Litigation

Chicago Litigation Attorneys

Collins & Collins

In the courtroom, experience matters. For nearly 20 years in Chicago, litigation attorney Michael Collins has been providing corporate and commercial litigation services to business clients throughout Illinois. Half of his practice is in the area of litigation.

John Collins is an experienced trial and appellate attorney who formerly served in the office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, prosecuting cases involving bank fraud, securities fraud, and other white collar crimes. His litigation practice serves business, not-for-profit agencies, and sports clients.

The Chicago litigation attorneys of Collins & Collins take legal action on behalf of individuals and business clients, including not-for-profit agencies. The firm’s business clientele includes doctors, hospitals, and medical centers; large, family-owned or privately held businesses in the areas of transportation, construction, manufacturing, and health care; and sports organizations.

Litigation areas include:

• Business-related disputes such as:
  • Antitrust 
  • Bankruptcy and creditor’s rights cases
  • Breach of contract 
  • Civil RICO 
  • Computers, websites, and e-commerce
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Restraining orders and injunctions
• Employment disputes including discrimination, drug testing, and non-complete covenants
• Grand jury investigations 
• Intellectual property 
• Personal injury
• Professional liability defense and medical malpractice
• Real estate and construction, including condo conversion 
• State and federal tax 
• Torts

White Collar Criminal Defense
Chicago litigation attorneys John and Michael Collins provide criminal defense for persons charged with a range of white collar crimes, including bank fraud, public corruption, securities fraud and commodities issues. They also conduct corporate investigations of white collar crimes on behalf of business clients.

Sports Law Litigation
Trial lawyer John Collins provides both litigation and alternative dispute resolution services for athletes and sports organizations in the U.S. and around the world. In the area of litigation, he provides services to:

Individual Athletes

• Amateur Sports Act
• Defending against charges of doping
• Sports eligibility issues 
• Olympic right to compete disputes

Sports Organizations

• Anti-trust disputes
• Business disputes
• Election disputes
• Sports eligibility disputes (players charging that they have been denied the right to play) 
• Labor disputes and collective bargaining

Litigation, arbitration, mediation - the attorneys of Collins & Collins are available to help your business or organization resolve disputes. Contact Collins & Collins to schedule a meeting with an attorney.

Law Offices of Collins & Collins

8 South Michigan, Suite 1414
Chicago, IL 60603

Phone : 312-201-8700
FAX: 312-606-0234

Each Chicago, Illinois litigation attorney & white collar defense lawyer at Collins & Collins serves clients in Illinois and northwest Indiana, including Chicago' south suburbs and north shore, in communities such as Lake Forest, Oak Brook, and Hinsdale, and Cook, Lake, and DuPage counties. Collins & Collins provides sports law representation nationally and internationally.