King & Jones represents businesses, owners, shareholders, partners, and fiduciaries in high-stakes disputes throughout Cook County. For more than 40 years, our partners have tried and resolved commercial cases in the Circuit Court of Cook County, the busiest trial court in Illinois. When a dispute threatens your company, your investment, or your reputation, you want a firm that prepares every matter as if it will be decided at trial.
We are a litigation boutique. We do not spread ourselves across dozens of practice areas, and we are selective about the matters we accept. That focus lets our partners give each case direct, hands-on attention rather than passing your file to junior associates. You work with the lawyers who try your case.
Where Cook County Business Disputes Are Heard
Most commercial litigation in Cook County is filed at the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago. Higher-value civil claims are assigned to the Law Division, while requests for injunctions, accountings, dissolutions, and other equitable relief are heard in the Chancery Division. Shareholder derivative actions, partnership dissolutions, and disputes over closely held companies regularly land in these courtrooms. We appear in them often and understand how the assigned judges and standing case-management orders shape the way a matter moves toward resolution.
Business and Commercial Disputes We Handle
Our work centers on the disputes that put real money and control at stake for a business:
- Breach of contract. Enforcing and defending commercial agreements, vendor and supply contracts, and complex deal disputes.
- Breach of fiduciary duty. Claims against officers, directors, partners, managers, and trustees who put their own interest ahead of the people they were bound to protect.
- Shareholder and partnership disputes. Freeze-outs, derivative actions, oppression claims, buyouts, and the dissolution of closely held businesses.
- Business torts. Tortious interference, fraud, and unfair competition claims that fall outside the four corners of a contract.
- Trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation. Protecting confidential information and enforcing or challenging non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.
- Trust and estate litigation. Contested wills, undue influence claims, and fiduciary disputes among trustees and beneficiaries.
- Legal and accounting malpractice. Holding professionals accountable when their negligence causes real financial harm.
- Insurance coverage disputes. Pursuing coverage that a carrier has wrongly denied or delayed.
Why Cook County Clients Choose King & Jones
- Trial-ready from day one. We build every case for trial. Opponents and their insurers know it, which strengthens our position in settlement.
- Direct partner access. You communicate with the partners handling your case, not a rotating cast of associates.
- A record against larger firms. We are regularly outspent and outstaffed by larger firms. We are rarely outprepared.
- Selective by design. We accept a limited number of matters so each one receives the attention it deserves.
Serving Businesses Across Cook County
Our office is in downtown Chicago, and we represent clients throughout Cook County, including Chicago and surrounding communities such as Evanston, Skokie, Oak Park, Cicero, Berwyn, Schaumburg, Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Palatine, Orland Park, and Oak Lawn. We also represent companies based outside Illinois with disputes pending in Cook County courts.
Talk to a Cook County Business Litigator
To discuss a business dispute in Cook County, call 312-372-4142 or request a consultation. You will get a clear, direct assessment of your matter and the options in front of you.
FAQ
Q. Do you handle cases throughout Cook County or only in Chicago?
A. We represent clients across Cook County. Most commercial cases are filed at the Daley Center in downtown Chicago, and we appear there and in the county’s other court facilities as a matter’s venue requires.
Q. What kinds of business disputes does King & Jones litigate?
A. Our work centers on commercial and business disputes: breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder and partnership disputes, business torts, and trade secret claims. We also handle trust and estate litigation and professional malpractice.
Q. Where are commercial cases heard in Cook County?
A. Higher-value civil claims are generally assigned to the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and claims seeking equitable relief are heard in the Chancery Division. Both sit primarily at the Richard J. Daley Center.
Q. Will a partner handle my case?
A. Yes. King & Jones is a litigation boutique, and our partners stay directly involved in the matters they take on rather than handing them off.
Q. Do you represent out-of-state companies with disputes in Cook County?
A. Yes. We regularly represent businesses based outside Illinois that have litigation pending in Cook County courts.