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WHERE WE SERVE
Chicago
Business disputes and insurance coverage for companies, owners, and professionals across the city.
BUSINESS DISPUTES · INSURANCE COVERAGE
Business Disputes and Insurance Coverage in Chicago
Chicago businesses sign leases, vendor agreements, and software contracts every week. When one goes wrong, or when the company or its leadership is sued, two questions come first: what the contract and the law require, and which insurance policy should respond.
Allison Cho Law represents businesses, owners, directors and officers, and professional firms across Chicago, from the Loop, River North, and the West Loop to Lincoln Park, Logan Square, and Hyde Park. We handle commercial disputes and insurance coverage together, with attention to cost, leverage, and a practical resolution.
Matters We Handle for Chicago Clients
Commercial disputes and the insurance coverage behind them.
Commercial Contract Disputes
Vendor, supplier, and technology agreements, failed software and AI implementations, and lost-profit claims after a canceled contract.
Partner and LLC Conflicts
Disputes among owners of restaurants, professional practices, and closely held companies over control, distributions, buyouts, and fiduciary duties.
Commercial Lease Disputes
Build-out delays, landlord defaults, use clauses, personal guarantees, and early termination.
D&O and Professional Liability
Investor, acquisition, and regulatory claims against directors and officers, and malpractice claims against professional firms.
Duty to Defend
Insurers that refuse to defend or appoint conflicted counsel, plus contractual indemnity and additional-insured disputes.
Business Interruption, Cyber, and Crime
Fire, ransomware, and wire-fraud losses where the insurer delays or limits payment.
Where Chicago Cases Are Heard
Circuit Court of Cook County
Most state-court business cases arising in Chicago are filed at the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington St., in the First Municipal District.
WHERE CASES GO
Law Division: damages claims over $30,000
Chancery Division: injunctions, accountings, dissolutions
Chancery Division: declaratory judgments, including coverage
Municipal Department: smaller claims
Federal Court and Arbitration
A case can be filed in or moved to the Northern District of Illinois, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn St., when the parties are from different states and more than $75,000 is at stake, or when a federal law is involved.
WHAT TO KNOW
Coverage suits with out-of-state insurers
Removal from state court
AAA and JAMS commercial arbitration
Contract clauses that set the forum
CHICAGO / Q&A
Frequently asked questions
Where will my case be filed if my business is in Chicago?
Can my case end up in federal court?
My contract says disputes go to arbitration or to another state. Does that control?
How quickly do I need to respond to a lawsuit?
Our insurer is defending us under a reservation of rights. What does that mean?
WHERE WE SERVE / CHICAGO
Start with the matter at hand.
Whether it’s a contract that went wrong, a suit against your company or its leadership, or a claim your insurer should be covering, a focused first conversation can clarify your options and deadlines.
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FROM OUR INSIGHTS
Related Insights
Paying a ransom is usually the cheapest part of a ransomware attack. The real money sits in the business interruption, extra expense, and restoration period terms of your cyber policy, and those terms often decide whether lost income gets paid.
A canceled contract rarely produces a claim for the full contract price. Illinois law allows lost profits when they can be proved with reasonable certainty, but newer businesses, consequential damages waivers, and termination clauses can shrink the claim. Spare capacity can sometimes protect it.
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