Melvin Leon Sims III

Melvin L. Sims III, Esq. is a highly experienced Chicago landlord-tenant attorney and real estate lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience representing commercial tenants, residential tenants, and landlords in eviction and lease-related disputes throughout Northern Illinois.

Mr. Sims focuses on the prosecution and defense of commercial evictions, residential eviction defense, lease disputes, and real estate litigation. He regularly represents business owners facing commercial eviction and lease default claims, tenants asserting their rights under the Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO), and landlords seeking to recover possession of their property, enforce lease agreements, and collect unpaid rent.

As the Founder and Managing Partner of Tenants Rights Group, LLC, Attorney Sims leads a law firm dedicated to landlord-tenant law, eviction defense, and real estate disputes in Cook County, DuPage County, Lake County, Will County, Kane County, Kendall County, McHenry County, DeKalb County, and Winnebago County. The firm is known for handling complex eviction cases, commercial lease disputes, wrongful eviction claims, lockout violations, and landlord-tenant litigation with a strategic, results-driven approach.

Tenants Rights Group represents clients on all sides of the landlord-tenant relationship, including commercial tenants facing eviction or lease default, residential tenants dealing with eviction, lockouts, or unsafe living conditions, and landlords pursuing eviction actions, unpaid rent, and lease enforcement. The firm has extensive experience achieving favorable outcomes, including negotiating court-approved payment plans, removing eviction records where legally permissible, structuring lease terminations to avoid future liability, and prosecuting and defending counterclaims in high-stakes landlord-tenant disputes.

Attorney Sims also advises landlords on efficient, legally compliant strategies to regain possession of their properties while minimizing delay and exposure under Illinois law and local ordinances, including the Chicago RLTO and Cook County Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance.

To date, the firm has helped clients eliminate over $1 million in claimed back rent and has recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars through tenant rights claims, commercial lease litigation, and landlord-tenant counterclaims.

If you are searching for a Chicago eviction lawyer, landlord attorney, tenant rights lawyer, commercial eviction defense attorney, or real estate litigation attorney in Northern Illinois, Tenants Rights Group, LLC provides experienced, strategic representation tailored to your situation.