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20 North Clark Street, Suite 3200
Chicago, Illinois 60602

Phone: 312.998.4240
Fax: 312.998.4245

Our Chicago office is home to a talented group of legal professionals with diverse backgrounds. We represent numerous clients who have Chicago-based needs, call Chicago home or have offices or operations here, including companies in the chemicals, consumer products, fintech and financial services, food and beverage, health care, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, media, real estate, retail, technology, telecommunications, and transportation industries. We also have a thriving corporate and new ventures practice that serves startups, early-stage companies, and acquisition entrepreneurs.

Our collaborative approach to service and national reach enables us to address any business or legal issue facing a broad range of companies. Clients benefit from our team-oriented multidisciplinary approach and our deep bench of professionals located in all 10 of Thompson Hine’s offices, which enable us to provide innovative and practical legal advice and business-focused solutions to companies of all sizes. Our commitment to innovation and value is embodied in Thompson Hine SmartPaTHTM, a proprietary, comprehensive approach to managing and delivering legal services to achieve efficiency, transparency and predictability without sacrificing quality. It combines legal project management, value-based pricing, flexible staffing, and process efficiency to better align our services with our clients’ needs.

PARKING: Turn right onto Madison Street. There is a parking garage just past the next light (LaSalle St.) on the right side, directly after the CTA bus stop. There is also another parking garage one block west, just past Wells St. on the left.

From I-94 (North of Chicago):

  • Take exit 51C toward Washington Blvd. E/100 N (0.1 miles)
  • Turn left onto W. Washington Blvd. (0.8 miles)
  • Turn right onto N. Clark St. (300 feet)

From IL-394:

  • Keep left to continue on I-94 Express/Interstate 90 Express, follow signs for Interstate 55 S/Interstate 90 W/Interstate 94 W/Ryan Expressway
  • Merge onto I-90 W/I-94 W (1.7 miles)
  • Keep left to stay on I-90 W/I-94 W (1.1 mile)
  • Take exit 51C for Washington Blvd. E (0.2 miles)
  • Turn right onto W. Washington Blvd. (0.7 miles)
  • Turn right onto N. Clark St. (300 feet)

From I-57:

  • Take I-57 N and merge onto I-94 W
  • Keep left at the fork to continue on I-94 Expressway (4.9 miles)
  • Keep left to continue on I-94 Express/Interstate 90 Express, follow signs for Interstate 55 S/Interstate 90 W/Interstate 94 W/Ryan Expressway
  • Merge onto I-90 W/I-94 W (1.7 miles)
  • Keep left to stay on I-90 W/I-94 W (1.1 mile)
  • Take exit 51C for Washington Blvd. E (0.2 miles)
  • Turn right onto W. Washington Blvd. (0.7 miles)
  • Turn right onto N. Clark St. (300 feet)

From I-55:

  • Take exit 292A for I-90 W/I-94 W toward W. Ryan Expressway/Wisconsin (1.2 miles)
  • Keep right, follow signs for I-90/I-94/Wisconsin/W Ryan Expressway
    (1 mile)
  • Keep left to stay on I-90 W/I-94 W (1.1 mile)
  • Take exit 51C for Washington Blvd. E (0.2 miles)
  • Turn right onto W. Washington Blvd. (0.7 miles)
  • Turn right onto N. Clark St. (300 feet)

Coming from Indiana

From I-80/I94:

  • Use the right 3 lanes to take exit 160 for IL-394 S/I-94 W toward Danville/Chicago
  • Keep right at the fork to continue on I-94 towards Chicago
  • Keep left to continue on I-94 Express/I-90 Express, follow signs for
    I-55 S/I-90 W/I-94 W/Ryan Expressway (0.5 miles)
  • Merge onto I-90 W/I-94 w (1.7 miles)
  • Keep left to stay on I-90 W/I-94 W (1.1 mile)
  • Take exit 51C for Washington Blvd. E (0.2 miles)
  • Turn right onto W. Washington Blvd. (0.7 miles)
  • Turn right onto N. Clark St. (300 feet)

AIRPORTS

From Midway Airport:

  • Head North, use the middle lane to turn left onto W 55th St (400 feet)
  • Turn right onto S. Cicero Ave. (1.6 miles)
  • Turn right onto I-55 N/Stevenson Expressway ramp to Chicago
    (0.4 miles)
  • Merge onto I-55 N/Stevenson Expressway (4.4 miles)
  • Take exit 292A for I-90 W/I-94 W toward W. Ryan Expressway/Wisconsin (1.2 miles)
  • Keep right, follow signs for I-90/I-94/Wisconsin/W Ryan Expressway
    (1 mile)
  • Keep left to stay on I-90 W/I-94 W (1.1 mile)
  • Take exit 51C for Washington Blvd. E (0.2 miles)
  • Turn right onto W. Washington Blvd. (0.7 miles)
  • Turn right onto N. Clark St. (300 feet)

By Train (“L”):

  • Take the Orange Line (Loop)
  • Exit at the Washington/Wells station
  • Walk 2 blocks east on Washington to Clark St. (toward the lake)
  • Turn right on Clark Street and proceed to 20 N. Clark, which is on the corner at the light

From O’Hare International Airport:

  • Head southwest on I-190 W (100 feet)
  • Take the exit toward Bessie Coleman Dr. (0.4 miles)
  • Turn right onto Bessie Coleman Dr. (0.2 miles)
  • Use the right lane to take I-190 ramp to I-90/Chicago/I-294 (0.2 miles)
  • Merge onto I-190 E (1.9 miles)
  • Keep left to continue toward I-90 E (14 miles)
  • Take exit 51C for Washington Blvd. E (0.2 miles)
  • Turn right onto W. Washington Blvd. (0.7 miles)
  • Turn right onto N. Clark St. (300 feet)

By Train (“L”):

  • Take the Blue Line toward downtown Chicago (Loop)
  • Exit at the Washington St. station
  • Follow signs for Madison St. and exit building onto Madison St.
  • Turn right out of building and proceed to corner (Madison & Clark)
  • Cross street; building is on the Northwest corner

We provide our clients with a national platform of resources combined with specialized practices across many discrete areas of law, including:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Corporate Transactions & Securities
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Environmental
  • Government Enforcement Proceedings
  • Health Care
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Trade
  • Investment Management
  • Labor & Employment
  • New Ventures
  • Personal & Succession Planning
  • Privacy & Security
  • Real Estate

Our litigators represent individuals in both civil and criminal matters, including claims involving fraud, breach of contract, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, and other business disputes. They handle cases brought under the federal and state false claims acts at both the trial and appellate court level and conduct comprehensive internal investigations for large corporate clients in various industries.

Our corporate lawyers advise on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and a wide range of general corporate matters, offering comprehensive guidance to established and growth-oriented enterprises throughout the business life cycle, including formation, governance, capital raises, strategic transactions, and succession planning. With a strong background in financial analysis, our team delivers practical, business-focused counsel on complex deals and commercial arrangements, such as technology licensing and strategic alliances.

Our real estate capabilities include advising on private equity real estate and cross-border transactions, including significant experience with inbound investments by Korean asset managers. We provide comprehensive representation to real estate sponsors, lenders, and institutional investors on a national and international scale. Our team is well-versed in fund-level financing, infrastructure projects, and the development and financing of major real estate assets. We regularly counsel domestic and foreign private equity and hedge funds, investor consortia, developers, and REITs on property acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and a variety of financing structures, including mortgage and mezzanine loans.

Our Chicago-based attorneys are recognized for their leadership and outstanding service by publications including:

  • Chambers USA
  • Best Lawyers in America
  • IFLR 1000
  • Illinois Super Lawyers
  • Chicago Lawyer

Thompson Hine is committed to all the communities in which we practice, and Chicago is no exception. Our lawyers and staff are involved in civic and charitable organizations and events throughout the city and metropolitan area. We serve as leaders for civic and charitable organizations, provide financial support, donate numerous hours of volunteer service and provide pro bono services to hundreds of organizations across all our communities. A partial list of the organizations we support in the Chicago area includes:

  • Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
  • Cradles to Crayons (C2C)
  • German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc.
  • Public Interest Law Institute (PILI)
  • Swiss American Business Council
  • French-American Chamber of Commerce
  • First Tee – Greater Chicago

Incorporated in 1837, Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, with almost 3 million residents. The greater metropolitan area, known as Chicagoland, contains nearly 10 million people in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

More than 30 Fortune 500 companies call Chicagoland home, and it is a major transportation and distribution center. Chicago has one of the world’s largest and most diversified economies, with key industries including auto manufacturing, biotech, business services, energy, food manufacturing, health services, information technology, manufacturing, medical technology, and plastics and chemicals. With 2.6 million square feet of exhibition space, Chicago’s McCormick Place is one of the world’s largest convention and event venues.

Residents and the city’s more than 50 million annual visitors can enjoy a wide variety of cultural institutions, historical sites and museums, along with more than 200 theaters, nearly 200 art galleries, and over 7,000 restaurants. And with more than 500 parks and 26 miles of lakefront that includes 19 miles of bicycle paths and 15 miles of beaches, outdoor enthusiasts can always find an activity that suits them.

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