Greenspoon Marder is a full-service national law firm with a significant presence across the country. The Chicago law firm combines the resources of a national firm with attorneys who are deeply embedded in the Illinois legal and business community. Our Chicago-based attorneys are recognized in Chambers & Partners, Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America, Law360, The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, and Crain’s Chicago Business, among other publications. We serve clients from a broad range of industries, including cannabis, financial services, aviation, healthcare, food and beverage, real estate, and technology. Our attorneys work collaboratively across Greenspoon Marder’s national offices, providing clients with coordinated legal support regardless of where their business operates.
Practice Areas in Chicago
- Cannabis Law: The Greenspoon Marder Chicago office is one of the premier destinations for cannabis law counsel in the United States. Our Chicago-based attorneys represent a full spectrum of cannabis industry clients, including publicly traded multi-state operators (MSOs), state-licensed dispensaries, cultivators, infusers, distributors, social equity applicants, and ancillary businesses. Our cannabis attorneys have been at the forefront of this market since its inception, representing clients in the licensing lottery process, compliance challenges, seed-to-sale tracking requirements, and cannabis-related litigation in Illinois state and federal courts.
- Litigation and Class Action Defense: Greenspoon Marder’s Chicago litigation team handles complex commercial and consumer disputes in federal and state courts across the country. Our litigators are admitted before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and multiple federal district courts, with extensive experience managing matters from pre-litigation through trial and appeal. The Chicago law firm has particular strength in class action defense, representing businesses and financial institutions in matters arising under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and other federal consumer protection statutes.
- Aviation Law: The Chicago law office includes aviation law services, focusing on aviation-related litigation, insurance coverage matters, and contractual disputes involving aircraft purchase and lease agreements. Chicago, as a major hub for the aviation industry, makes this a natural fit for clients seeking counsel on aviation insurance and commercial aviation disputes.
- Corporate, Financial Services, and Regulatory Compliance: Beyond cannabis, the Chicago team advises clients on a wide range of corporate transactions, insurance recovery and counseling, financial services regulation, and regulatory compliance matters. Our attorneys have represented banks, mortgage servicers, health insurance providers, and other regulated entities in litigation and advisory matters involving federal and state regulatory requirements. Chicago attorneys are experienced in healthcare regulatory matters, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement disputes, False Claims Act litigation, and insurance-related arbitration.
