Chicagoland is the term that applies to the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Chicagoland plays host to an estimated 9.75 million Illinois residents. Chicagoland encompasses Cook, DuPage, Will, Kane, McHenry, DeKalb, Kendall, Grundy, and Lake Counties.

Chicagoland is home to some of the nation’s great law schools so it shouldn’t surprise you to find out how many lawyers reside in the area. Lawyers in Chicagoland take a wide variety of cases like bankruptcy, divorce, wrongful termination, personal injury, and criminal cases.

Recently in Chicagoland, the Platinum Bank of Brandon in Florida filed a U.S. District court lawsuit against the Platinum Community Bank for trademark infringement over the use of a service mark. A U.S. District court judge was scheduled to rule on the case when the Platinum Community Bank was forced to file for bankruptcy after its parent company, Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. was indicted and raided by the FBI.

If you have a lawsuit to file in Chicagoland, you will probably be visiting an Illinois Circuit Court which is one of the only trial level courts with which to file cases in the state. Circuit courts in Illinois have jurisdiction over most cases which arise but do not handle issues like immigration.

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For more information on Chicagoland lawyers and courts, please see the links below:

• Illinois Courts
• Law Library of Congress on Illinois
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association