When you are looking to hire an attorney, or have already hired one to represent you, it is important to understand attorney-client privilege and what it means for you. Attorney-client privilege is a legal concept that means all communication between you and your attorney is confidential. Your attorney keeps what you say private and even the attorneys …
As we all continue to socially distance to keep our friends and neighbors safe from COVID-19, the experienced personal injury attorneys at Mitchell Hoffman & Wolf remain focused on continuing to fight on behalf of our clients and their loved ones. We are actively filing cases and pursuing favorable results. Immediately upon the Governor’s Shelter …
At Mitchell Hoffman & Wolf, Your Recovery is Always Our Focus. In order to provide our clients with the best possible representation, we keep a close eye on developments in the areas of, automobile and trucking safety, worksite safety, medical malpractice, and police misconduct. Here is The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals list of …
Recently, I was honored to help teach three Civics classes at a local high school in a discussion of Supreme Court cases addressing how the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution, which guards against unreasonable search and seizures, applies in the school setting. The case of Safford Unified School District v. Redding 557 U.S. 364 (2009) played …
Criminal cases are brought by the government prosecutor against an individual or corporation for violating the law. The punishment in those cases is generally jail time or a monetary fine. Civil cases are generally brought between two individuals or businesses against one another seeking money damages. Most common examples would be a case for breach …
A question we are commonly asked here at Mitchell Hoffman & Wolf by our clients is, “Why do cases take so long?”.And the answer is simply that all cases, whether they are personal injury cases, a breach of contract case, or even a criminal case, go through some form of what we as lawyers call, …
Kenneth A. Hoffman and Todd R. Warren Divorce and personal injury, while separate and distinct areas of the law, share many common traits: Illinois Courts have long struggled in determining which area of the law takes priority when these two worlds intersect. Questions that commonly arise include: In order to understand these issues, it is …
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A lot has changed since I started practicing law in 1991, and we started Mitchell Hoffman & Wolf in 1998. Not only has technology drastically altered the way we conduct business and manage caseloads, but also how we interact with clients and opposing counsel. While the advancement of technology has certainly improved the efficiency of …
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The opening of or existence of a Bankruptcy claim by a plaintiff in a personal injury action can have major effects on the outcome of pending lawsuits if improperly handled. Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code states a Chapter 13 bankruptcy estate encompasses all property, including any legal claims acquired by the debtor after the …
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Often times we’ll see decisions on the TV news or in the newspapers that judges rendered across the country. While we may disagree with the result of the ruling, we can almost always be assured that the judge or panel of judges that reached the decision, tried to do so in as an impartial a …
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