Whether your company is dealing with an unfortunate longstanding conflict that is impacting your ability to evolve and grow, or you have identified a potential risk on the horizon for which you need to plan, Goodman Law Group | Chicago provides a suite of legal advocacy and advisory services that can help your business resolve thorny issues once and for all and thrive in the future.

Outside General Counsel

From advising on a single legal issue to providing ongoing general business advising, we work closely with our clients’ internal stakeholders to provide pragmatic counseling aligned with their business strategy and objectives. Our advisory services focus on areas such as risk and insurance portfolio audits, client and vendor agreements, non-disclosure and non-compete agreements, and many other types of contract reviews.

Second Opinions

Sometimes in the process of attempting to resolve a dispute, a business owner agrees to a path that later becomes untenable. This can be an especially difficult situation when a client questions the efficacy of the strategy and advocacy of its current legal counsel. It’s never comfortable to make a change, but correcting course is always more prudent than continuing down a path that is not working. Our team can bring a fresh pair of eyes to complex and entrenched problems. Second opinions are an underused tool that often saves both parties time and money.

Client Successes

• New Business Launch — We helped a business unit break away from a large financial services company, avoid contractual restrictions on competition, and launch itself as a new entity.
• Litigation Resolution Strategy — We were engaged by a chemical manufacturer to evaluate a strategy and options for resolving an unsuccessful, multiyear litigation led by another law firm. Our fresh perspective and strategic counseling helped the client end the litigation so that the management team could move the business forward.
• Litigation Avoidance — We counseled a manufacturing business in connection with a dispute with a strategic partner and threat of litigation. Our guidance allowed the client to resolve the matter amicably, enabling the companies to continue to work together.