Practice Areas

St. Charles, Illinois, Securities, Business, and Personal Injury Law

The St. Charles, Illinois, law firm of Higgins & Burke, P.C. offers experienced legal services in a broad range of areas. Our attorney team includes skilled litigators, arbitrators and mediators, as well as a former assistant state's attorney, a former stockbroker and a former journalist. We are skilled in a wide range of legal areas, have resolved thousands of legal matters and have been on "both sides" of cases regarding criminal charges, insurance disputes, personal injury claims, and securities and stock disputes. Our legal practice areas include:

• Securities arbitration and litigation, including fraud, misrepresentation, theft and malpractice
• Business and commercial litigation, including dissolutions, breaches of contract, warranty disputes, collections, and employment matters
• Insurance fraud, including theft, "twisting" and churning
• Financial fraud, including wire and mail fraud, the sale of unregistered securities, and unregistered brokers and agents
• Motor vehicle accidents, including car, truck, 18-wheeler, boat, ATV and motorcycle accidents
• Premises liability, including unsafe conditions on public, private and commercial property
• Alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration
• Real estate law and litigation, including transactions, closings and failures to disclose, for residential and commercial real estate
• Appellate law, including personal injury, real estate litigation, business and UCC legal matters
• Criminal defense, including traffic matters, DUI, DWI, assault, battery and theft
• Workers' compensation claims

We handle cases referred from other lawyers. Many of our cases are referred from other firms, including firms we have opposed in court, as well as from our past and present clients. We also receive referrals from other professionals such as stock brokers, financial planners, bankers and CPAs. Our current and past clients and other firms and professionals trust our commitment, competence and record of success.

Contact Us

If you have legal questions, call us. We offer free initial consultations. We accept evening and weekend appointments and are conveniently located in downtown St. Charles. Free parking is available and plentiful. To contact us, call 630.762.9081.