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PASSION - INTEGRITY - TRUST - RESULTS
"Before you could encourage with emotion, you must be swamped with it your self. Before you could move their tears, your personal ought to float. To convince them, you ought to yourself consider."
-Sir Winston Churchill
Philip Berenz is a Chicago trial lawyer simply devoted to helping individuals and corporations with securing all to be had remedies and repayment for injuries and disputes and protecting them when vital.
His passion for his ideals of aggressive and zealous illustration and true empathy for his customers conditions, situations, existence-changing occasions and struggling shines through at trial time earlier than a jury, in everyday conversations with the opposing attorneys and insurance agencies and in each element of each unmarried case.
He listens. He does the "right" element whilst nobody is asking.
His believe is unequivocally paramount and he follows strict guidelines of ethics and professionalism with opposing suggest, the Courts and everybody worried in every component of each depend. Words are bonds.
And the ardour, integrity, and trust result in results (and being the utmost moral lawyer, he need to say that results can in no way be guaranteed by the policies that govern legal professionals however he positive does his first-class to perform the goals, intentions-and once in a while desires-of his clients).
Some Recent Results:
In February and March 2010, Philip settled claims of nursing domestic abuse and forget within the six figures towards a Chicago vicinity nursing home after his patron died due in part to insulin oversight troubles.
In December 2009, Philip settled claims of legal malpractice and fraud towards considered one of the most important law workplaces in the United States and certainly one of its former senior companions.
In December 2009, after stepping in on a 2002 production defect case, Philip labored with legal professional Scott Kogen and settled a rely against the primary developer and obtained a default judgment after show up in opposition to different contractors involved inside the matter for over $1,300,000.
In November 2009, Philip obtained a judgment in opposition to a real property developer after numerous years of litigation for $653,959.12 for creation defects in a townhome association.
In October 2009, Philip received a binding American Arbitration Award of over $238,000 on behalf of a income consultant, along with punitive damages and legal professionals prices.
In July 2009, after a 4 day, 12-character jury trial, Philip obtained a jury verdict in extra of $122,000 in opposition to the City of Chicago (decreased for comparative negligence) while his customer fell right into a hollow on City assets. The preliminary offer on the matter: $500.00 the primary day of trial.
In the Spring of 2009, Philip and Scott Kogen correctly defended a actual property investor being sued for in extra of $four,000,000. The verdict after every week of trial in the regulation department of Cook County? $0. And the customer changed into granted his legal professionals fees in extra of $350,000.00 pursuant to an settlement.
Philip has obtained different numerous settlements and verdicts in severa other topics and all forms of matters. He has effectively "turned instances around" for defendants when sued and acquired judgments and choices against plaintiffs suing his customers some distance in extra of the amounts some plaintiffs at the start sought.
Philip has first-chaired numerous bench and jury trials and has practiced appreciably in Illinois State and Federal Courts. He has additionally been admitted pro hac vice to litigate within the Western District of Federal Court in Virginia and is soon to be admitted in the Eastern District of Wisconsin Federal Court and the Federal Courts of Florida in pending litigation. His clients span america, Canada, Ukraine and the Sultanate of Oman. He currently litigates in the course of america thru a network of local suggest and for my part.
Prior to regulation college, Philip spent five years within the securities and derivatives buying and selling department of one in all the most important banks in the world. There, he served as a financial analyst and an Assistant Vice-President for U.S. financial operations and overseas financial operations in Hong Kong, England, Germany, Asia and Japan.
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Legal Issues
- Asbestos & Mesothelioma
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Legal Malpractice
- Car Accidents
- General Civil
- Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
Costs
- Free Consultation
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Payment With Credit Card
Major cards. Call to inquire. -
Conditional Fees
On choose cases and as agreed.
Certificates
Illinois
Languages
- French: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
Educations
Graduation year: 1998
Graduation year: 1997
