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The Voelker Litigation Group is a commercial and business litigation firm focusing on contract, business, construction, real estate, trust & estate, class action, financial institution, intellectual property, and labor and employment disputes.

We offer high-quality legal services, combining decades of legal experience, financial savvy, lower overhead and affordable rates with flexible and creative alternative fee arrangements, to help you afford the legal services you need.

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VLG is extremely proud to announce that on February 1, 2013, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois ruled in favor of VLG's client, TAS, and against Cummins Inc., the giant Fortune 250 world-wide leader in engine manufacturing, and awarded a judgment to TAS in excess of $35,000,000. Daniel J. Voelker has acted as lead counsel in this matter since the suit was filed several years ago. A true success story!
On January 16, 2013, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois entered an order sanctioning Cummins, Inc., a Fortune 250 company, and Foley & Lardner, one of the largest firms in the world, for failing to cooperate in discovery and ordered Cummins/Foley to pay VLG's attorneys' fees.
On January 9, 2013, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an order sanctioning Littler Mendelson, the largest labor and employment law firm in the world, for its failure to cooperate in discovery and ordered the firm to pay VLG's attorneys' fees.
Congratulations go out to Daniel J. Voelker of VLG for being selected on January 8, 2013, by the American Lawyer and Martindale-Hubbell as a "2013 Top Rated lawyer in Intellectual Property."
Daniel J. Voelker is again named a "Leading Lawyer" in Illinois for 2013.
On December 24, 2012, VLG filed a federal court lawsuit against a New York attorney and insurance company alleging a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and for fraud. The suit alleges that the New York attorney was collecting cash premiums for indemnity bonds, appeal bonds and contracts of insurance that he and the insurance company had no intention of honoring, while falsely claiming that the funds to satisfy the comittments were on deposit in his attorney-client trust account.
VLG filed a nationwide class action lawsuit in federal court against a Fortune 1000 company with over 43,000 employees, NCO / APAC, for failing to pay overtime wages to hundreds of non-exempt, non-managerial call center supervisors as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Read more at the Class Action Lawsuit against NCO / APAC website...
VLG received a very favorable verdict on December 7, 2012, in a case brought by one of its clients against Triton College for services performed for which Triton refused to pay. The case was tried to verdict by Daniel J. Voelker of VLG.
Daniel J. Voelker of VLG has been asked-and has accepted-an invitation to write a chapter of ExecSense's upcoming "International Law for CEO's: Lessons from Leading International Lawyers." ExecSense is the largest digital publisher in the world, doing over 3,000 webinars and e-Books a year.
On November 19, 2012, Voelker Litigation Group files suit against the Chief Executive Officer of a prominent public relations firm for physically assaulting his Administrative Assistant at a 2012 Super-Bowl pre-party, causing the assistant - VLG's client - great injury and to undergo knee replacement surgery.
The Voelker Litigation Group is very proud to announce that on November 16, 2012, the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, entered a judgment in favor of its client, Hilary Pender, in a lawsuit that had been tried over a three-month period, brought by a real estate holding company. The real estate holding company was represented by a prominent Chicago law firm, and the case was tried by two of its litigation attorneys. Daniel J. Voelker of VLG represented Ms. Pender.
Voelker Litigation Group is a proud sponsor of the presentation on Toyota's Corporate Strategy & U.S. Japan Trade by Mr. Osamu Nagata, Managing Officer of the Toyota Motor Corporation, along with the Japan America Society of Chicago to be held on December 5, 2012, at the Union League Club of Chicago.
Voelker Litigation Group files suit for violation of the Illinois Whistleblower Act on behalf of one of its clients against a manufacturer/wholesaler/retailer of cheap automobile parts which were being imported from China and purposely repackaged to make the parts look like OEM parts manufactured in Germany and elsewhere. VLG's client, an employee of the auto parts company, was fired when he refused to participate in the fraud.
Voelker Litigation Group partners with the World-Champion Chicago Bulls and has an ad appearing in the 2012-13 Chicago Bulls Magazine.
Voelker Litigation Group obtains an Appellate Victory in a decision entered on September 28, 2012, in EL Funding Partnership v. Robert J. Voegel and Joseph P. Cacciatore, Case No. 1-11-3712 (In the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District). In this case, VLG's client's six-figure judgement against Joseph P. Cacciatore was affirmed unanimously by the Appellate Court.
Voelker Litigation Group prepares to celebrate its two-year anniversary with over 100 new clients.
On October 10, 2012, Daniel J. Voelker was added to a list of attorneys that the President of the International Chamber of Commerce refers to as a "list of arbitrators consist[ing] of 171 experts from more than 30 countries." The President goes on to say that "we are convinced that with the new list of arbitrators we will be able to offer the business community a collection of highly qualified and distinguished experts combined with high-quality services in the resolution of international commercial disputes by arbitration."
Daniel J. Voelker is asked to speak on litigation topics at an October 30, 2012 meeting of the Chicago Bar Association, "Overview of Damages in Commercial Cases", at 3:00 p.m. Mr. Voelker will be joined by a distinguished panel, including two sitting judges from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Daniel J. Voelker is named a Superlawyer again for 2013.
Daniel J. Voelker authors two recent articles for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, one on contract law and the other on litigation practice.
Voelker Litigation Group gains nationwide recognition for a recently-filed federal court lawsuit filed against Elton John and his songwriter, Bernie Taupin, for copyright infringement.
Voelker Litigation Group gains nationwide attention for a recently filed federal court lawsuit against the band Poison for copyright infringement.
Voelker Litigation Group files a retaliatory discharge case against a McDonald's franchisee for terminating an employee for reporting unsafe food conditions to management.

Daniel J. Voelker

Leading Lawyer*
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, & 2013
Illinois Super Lawyer®*
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, & 2013
"AV" peer rating* from Martindale-Hubbell, reflecting "very high to preeminent legal ability"
26 years trying cases throughout Illinois and nationwide
Adjunct Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, teaching International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
Instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Previously Litigation Practice Group Co-Chair for two law firms, responsible for providing direction to dozens of litigators and trial attorneys
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

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