Practice Areas
Personal Injury
The Cantlin Law Firm handles personal injury and wrongful death claims arising from all types of accidents including, but not limited to:
- Auto accidents and Motorcycle accidents
- Truck accidents
- Work accidents
- Bicyclists and Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles
- Collisions, crashes and rollovers of passenger cars
- Train accidents
- Slip and fall accidents
The Cantlin Law Firm uses their extensive legal knowledge and research to maximize recovery of loss of normal life, pain and suffering and future medical treatment in addition to recover lost wages and medical expenses for our clients. In the event of negligence based wrongful death of a family member, The Cantlin Law Firm aggressively seeks the maximum compensation allowed under Illinois law to help the family recover from devastating loss and continue on with life. With The Cantlin Law Firm as your personal injury or wrongful death attorney, you can feel confident that we will protect the best interest of you and your family.
Worker’s Compensation
The Cantlin Law Firm represents workers in obtaining benefits under the Illinois Worker’s Compensation Act which include:
- Medical benefits paid by the employer for injury or occupational illness
- Temporary Total Disability (TTD) payments after 3 days missed from work as result of injury at the rate of 66.66% of previous year’s average weekly wage
- Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) payments for permanent loss of use of injured body part or man as a whole
- Vocational rehabilitation to enable injured workers to return to work
- Vocational training to retrain injured worker in another employment field
- Death benefits for dependent family members
- Burial expenses in the amount of $8,000
With The Cantlin Law Firm as your worker’s compensation attorney, you can feel confident that we will protect your best interest.
Real Estate
For over 30 years, The Cantlin Law Firm has been providing clients with valuable real estate advice. Whether you are purchasing or selling, The Cantlin Law Firm and staff can guide you through the transaction. The Cantlin Law Firm has extensive knowledge and experience in handling residential, commercial and farmland transactions.
The Cantlin Law Firm has represented many clients in the purchase and sale of commercial properties including car dealerships, golf courses, and restaurants. The Cantlin Law Firm has experience with the purchase and sale of residential properties, including subdivision and developments, new construction, installment land contracts, lease with option to purchase, foreclosures, and short sales, as well as the purchase and sale of farmground.
The Cantlin Law Firm will provide the following services during a real estate transaction:
- Draft, review, explain, modify and/or negotiate your contract
- Explain contingencies and transaction process
- Negotiate repair issues
- Survey review and examination
- Review inspections (such as termite, well, septic, water)
- Review of title commitment
- Discuss and review all closing figures prior to closing
- Schedule and attend the closing
The Cantlin Law Firm has multiple attorneys available to do closings and we pride ourselves on having staff devoted solely to answering your questions, discussing your concerns and making sure that you understand the real estate process. With The Cantlin Law Firm as your real estate attorney, you can feel confident that we will protect your real estate needs.
Financial and Commercial Transactions
The Cantlin Law Firm has over 30 years of experience representing a variety of financial institutions in the areas of financial and commercial transactions. Our expertise is centered on mortgage foreclosure practice, banking policy, day to day banking operations, litigation and corporate and residential title. We are committed to responding promptly, to reporting on cases regularly, and to minimizing and eliminating risk by informing clients of significant changes in the law.
Estate Planning
The Cantlin Law Firm specializes in estate planning for the protection of your assets. We are client focused and work with each individual client to determine their own individual estate needs and objectives. Our job is to ensure we are charting the best course for the protection and eventual distribution of each client’s assets. The Cantlin Law Firm can handle the preparation of a basic Will for a husband and wife with a children’s trust to a complex estate plan involving millions of dollars of assets. With The Cantlin Law Firm as your estate planning attorney, you can feel confident that we will protect your assets.
Estate Administration
The Cantlin Law Firm has 30 years of expertise in the field of Estate Administration. Our hardworking staff has been with our firm for many years and is very knowledgeable in the administration of estates. During this difficult and emotional time, let The Cantlin Law Firm guide you through the process of administering your loved one’s estate. The Cantlin Law Firm will facilitate the distribution of assets and work to resolve any tax issues or complications with the estate, including both Federal and State tax returns. With The Cantlin Law Firm as your estate administration attorney, we will properly administer your loved ones estate.
Traffic and Criminal Misdemeanors
The Cantlin Law Firm, with a primary location across the street from the LaSalle County Governmental Center, is focused on handling traffic cases and misdemeanors. With almost daily experience in the criminal courthouse, our team of lawyers is very familiar with the Judges, Prosecutors and criminal defense process. The Cantlin Law Firm handles all types of traffic tickets including traffic issues involving Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL). The Cantlin Law Firm also handles criminal misdemeanor charges including domestic battery, unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor, drug charges and many others. With The Cantlin Law Firm as your defense attorney you can be certain that we will aggressively represent you.
Family Law
The Cantlin Law Firm can handle all your family law issues. We will represent you in the following areas:
- Dissolutions
- Legal separations
- Paternity actions
- Child support and maintenance
- Custody and visitation
- Adoption
- Prenuptial agreements
- Juvenile Court - neglect, abuse, dependency and delinquency
With The Cantlin Law Firm as your family law attorney, you can feel confident that we will protect the best interest of you, your children and your family.
