$ 295-415 per hour
Attorney Rusty A. Payton has practiced in Chicago for the last twenty years. He is an honors graduate of the Ohio State University and the Ohio State College of Law. His firm's practice areas are centered around helping people and businesses with some of the most important aspects of their financial lives. Buying a home, signing a lease, getting your security deposit back, forming a new business, filing bankruptcy, negotiating deb relief, dealing with foreclosure or working with a mortgage lender to modify a loan - these are all common aspects of the firm's practice.
Mr. Payton's overriding concern is to always match his client's goals with the best and most practical legal solution. He does that by listening, communicating and employing legal strategies and remedies that suit the particular client situation. He understands that every client brings a unique set of facts and circumstances to the table. His work on behalf of all clients is just as personal. At this firm, clients are treated with the utmost respect and their legal needs are met with exceptional attention to detail, understanding and professionalism.
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37 years
37 years
37 years
37 years
$ 295-415 per hour
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Chat withState: Illinois
Acquired: 1989
Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2007
1225 W Morse Ave Ste 100, Chicago, IL, 60626-5834
3 Client Reviews
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Posted by Brad | March 08, 2013 | Bankruptcy & Debt
Rusty Pulled Me Up and Got Me Going Again
I came to Rusty at probably the lowest point in my life. Creditors were blowing up my phone constantly. So much so that I didn't answer it any longer. I was getting sued by a hospital for medical bills from a bike accident. My house was about to go into foreclosure. I was so depressed I didn't functi...
"Working with Rusty has been great. Rusty handles our mutual clients with professionalism and personal attention. Brian has also brought insight to our loss mitigation cases that has helped many clients with their lender."
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This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2007.
Censure issued in IL, 2007
updated on 03/07/2013Censure means the attorney did something wrong but may still practice law. Typically in this case the lawyer's poor behavior is exposed to the public in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior.
“I take no shame in standing up for what is right. I made the mistake of taking on the Cook County political machine by filing over 50,000 residential tax appeals. The powers that be did not like the fact that my firm was able to achieve large tax bill reductions on behalf of the many Chicago homeowners. Charges filed with the state were politically motivated in my opinion. I fought them for quite some time but the expense to continue was enormous and thus I agreed to a censure in one case.”
1999 - Present
Principal, Payton Law Offices
1994 - 1999
Attorney, Katz Randall & Weinberg (Now Much Shelist)
1989 - 1994
Attorney, Wilson & McIlvaine (Now Holland & Knight)
1989
JD - Juris Doctor
1986
BA - Bachelor of Arts
English
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