A Diverse Law Practice Serving the Chicago Community

Providing for your legal needs, so you can go about your business

Ciesla & Ciesla is a Chicago area law firm providing legal services to businesses and family businesses, employers and employees, and educators and students. From drafting business contracts to explaining complex federal regulations that affect colleges and universities, clients from all walks of life count on Ciesla & Ciesla for sound legal advice.

Learn more about our attorneys and the work we do. Then contact our office to schedule a consultation. We look forward to assisting you with these and other legal needs.

Business Law

Our business clientele includes healthcare providers, investment companies, real estate development companies, manufacturers, and holding companies. From starting a business to the eventual transfer of ownership or management with business succession planning, we can help you every step of the way.

• Business and corporate governance
• Business transactions and business contracts
• Purchase, sale and leasing of commercial real estate

Home Health Care & Hospice

We provide legal advice and representation to home healthcare and hospice providers on regulatory matters. We help them with compliance packages to establish procedures, policies, and plans for effective and efficient conformity with all state and federal regulations.

Liquor Law

We represent restaurants, night clubs, and bars seeking to obtain a new liquor license, or to buy or sell an existing liquor license. We also defend hospitality clients facing fines or hearings for liquor license violations. We have experience bringing national businesses to Illinois and working to obtain liquor licenses for the businesses.

Employment Law

Our employment lawyers work with employers link to Employment Law - Employers to ensure compliance with state and federal employment laws, to resolve employment disputes, and to defend against claims in court.

We provide experienced services for executive employees in the area of compensation review and asset protection services. We assist employees who have been harmed by workplace discrimination, sexual harassment or illegal employment practices.

Education Law

Ciesla & Ciesla represents colleges and universities, providing legal counsel in the area of education law as well as business issues in post-secondary education. We also assist with accreditation.

Our attorneys represent children and parents in grades K-12 who need help with an IEP or representation before a school board regarding suspension or expulsion.

Litigation

We represent clients in court, as well as in mediation or arbitration for business disputes, contract disputes or consumer disputes in civil court, for employment-related problems, and for educational disputes.

Estate Planning and Probate

Our estate planning attorneys help families develop comprehensive estate plans to meet their unique needs, with wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care directives. We assist families wishing to appoint a guardian to care for a loved one.

• We provide estate planning services for same sex couples.
• We work with family business owners on business succession planning.

If you have been named the executor of an Illinois estate, our probate attorney can advise you on how to probate a will or administer an estate.

Family Law and Divorce

We assist families of all types in protecting their relationships and asserting their rights in the area of family law, including same sex couples. We can assist with prenuptial and cohabitation agreements. We represent parents in child custody and support cases. Our divorce lawyers work with clients in negotiation or litigation to resolve issues of property division and support in Chicago divorce cases.

Ciesla & Ciesla, P.C.
836 Skokie Boulevard
Suite 220
Northbrook IL 60062
Phone: (847) 412 1988
Fax: (847) 418 3217
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Located in Northbrook, Illinois, at Ciesla & Ciesla we develop strategies and solutions to help our business clients achieve success. We serve businesses across DuPage County, Cook County, and the Chicago area, including the cities of Deerfield, Lake Forest, Winnetka, Glencoe, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, and Highland Park.