For business
Business and corporate law
Contract disputes, unpaid receivables, judgments nobody collected, and lawsuits you did not ask for — handled by an attorney who reads the financial records himself.
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Michael J. Lucas represents businesses in contested civil matters throughout the Chicago area: enforcing agreements, recovering money owed, defending claims, and collecting on judgments that have already been entered.
Before law school, Michael earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Bentley University with a minor in Computer Information Systems. In commercial disputes — where the argument lives inside invoices, ledgers, performance records and damages calculations — that is not background colour. It is the part of the work that decides the outcome.
Business & Corporate Law
Matters we handle
- Annual Reports and Corporate Filings
- Business Compliance
- Business Disputes
- Business Formation
- Business Litigation
- Contract Disputes
- Contract Drafting
- Contract Enforcement
- Contract Review and Negotiation
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Minutes and Resolutions
- Partnership and Ownership Disputes
- Registered Agent Services
For business
Why a focused practice, rather than a firm
The attorney reads the file
Your documents are not summarised by an associate and relayed. The person arguing your matter is the person who went through the records.
Collectability is assessed first
Winning and recovering are different outcomes. The financial position of the party you are pursuing is examined before you commit to pursuing them.
Enforcement is part of the job
A judgment that is never collected is an expense, not a result. Post-judgment enforcement is treated as the continuation of the matter, not a new one.
A straight assessment, including no
Sometimes the correct advice is that a dispute is not worth what it will cost to pursue. You will hear that when it is true.
For business
How a business matter proceeds
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Assessment
The agreement, the records, the amount at stake and the other side's ability to pay. What the matter is actually worth pursuing.
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Demand
A formal demand that sets out the position and the consequence of ignoring it. A surprising number of matters end here.
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Suit
Filing and prosecuting the claim, or defending against one, in the appropriate Illinois county.
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Recovery
Judgment is the midpoint. Citations, wage deduction, liens and turnover orders are how it becomes money.
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