  • Banking Operations – The Firm’s Banking Operations Group provides services that are unique to financial institutions, yet difficult to find. Financial institutions are often the target of actions to collect from their customers by third-party creditors, and also the targets for fraud. Our attorneys are able to counsel and assist financial institutions by responding to these situations in an economical and timely fashion.
  • Corporate Business Services – The Firm’s attorneys offer a full range of corporate/business services to an extensive list of clients across a broad range of industries. With the collaboration and coordination of several practices, we provide seamless counsel to corporations large and small, regional or national in nature.
  • Real Estate Transactions – Belongia Shapiro LLP understands the significant changes taking place in the real estate industry and is committed to meeting evolving client needs in the area.
  • Crisis Management – The fundamental mission of the Crisis Management Group at Belongia Shapiro LLP is to take the lead in responding to “bet-the-company” or other major legal crises for our clients. Unexpected crisis events can quickly destabilize a company. Instantaneous and sustained response is crucial, especially when media scrutiny is immediate and intense.
  • Development & Construction Law – Since the construction industry functions in a landscape of complex regulatory, contractual and business operations issues, it’s important to have a partner early on. We know the landscape.
  • Labor & Employment Law – Our employment law practice group provides legal services to clients ranging from major companies and public employers to businesses in such diversified fields as retailing, manufacturing, construction, transportation, banking and finance, health care, government and education.
  • Finance & Corporate Lending – The Finance and Corporate Lending Group represents national and regional banks, finance companies, private equity firms, financial institutions, and borrowers with respect to a wide variety of financial products involving enterprises of all types and sizes in a broad range of industries.

Financial Institution Representation

  • Banking Operations – The Firm’s Banking Operations Group provides services that are unique to financial institutions, yet difficult to find. Financial institutions are often the target of actions to collect from their customers by third-party creditors, and also the targets for fraud. Our attorneys are able to counsel and assist financial institutions by responding to these situations in an economical and timely fashion.
  • Creditors’ Rights – Our Creditors’ Rights practice group is well equipped to handle all creditor issues, including but not limited to, consumer debt collection, commercial collections, as well as judgment enforcement.
  • Director, Officer, & Executive Liability Representation – Our attorneys have experience in counseling our financial institution clients regarding issues of director, officer, and executive liability.
  • Finance & Corporate Lending – The Finance and Corporate Lending Group represents national and regional banks, finance companies, private equity firms, financial institutions, and borrowers with respect to a wide variety of financial products involving enterprises of all types and sizes in a broad range of industries.
  • Institutional Capital Issues – We assist financial institutions in raising capital as well as their deployment of capital through our corporate practice.
  • Litigation – With experience in bank litigation ranging from administrative actions to complex multi-state foreclosure matters, Belongia Shapiro LLP’s trial attorneys bring seasoned professionalism to the courtroom in business, commercial and civil matters.
  • Restructuring, Workout & Foreclosure Matters – Belongia Shapiro & LLP’s Restructuring, Workout and Foreclosures practice combines the firm’s bankruptcy practitioners, transactional attorneys, and seasoned litigators to provide strategic solutions for clients involved in or dealing with distressed or non-performing loan situations.
  • Regulatory Law – Led by Benjamin P. Shapiro, former Regional Counsel for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, we represent numerous regulated financial services companies, including national and state-chartered commercial banks, federal and state-chartered thrifts and savings banks, insurance companies, mortgage companies and other finance companies.
  • Lender Liability Defense – Today, more than ever, financial institutions must be vigilant against lender liability claims. The attorneys of Belongia Shapiro  LLP have experience in analyzing a lender’s practices and forms, as well as providing client education.

Insurance Counseling and Litigation

  • Insurance Counseling & Litigation – Our attorneys provide services to insurance industry clients in connection with regulatory and transactional matters, the design, registration, qualification and distribution of insurance policies and specialized insurance products, insolvency and guaranty association matters, coverage disputes, complex insurance litigation, and public policy and trade association work.
  • Professional Liability – The Firm represents professionals and their insurers. We act as defense, coverage, and monitoring counsel on a regional and national basis.
  • Appraisers Liability – The Firm represents appraisers for regulatory violations, ethical inquiries and handles defense of fraud and negligence claims.

Litigation

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution – In today’s fast-moving and litigious world, disputes are a fact of business life. Presenting them to state or federal courts is often expensive, time consuming and carries no guarantee regarding outcome.
  • Appellate Litigation – There are at least three reasons to involve an appellate specialist in your litigation or arbitration matter: we increase the likelihood of us as winning through use of expertise, we help clients allocate resources to assure victory, and we provide a fresh but keenly-focused set of eyes to bring critical review of the strategy and issues in order to advance your most effective arguments.
  • Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights – Our Creditors’ Rights practice group is well equipped to handle all creditor issues, including but not limited to, consumer debt collection, commercial collections, as well as judgment enforcement.
  • Business & Commercial Litigation – With experience in commercial litigation ranging from administrative actions to complex multi-state matters, Belongia Shapiro LLP’s trial attorneys bring seasoned professionalism to the courtroom in business and commercial matters.
  • Class Action Litigation – Our successful record of handling all phases of class action defense – including claims analysis, forum issues, dispositive motions, oppositions to class certification, and trial — makes Belongia Shapiro  LLP a great choice to assist a company in any industry including lending, insurance, health care, retail and manufacturing.
  • Construction Litigation – As a premier litigation firm, we realize tough issues often face our construction clients including defective construction, performance and payment disputes, mechanics liens, OSHA compliance, insurance and regulatory requirements, and catastrophic injury claims.
  • Creditors’ Rights – Our Creditors’ Rights practice group is well equipped to handle all creditor issues, including but not limited to, consumer debt collection, commercial collections, as well as judgment enforcement.
  • Entertainment Media & Sports Litigation – The Entertainment, Media and Sports attorneys of Belongia Shapiro, LLP understand the business and effectively counsel and represent our clients to protect their interests and reduce their risk.
  • Real Estate Litigation – Belongia Shapiro LLP understands the significant changes taking place in the real estate industry and is committed to meeting evolving client needs in the area.
  • Securities Arbitration – Since its inception, Belongia Shapiro  LLP has been a top law firm filing securities arbitration claims in Chicago. Belongia Shapiro  LLP also works closely with firms across the nation in these matters.
  • Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Litigation – We assist clients in protecting and enforcing trademarks, handling the prosecution and defense of trademark administrative proceedings; monitoring and policing the use of trademarks by third parties; providing general trademark and domain name counseling.
  • Labor & Employment Litigation – Our Labor & Employment Practice Group offers the experience and expertise necessary to customize legal solutions for businesses and their insurers with regard to complex employment and labor law claims.