Founded over 75 years ago, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, P.C. is one of the top local government law firms in Illinois. The firm represents local governmental entities like municipalities, park districts, school districts, libraries, fire protection districts, counties, special districts and self insurance pools for these entities. It also represents businesses and real estate developers. Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, P.C. has experience in general and litigation matters involving all aspects of governmental law, including governmental policies and practices, ordinance and resolution drafting, governmental finance, eminent domain, liability and civil rights defense, business development districts, etc.
We represent governmental entities, private and Fortune 500 corporations, closely-held entities, railroads and utilities, property owners and individuals. We litigate personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, breach of contract, and negligence actions. These tort claims may arise out of police and fire department services, city operations, employment decisions, environmental issues, and land use changes. We also handle medical and legal negligence, D&O liability, defamation, privacy claims, products liability, and other cases.
Sex Crimes
Obtained summary judgment in favor of a city involving a municipal policy claim following the alleged sexual assault of the plaintiff.
Assault
Arson
Restraining Order
We defend cases seeking damages or non-monetary relief, such as a restraining orders, injunctions, and declaratory judgments. We also advise our business clients on litigation avoidance and risk management.
Our firm represents local governments and other individually and collectively self-insured entities in workers' compensation claims before the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
Wrongful Termination
Employment Discrimination
Employment Contract
Employment Litigation
Ancel Glink attorneys regularly defend employers in the gamut of employment litigation. We successfully defend employers in wage and hour litigation, discrimination claims and a variety of claims for benefits from governmental employees. We regularly appear before the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the EEOC, as well as state and federal courts. We believe that our close relationship with our clients and our risk management advice equips our clients with successful defenses to claims emanating from the workplace. Please visit the Ancel Glink litigation page for a more expansive description of our employment litigation practice.
Ancel Glink represents numerous townships throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. We assist our township clients in complex and mixed questions of law, economics finance, general assistance, open space, personnel, collective bargaining, and real estate matters.
Construction Litigation
Ancel Glink attorneys have authored chapters on Construction Law in the Municipal Law treatise and School Law treatise published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education.
Real Estate Transactions
Approximately twenty-five percent of our real estate work is done in the conveyance of real estate to and from not-for-profit organizations or governmental entities with the remaining seventy-five percent being residential and commercial closings. A real estate closing can be a stressful process for a buyer or a seller. Ancel Glink has developed an expertise and organizational process that minimizes the time, effort and costs of real estate transactions and ensures the client remains fully informed from contract execution to post-closing review. Ancel Glink is also an agent of a national title insurance company, which enables us to simplify the closing process.
Eminent Domain
As counsel to numerous local governments and zoning boards, our attorneys have developed a unique and valuable perspective on the zoning process which guides our legal strategy. For both public bodies and private companies, Ancel Glink provides a distinct advantage in any land use dispute. Ancel Glink attorneys also have extensive experience in sometimes difficult eminent domain litigation for municipalities, counties, park districts and other governmental entities, including service as Special Assistant States Attorneys for counties negotiating road project condemnations.
Land Use and Zoning
Although our firm is primarily known for its involvement with governmental entities, litigation and land use issues, the firm has cultivated a practice in real estate and land banking, both residential and commercial.
Property Damage
Successfully defended the plaintiffs' claims for property damage on summary judgment, and upheld city’s automobile towing and wrecking ordinance as constitutional.
From procedural challenges to constitutional claims to demolition and foreclosure actions involving blighted commercial and residential properties, Ancel Glink attorneys have decades of experience with zoning and land use litigation.