The firm selectively handles matters where sophisticated motion practice, legal research, written advocacy, and strategic litigation judgment can materially affect the outcome.
Representation in Illinois appellate courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, including appeals from final judgments, interlocutory matters where review is available, and post-judgment strategy designed with appeal in mind.
High-stakes cases are often won or narrowed through written advocacy before trial. The firm prepares and litigates dispositive, emergency, post-trial, and strategic motions requiring focused legal research and disciplined framing.
Representation in disputes involving constitutional protections, government conduct, retaliation, unlawful seizure or force, public employment, and other civil-rights claims in state and federal court.
These matters often involve difficult factual records, public entities, qualified-immunity issues, municipal liability, and parallel political or media attention.
Selected representation involving workplace retaliation, whistleblowing, discrimination, wrongful termination, disability accommodation, wage disputes, sexual harassment, employment agreements, and severance matters.
The firm represents individuals in appropriate matters and approaches employment disputes as litigation problems that require a clear factual theory, evidentiary discipline, and practical leverage.
Business and construction disputes involving contracts, mechanics liens, unpaid work, business fraud, unfair competition, collections, and related commercial claims.
The focus is on disputes where targeted litigation strategy can reduce noise, isolate the decisive legal issues, and improve settlement or trial posture.
Representation of candidates, elected officials, and political participants in election-related matters at the federal, state, and local level, including ballot-access disputes and other time-sensitive proceedings.
Custardo Law can serve as local counsel in matters in Cook County, DuPage County, Will County, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, subject to the needs and requirements of the matter.
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