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Posner Peter J

Criminal Defense
With a background as a franchise business owner and operator, Julie understands that serving as a legal counselor to her clients and helping them avoid litigation will increase their bottom line. As a legal advisor, Julie uses her keen business sense to guide clients through contractual matters, regulatory compliance, and if necessary, jury and bench trials, with ease. Using the skills acquired in a large criminal defense and civil practice, she identifies the pitfalls that can affect her clients to help them avoid litigation or better position themselves if litigation is necessary. As an experienced civil and family mediator, Julie recognizes that negotiation is often necessary to achieve the desired results, and she knows how to negotiate for her clients.

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Phone: (312) 372-8805

Address: 111 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

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Posner Peter J

Criminal Defense
With a background as a franchise business owner and operator, Julie understands that serving as a legal counselor to her clients and helping them avoid litigation will increase their bottom line. As a legal advisor, Julie uses her keen business sense to guide clients through contractual matters, regulatory compliance, and if necessary, jury and bench trials, with ease. Using the skills acquired in a large criminal defense and civil practice, she identifies the pitfalls that can affect her clients to help them avoid litigation or better position themselves if litigation is necessary. As an experienced civil and family mediator, Julie recognizes that negotiation is often necessary to achieve the desired results, and she knows how to negotiate for her clients.
Wrongful Death
Represented a coach manufacturer in a product liability case in the wrongful death of a wheel chair bound pedestrian. The suit alleged that blind spots and faulty mirror design and placement limited visibility inside the full sized transit coach. The matter was settled for a nominal amount after we established a significant amount of comparative negligence on the part of the decedent.
Traffic Violations
Took on the difficult defense of a public transit system after an allegedly speeding bus operator severely injured a child who darted in front of his bus.Though the original jury verdict was one of the top ten verdicts of the year, the matter was subsequently settled for a fraction of that record verdict following post-trial motions and threat of appeal.

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
Our firm has represented businesses, financial institutions and private investors in connection with various investment vehicles, including issuances of preferred stock, warrants and convertible debt. We also advise clients in the areas of business structuring and formation, venture and angel financing, securities offerings, corporate finance and general corporate and business law matters. Our attorneys are regularly asked to participate in board meetings and counsel directors on fiduciary duties and other legal matters.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Our mergers and acquisitions services span the entire transaction lifecycle. We perform due diligence investigations, strategize legal structures, confer with colleagues to consider tax and accounting ramifications and funding sources, prepare and negotiate deal documentation, confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, exclusivity agreements, disclosure schedules, third party consents, stock/asset purchase agreements, and transition services agreements. Over the years, we’ve worked on public and private deals, asset sales and stock sales, sell-side and buy-side engagements.
Business Disputes
As a seasoned attorney, Eleonora is a consummate problem solver who especially enjoys the creative aspects of litigation—both strategizing and writing. For financial institutions, she has provided representation and advice in breach of contract disputes subject to the Uniform Commercial Code. She has interpreted and analyzed equipment leases and finance agreements across a variety of industries. She has also investigated and litigated complex fraud-based claims in the contexts of insurance, bankruptcy, and mortgage fraud schemes. Her bankruptcy experience also includes prosecuting and defending adversary proceedings on behalf of financial institutions in Illinois, California and New Jersey.
Business Transactions
We strive to be the firm of choice for clients with respect to their most challenging legal issues, most significant business transactions and most critical disputes. We’re known for representing companies throughout their business life cycles, for understanding the challenges they face and for providing the practical business advice they need. As such, clients view us as key business advisors who provide much more than legal advice. We use both our legal and business experience to handle day-to-day legal matters in a practical and efficient manner.
Construction Contracts
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property accounts for a majority of most company’s total enterprise value. With the rapid pace of technological change and competitor forces, though, intellectual property does not retain its value without matching effort. Practicing intellectual property law is a bit of an art that requires forward-thinking creativity to optimize the legal, technical, and business prongs underlying every valuable piece of intellectual property.
Unfair Competition
Marc Primack has extensive experience assisting businesses with a variety of legal issues. He has assisted clients in various areas that include financial matters (including securities and state and local tax issues), real estate, product distribution, unfair competition, liability insurance, and immigration matters.

Employment Contract
Given the increasingly negative view of the use of restrictive covenants in employment agreements, and consistent with the growing trend in this country, the Illinois legislature’s recent amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act 1 (“Act”) will significantly curtail the ability of employers to bind their employees to non-competition...
Severance Agreement

Premises Liability
The attorneys at Dressler Peters have substantial experience handling a wide range of cases, including those relating to products liability, premises liability, automobile negligence, chemical exposure, insurance and insurance coverage disputes and other tort law matters. Dressler Peters litigates cases throughout the country on behalf of major businesses involved in the retail, manufacturing, distribution, and transportation sectors. Our attorneys have tried products liability, chemical exposure and accident reconstruction cases requiring the application of complex scientific and engineering principles. In addition to being involved in a national tire failure defense team and an early responder in catastrophic mass injury events, our tort cases have involved a diverse range of products, including motor coaches, trucks and heavy equipment, pesticides and other chemicals, outdoor power products, automotive components and hand tools.
Construction Litigation

Personal Injury
Successfully defended owner of towing company in personal injury action brought by claimant who was injured when his automobile ran him over while it was being unloaded from company’s tow truck. Following jury trial, unanimous verdict for towing company.
Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
As Guardian ad Litem in Juvenile Court matters, Julie merged her concern for children with her legal experience and knowledge. When away from the office, Julie enjoys volunteering in the community and serving on government commissions. She also serves on a number of committees for the Missouri Bar, including the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Civil Practice and Procedures Committee, Criminal Practice and Procedures Committee, Estate Planning and Probate Committee, and the Religious Entities and the Law Committee.
Trusts
Attorneys at Dressler Peters bring deep industry knowledge of the food and agriculture industry. We offer significant, real-world experience in production agriculture, AgTech, food processing and distribution, and packaged consumer goods. And we apply it to address a full range of issues–from family businesses structure and operations to succession planning to farmland trust administration.
Probate

Bankruptcy
Foreclosure
Financial services is an extremely competitive industry in which rates and spreads are shrinking, and risks are growing more difficult to manage. To generate returns, clients operate in distinct markets and seek new platforms to reach customers and operate more efficiently. Firms require skilled, hands-on legal support to navigate everything from transactions, to financing and credit matters, to syndications, to bankruptcy proceedings and foreclosures, to commercial litigation involving borrower disputes, asset collection and much more. We also have extensive experience representing banks in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings involving aircraft. We collaborate closely with corporate counsel to spot legal issues early and avoid the often costly complications that develop when such issues are missed or ignored.
Tax Law
Lead counsel in complex tax litigation involving dozens of issues of state and federal law. Defended various municipalities in declaratory judgment actions filed by prepaid wireless carrier. Successfully prosecuted counterclaims on behalf of each city, resulting in substantial judgments and settlements following trial and appeal.

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