WHO WE ARE
The needs of the Private Client are both pointed and diverse. While you require the advanced skills of a specialist, you also have diverse needs that must be understood and integrated by your lawyer. With its broad base of multi-degreed, multi-disciplinary attorneys, DUGGAN BERTSCH is uniquely positioned in the legal space to best serve the needs of Private Clients.
Our Team
Comprised of lawyers, certified public accountants, masters in taxation, masters in business administration, and professionals with financial backgrounds, our unique multi-disciplinary approach is essential to the comprehensive representation of the Private Client.
Estate & Wealth Planning
You have worked hard to build the wealth you have today – allow us to help you properly plan for that wealth hereafter.
Business & Corporate
We are a transactional law firm with a core focus on business and corporate representation for the entrepreneur and Private Client.
US & International Taxation
Taxes permeate virtually every planning element for the Private Client. To better serve you, we offer a full tax and compliance practice.
Litigation
Our Litigation Group practices in federal and state courts, before the American Arbitration Association, other arbitration programs, and in administrative hearings.
Sports Law
Our Sports Law Group offers the experience necessary to customize legal solutions for all parties involved in both participation in sports and the business of sports.
Entertainment, Event, and Festival
Make no mistake, entertainment is a serious business, and DUGGAN BERTSCH has vast experience in successfully representing key players in almost all facets of the entertainment industry.
Real Estate & Property Tax Appeals
Our Real Estate team focuses on the diverse needs of today’s real estate client. We are equipped to assist with all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions in addition to property tax and assessment appeals.
Health Law
We provide sophisticated Health Law services, centering on regulatory and transactional representation for established industry stakeholders and start-up organizations.
Estate & Wealth Planning
You have worked hard to build the wealth you have today – allow us to help you properly plan for that wealth hereafter…
Sports Law
Our Sports Law Group offers the experience necessary to customize legal solutions for all parties involved in both participation in sports and the business of sports.
Learn More >
Business & Corporate
We are a transactional law firm with a core focus on business and corporate representation for the entrepreneur and Private Client.
Entertainment, Event, and Festival
Make no mistake, entertainment is a serious business, and DUGGAN BERTSCH has vast experience in successfully representing key players in almost all facets of the entertainment industry.
Learn More >
US and International Taxation
Taxes permeate virtually every planning element for the Private Client. To better serve you, we offer a full tax and compliance practice.
Real Estate & Property Tax Appeals
Our real estate team focuses on the diverse needs of today’s real estate client. We are equipped to assist with all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions in addition to property tax and assessment appeals.
Learn More >
Litigation
Our Litigation Group practices in federal and state courts, before the American Arbitration Association, other arbitration programs, and in administrative hearings.
Learn More >
Health Law
We provide sophisticated health law services, centering on regulatory and transactional representation for established industry stakeholders and start-up organizations.
Learn More >
Here To Serve You
We pride ourselves on providing quick, responsive, and thoughtful legal advice to meet your needs. Teams are built around a client to ensure adequate coverage and timely provision of services.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Published Timothy Liam EPSTEIN’s Article Entitled, “The plot thickens in players’ defamation suit over PEDs report.”
When a professional baseball player is accused of using performance-enhancing drugs (“PEDs,” inclusive of hormones for purposes of this article), the implications can be catastrophic.
Contract Cancellation and Force Majeure – Know your Rights and Consider the Consequences
As the world copes with COVID-19 and the necessity of social distancing, individuals and businesses must contemplate the legal ramifications of their contracts, and what happens when those contracts cannot or are not being performed. Most contracts contain termination and remedies provisions that may be implicated given the current health crisis.
Workers’ Compensation & Remote Employees
As stay-at-home orders are being extended throughout the country, a significant population of the US workforce is and will continue to work remotely. Because employers cannot actively monitor and supervise their employees, employers are exposed to additional risks of liability. One...
Non-deductibility of Expenses Funded with PPP Loan Proceeds
Late last week, the IRS issued Notice 2020-32 which states that no deduction will be allowed for an expense that would otherwise be deductible by a small business if the payment of such expense results in forgiveness under the provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of the CARES Act,...
DB Alert: CARES Act Tax Relief
As we’ve outlined in our previous Newsletters, President Trump signed into law on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act or the Act). In addition to the Paycheck Protection Program offered to businesses to further support employee retention and...
Alert: Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds
Summary As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), a new community and economic development program was enacted under Section 1400Z-1 & 1400Z-2 that garnered little attention at the time of passage, but which now appears to be causing high net worth investors and the investment...