L. Ford Banister

Through years of hard work, I have built a respectable online jewelry retail business. My USA registered trademark was infringed by other e-commerce sellers. I hired Attorney Banister to sue them. He got court order to take down the infringing listings immediately and a judgment awarding me significa...nt damages, turning the trademark infringement into a decent amount of cash that I have used to grow my business. He has been tenacious and aggressive in his representation of my company and interests. He and his staff are responsive, keeping me updated and informed on the progress of my suits. I highly recommend him. 

In 2017, I shipped some goods from my home in Joliet, Illinois to Shenzhen, China through a website. When my things were delivered to Hong Kong and I had to go there to get them, I posted some truthful reviews about the bad service I had received from ShippingQuest. Never did I imagine what was to co...me. The people behind the website threatened to ruin my life and reputation and to close the school for special needs children I own. And then they actually purchased my name as a domain and put up a website with a picture of me stolen from one of my social media profiles under the words "Erotic Massage" and surrounded by sexually suggestive photos, as though I were a prostitute rather than a special education teacher. I took this outlandish story to Ford Banister. Where many lawyers might have just turned me away and thought I was crazy, he took the time to investigate. Ford Banister filed suit on my behalf for this identity theft. For nine months he investigated, discovering the identity of the people who did this to me: Winston Dan Vogel, Albert Abramov and Javier "Chaim" Sajonvsky. In January 2018, Ford Banister won the maximum damages award possible under the primary law I sued under: $100,000 plus costs and attorney's fees. You can read about my case, Sulda v. ShippingQuest, et al, Case No. 17-cv-2350 (N.D. Ill) at the website I put up to share my story and warn others about this fraudulent shipping service that uses intimidation and identity theft to try to silence its critics: www.shippingquestscams.com. Ford Banister continues to defend my right to speak freely. He recently answered a frivolous complaint filed by the people behind ShippingQuest to shut down my website. Ford Banister is also helping me collect the judgment that ShippingQuest so far refuses to pay. If you are victim of an identity theft like I was, Ford Banister will doggedly and tenaciously pursue your case. I highly recommend Ford Banister.

I am very pleased to recommend Attorney Ford Banister's services with regard to obtaining a Chinese police clearance for me once I no longer lived in China. Through his Chinese assistant, everything went very smoothly. Both the attorney and the assistant answered my email very promptly if I had a que...stion for either of them. I was instructed precisely what documents to provide on my period of employment in China and assisted at every stage. I was in touch regularly with the attorney's assistant who kept me informed of how many days left there would be until I received the document as she knew I had a tight deadline. The document came quickly with a notarized translation in a form that complied with the requirements of the Canadian immigration procedures. Payment was clear and easy through Paypal. The efficient and professional handling of the application for my Chinese police clearance was key to the success of my application for permanent residence in Canada.

I contacted Ford Banister with a complicated question about eligibility for education benefits. Ford looked into my situation in depth, gave me regular updates and ultimately provided me with a complete solution so that I was able to receive financial aid. I am pleased to share my appreciation for At...torney Ford Banister.