Chicago, IL
Litigation Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Litigation, Real Estate, Business
OUTCOME: Six-Figure Settlement
Beneficiaries of a trust sued a bank as corporate trustee over alleged losses to value of rental property being held in trust. After 2+ years of litigation, motion practice, and depositions, CorePoint ... settled the case at mediation for a multiple 6-figure amount.
OUTCOME: Release from noncompete and low-money settlement
Two employees left their trucking logistics brokerage to start a competitor firm, and were aggressively pursued for noncompete/non-solicit violations by their company. CorePoint refuted the accusations ... by the company as to what proprietary data had actually been used, and the alleged damages, causing the plaintiff to agree to a monetary settlement of less than half of what had been demanded plus a release of the employees from their remaining 2-year noncompete.
OUTCOME: No-Cash Settlement in Favor of Client
A cannabis licensee was building a new dispensary in Illinois, when his conditional permit was revoked by the municipality in the midst of the planning phase of the project. The project was terminated ... leaving a bill of $50,000 to the architecture firm which was drawing the designs, who sued for the balance. CorePoint negotiated with the design company to settle against the value of the cannabis license whose sale was underway to a new dispensary operator in Illinois, so the client could focus on efforts in Florida and elsewhere in the cannabis dispensary space; the license was expected to be worth $1-2+ million, but its transfer is highly regulated and a lengthy process, so the settlement did not cost the client in cash while the sale could be effectuated.
OUTCOME: Seven-Figure Settlement
CorePoint Law handled a case against a hospital in Chicago, which alleged that the plaintiff sustained near-total visual loss due to failure to control intracranial pressure during a neurological infec ... tion. The case settled at mediation for seven-figures.
OUTCOME: Secured Title in Real Property
In two similar cases, residential homes were purchased in sole title by one member of a family, but another family member was claiming its ownership on equitable theories. CorePoint Law defended the so ... le title owner in both cases, securing full ownership of the properties in exchange for agreed-upon remittance of a cash sum in equity.
OUTCOME: Defeated Landlord-Tenance Ordinance Applicability
The client, a CPD officer, purchased a two-flat in Chicago and lived in the lower unit. When the upper tenant vacated, his security deposit was withheld. He sued for security deposit violations, as wel ... l as statutory damages under the RLTO. Tenant counsel argued that the "owner-occupant" status applied as of time of lease entry (where prior landlord was not an owner-occupant); attorney Hakimi argued that owner-occupied landlord status accrues as of time of the violation, not the lease date. This saved the client thousands of dollars in statutory damages under the RLTO, and he settled for less than half the deposit itself.
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