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What Does it Mean to “Be That Lawyer”? Steve Fretzin has been counseling lawyers about how to improve their practices, grow their skills and serve their clients for over 20 years. He hosts a podcast called “BE THAT LAWYER,” where attorneys join him to discuss who they are and how they have organized their law […]

Meet Jim Coogan Managing Partner & Trial Attorney Who is Jim Coogan? I am native to the Chicagoland area. Both sides of my family were from the South side of Chicago and the Southwest Suburbs. I grew up in Oak Brook and always thought I would call the Chicago area my home. There’s just something […]

Jim Coogan – Super Lawyer (2022) The Firm Congratulates our Managing Partner for this Professional Honor We are very proud to congratulate the managing partner of Coogan Gallagher, Jim Coogan, named a Super Lawyer for 2022! Super Lawyers is a rating system that is managed by Thompson Reuters. Thompson Reuters is deeply involved in the […]

Nothing Gets Built Without Hard Work We celebrate workers this Labor Day – You are the Fabric of America At Coogan Gallagher, our lawyers and staff believe in hard work. None of us would be where we are, in the fortunate position to work for clients we care about doing work that we believe in, […]

Elections and the Law The 2020 Presidential Election is Over But Controversy Remains Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has been projected to win the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. But even late in the week of the election, absentee and mail-in votes continued to be counted in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada and other states that had been deemed […]

DID YOU GET A REFUND? Auto Insurers Claimed Generosity in Issuing Premium Rebates You have seen the commercials. Lower traffic during these times means lower insurance claims. And Insurance companies are giving back. But insurance regulatory filings and financial statements show there is more to the story. This spring, when government orders forced businesses to […]

New Era, New Office Relocation Plan Accelerated by COVID-19 In an effort to better serve our clients, Dwyer & Coogan is relocating its Primary office to the Northwest Suburbs. Our goal is to provide excellent legal services, achieve economic justice for our clients, and to so conveniently. In service of the Convenience goal, our new […]

Jim Coogan Joins The Ben Joravsky Show to Discuss Legal Issues This week, our own Jim Coogan joined The Ben Joravsky Show Podcast do discuss legal issues of the day. This is the latest in their series of segments entitled, “How Is This Legal?” In this episode, Jim and Ben discussed upcoming Supreme Court arguments, […]

Coogan on the Ben Joravsky Show Talking COVID-19 Our Jim Coogan Speaks with Columnist and Host Ben Joravsky about the Courts and Elections Law in the COVID-19 Era The Ben Joravsky Show is a daily podcast where host, Ben Joravsky chats with public officials, journalists, lawmakers and newsmakers about the issues of the day. Jim […]

Coogan Gallagher Serving Our Clients In this Moment of Uncertainty Firm Continues Operations The news regarding the novel COVID-19 coronavirus is disturbing and is rapidly evolving. In the past few business days, the country witnessed the Declaration of a National Emergency and the State of Illinois has issued wide-ranging restrictions on social interaction and business […]

Healthcare Staff Responsible for Falls From the Start Experts Cite Training, Assessment, and Education as the way to Prevent Fall Injuries for Vulnerable Residents. The job for nursing staff to protect residents and patients begins right at admission. That is how the Director of Nursing expert in charge of a St. Louis-area nursing home explains […]

US House Passed the FAIR Act–Restricts Arbitration Law could Restrict Arbitration Clauses in Employment and Consumer Contracts This column has previously brought attention to the scourge of private arbitration contracts and how they restrict access to justice and unfairly tilt the playing field in favor of large companies and against individuals. An “Arbitration Clause” is […]