Thomas J. Boodell, Jr. is a senior attorney with over 35 years counseling companies and individuals in their business affairs.  He was formerly the Co-Chairperson of the International Practice Group at Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, and has in recent years had extensive experience with U.S. companies doing business overseas, as well as overseas companies coming to the U.S.  Alexander R. Domanskis has practiced law in Chicago for more than 25 years.  He is skilled in general business and real estate planning and representation and in acquisitions, financing and leasing of Chicago and New York City downtown and suburban office buildings.  Together we provide extensive practical experience and legal knowledge for companies and individuals doing business in the modern world.  We are joined by several excellent associates, several lawyers who are of counsel with us, and when necessary work with a close network of other legal professionals to service our clients.

A SERVICE PROFESSION

The Law is a service profession.  Lawyers are architects of human relations.  We help clients create and structure workable, reliable agreements to provide the framework for them to achieve their short term and long term goals.  Specifically, in a global economy consisting of many cultures, many entities and many peoples, the independent lawyer representing his or her clients is an essential and necessary professional.

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

We believe in building strong personal relationships of trust and confidence among ourselves and with our clients.  The practice of law affects people and their efforts to build secure and predictable lives for themselves and their loved ones on this earth.  Wise legal counsel assists and enables that process.

HIGH QUALITY

We are highly skilled domestic and international lawyers.  Our services range from structuring, negotiating and documenting a wide variety of domestic and international commercial and financial transactions to general counseling on strategic initiatives or particularly troubling issues as they arise.

We know the issues companies and individuals face as they begin domestic and international ventures and the kinds of problems that arise as those ventures mature.  We are keenly aware that companies around the world have similar problems which are solved in myriad ways.  Our extensive experience gives us a unique perspective in finding workable solutions to the often complex issues faced by our clients; we have solved tough business problems under difficult circumstances on the ground both domestically and overseas.

We also know that too much lawyering is not helpful.  The most effective lawyering protects our clients' interests but does not kill their budgets or their deals.

EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE

Each client is important.  Extremely responsive service is a key element in providing excellent legal advice.  Our commitment to you is to promptly return phone calls, faxes and emails, meet deadlines, and invest in up-to-date and usable technology to assist in developing workable solutions for client problems.  We also promise to be pro-active, searching for opportunities and solutions for clients.  If we see an activity a client could or should be doing, we tell them.  If we have to advise a client that a certain course of action cannot be pursued, we help find another way.

FAIRLY COMPENSATED

Every service must be worth its cost and legal services are no different.  Our focus on professional services, personal relationships, high quality and prompt responses converge when answering the question: how much does it cost?

Time and time again in our former firms we heard complaints about billing, layers of lawyers assigned to relatively routine matters, inefficient technology, legal fees far exceeding initial estimates, overlawyering, and the like.

We believe we should be fairly compensated.  But our responsibility is to communicate clearly with the client, carefully define with the client the scope and expected costs of the service to be provided, and bill our services on a regular basis so that there are no surprises.  In that context, we are willing and able to be flexible on billing practices.  We offer our services at hourly rates, for monthly retainers, as a fixed cost per project, or will reach other sensible agreements consistent with our clients? requirements.

CONCLUSION

We enjoy practicing law.  We enjoy helping clients reach workable solutions.  We respect our clients and we respect the legal process and its ability to bring structure and reliability to all of our lives.  We look forward to working with you.

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