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I own and run a hands-on boutique litigation firm that has been providing aggressive and effective legal representation to individuals and businesses in civil matters since 1982. I specialize in several different aspects of law including consumer law, class actions, housing, real estate, commercial, business disputes, and probate matters. Early in 2021 i earned my certification with the Illinois State Bar Association for mediation.
I have my CPA certificate so i unlike many lawyers, enjoy the challenge of numbers and i welcome complicated number based cases. I have cross examined CPAs before juries.
I am espcially proud of the extensive experience of my firm in all stages of litigation, including evidentiary hearings, admisistrative hearings, trials, appeals, and arbitrations. I have been involved at the pre litigation stage, motions and discovery, trial, post trial and appeals. I have conducted lenghty bench trials, jury trial, lenghty evideniary hearings, complicated appeals and even been to the Illinois Supreme Court on muliple arguments.
I have cross examined all kinds of witnesses including expert witnesses from forensic document examiners, nurses, builders, roofers, real estate inspectors, forensic psychologist, toxicologists, environmental engineers, mold experts, hematologists, building safety issues, security issues, handwriting expters, all sorts of construction subcontractors, accountants, CPAs, hospitality industries, appraisers, realtors, and numerous others.
My commitment to my clients goes beyond that of the trial. I have written numerous appeals, preparing both briefs and motions.
I really do enjoy what I do. A supervising Judge of Circuit Court of Cook County even refered to me as, "one of the leading practitioners in the area of Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance of the City of Chicago".
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43 years | 4,000 cases
43 years
43 years | 150 cases
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State: Illinois
Acquired: 1982
Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 1992
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Posted by Rick and Maria Walkenspaw | May 11, 2024 | Hired Attorney
Berton due diligence with us prior to taking on our case. He reviewed the facts and advised us as to the process and time frame. He was able to resolve our problem in a timely and equitable manner. We definitely recommend Berton in a future.
Posted by Alice | August 4, 2023 | Hired Attorney
Attorney Berton Ring is a no-nonsense man wth great integrity. He will ask the tough questions because he wants the truth in order to fully work with and understand you as a person with the need for legal representation. He is organized and honest and works very hard for his clients. Mr. Ring helped ...
Posted by anonymous | February 28, 2023 | Hired Attorney
My business was confronted with an unexpected legal matter with significant exposure which could have resulted in protracted litigation and a large financial liability. Mr. Ring demonstrated his extraordinary negotiating skills resolving the matter out of court, at a tiny fraction of the potential co...
Posted by Antonina | January 31, 2023 | Hired Attorney
Mr. Ring is highly knowledgeable and results oriented attorney. I was recommended to him by a friend. He has superior knowledge in his field and great negotiator! Professional, efficient and has great staff. Highly recommend!
Posted by Charles | December 6, 2022 | Consulted Attorney
My visit today was productive it was Timely and I really appreciate the consideration the honesty and the patience of the lawyers and the entire staff I am totally satisfied and I highly recommend them to my family and friends I
"I endorse Bert Ring. Some years ago Bert found himself with a lot of work on his hands, and we worked together on mostly complex real property and landlord tenant cases. Bert's expertise, execution, and genuine concern for the clients was impressive. I see that in the time since then Bert has accumulated an impressive portfolio of published decisions."
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This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 1992.
Suspension issued in IL, 1992
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“These were two matters early in my career. The first one the client whom was not a fee paying client through the legal assistance foundation, complaint that i took too long for her divorce. She eventually still got her divorce without any payments to my firm as i agreed through the foundation not to charge the client. The second case was where the client claimed that he lost his case when he hired me to sue another lawyer for malpractice and we were unable to secure an expert witness for him,”
2018
Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2010
Host Dinner committee, Sargeant Shriver Poverty Law Center
2008
Host Committee, Sargeant Shriver Poverty Law Center
1996
Service Award, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
2015 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2001 - Present
Appellate Lawyers AssociationMember
Member
Fellow
Member
2001 - 2006
Illinois State Bar AssociationMember
2000 - 2010
Chicago Bar Association,Professional Fees CommitteeMember
2000 - 2001
Illinois State Bar AssociationSupreme Court Rules Committee
1999 - 2006
Chicago Bar Association,Judicial Evaluation CommitteeMember
1997 - 1999
Chicago Bar Association,Judicial Evaluation Committeeinvestigator
$30,000 plus legal fees.
Case settled for $138,000
The case settled where each tenant received $75 due to the landlord's failure to provide the tenants copies of the building violations.
Settled case for $145,000
$85,441 plus attorney fees for wrongful eviction
1982
JD - Juris Doctor
1979
BS - Bachelor of Science
2012
2009
New Deecisions Under the Chicago Residential Landlrod Tenant Ordinance
2008
Don't Ask or Tell can and Will hurt you and Your client
2007
Lease Transactions Pitfalls
2007
Landlord-Tenant Issues
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Berton earned significant contribution points in 2012.
I reside in Dallas Texas my mother passed last year on this date on the 27th of this month I have not seen a copy of her will
14 Sep 2023
Can an Illinois Cook County Court eviction order be appealed; if not, what is the reason; if not, what are other alternatives --
08 Jul 2012
Can a landlord ask for more money than the judgement amount was for?
13 Mar 2012