Articles by Adrian Mendoza

Jan
27
Lillig & Thorsness attorneys Adrian Mendoza, David Rice, and Jonathan Thorsness have been honored on the 2023 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Read More
Dec
12
Lillig & Thorsness is saddened to share Walter W. Morrissey passed away following a brief illness. Read More
Nov
3
The DuPage County Bar Association’s Board of Directors Award has been awarded to David M. Gower for his service as Chair of the association’s Probate and Estate Planning Section. Read More
Oct
17
Adrian Mendoza assumes the role of managing partner, succeeding Gregory F. Smith, who led the firm to exceptional growth and success for more than a decade. Read More
Oct
11
David M. Gower joins the firm as a partner concentrating his practice in estate planning, estate and trust administration, and estate and trust-related litigation. Read More
Oct
27
Edward R. Sherman has been named as Partner at Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd.. Mr. Sherman leads the firm’s appellate law practice, and also focuses on commercial litigation, estate and trust litigation and catastrophic injury defense litigation. He… Read More
May
7
Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd., is pleased to announce that six of its partners have been selected as Illinois Leading Lawyers. The selected attorneys are William W. Thorsness, Gregory F. Smith, Russell R. Custer, Jr., Adrian Mendoza, Francesco Roselli… Read More
Mar
17
Lillig & Thorsness currently is assessing the best way to serve our clients as the incidence of COVID-19 increases in Illinois and across the country. We encourage all clients to call or email their attorneys to discuss any matter of immediate co… Read More
Feb
25
A team of Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. attorneys led by Greg Smith and David Stallter recently represented the largest seller of circular hatch covers to the North American freight car industry in a stock sale to a global industrial holding company.… Read More
Feb
25
Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd., is pleased to announce that Adrian Mendoza was selected as a 2020 Super Lawyer. This is Mr. Mendoza’s fourth Super Lawyers selection. Mr. Mendoza is the head of Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd.’s litigation team and conc… Read More
May
14
Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. partners Adrian Mendoza and Russ Custer prevailed on a motion to dismiss a claim of slander of title and a purported derivative action brought by the former owner of a commercial condominium unit in a Chicago landmark bui… Read More
Jan
17
Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. is pleased to announce that Justin Prince has joined the firm as an associate. Mr. Prince concentrates his practice in the areas of lifetime and estate planning, estate and trust administration, and federal estate and gif… Read More
Aug
17
Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. attorneys Greg Smith, Adrian Mendoza and Ed Sherman were called in to represent a hotel owner against foreclosure proceedings and the owner’s principals in connection with claims of liability for millions of dollars und… Read More
Apr
13
On April 9, 2018, Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. appellate attorney Edward R. Sherman with the collaboration of transactional and tax partner David R. Stallter secured a reversal of a trial court’s order compelling a client’s broker to turn over th… Read More
Jul
18
Why would SYAs need estate planning? Think of SYAs – age bracket 18 to mid-20s: no spouse, no kids, no money (or not much). SYAs in college (and often beyond as SYAs get started), are in many ways adult children. This isn’t negative or demeaning,… Read More
Jan
19
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that it received 91,503 charges of workplace discrimination in fiscal year 2016. This is the second year in a row that the number of charges filed with EEOC has increased. Dur… Read More
Jan
3
Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. attorneys Adrian Mendoza and Edward R. Sherman recently obtained a summary judgment ruling in the Circuit Court of Cook County in favor of a longstanding L&T client. The plaintiff filed suit claiming that its property… Read More
Nov
11
Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. founding partner Marty Lillig has been awarded the title of Distinguished Counsellor by the Illinois State Bar Association. The title is conferred upon those attorneys who have more than fifty years of honorable service a… Read More
Sep
27
With the Presidential Election just over a month away and the first debate this week, Hillary Clinton recently revealed her revised positions on the federal estate tax. The estate tax applies after death to the estates of wealthy people who have accu… Read More
Sep
8
Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. attorneys Adrian Mendoza and Edward R. Sherman obtained a temporary restraining order in DuPage County, Illinois on behalf of a corporate trustee in order to stop a former trustee from continuing to act on behalf of the t… Read More
Jul
22
Contract language, lien waivers and insurance policies are among the last things a business or property owner wants to deal with when undertaking a major remodel or build-out, but what you don’t consider now may cause problems later. Contracts, lie… Read More
Jun
22
WHO? – Every person age 18 years and older should have Powers of Attorney. WHAT? – A current legally effective Power of Attorney for Health Care and Power of Attorney for Property/Financial Matters. WHERE? – For the person’s state of residenc… Read More
Apr
12
The Social Security Act was amended in November 2015 by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) and as a result, certain benefit-claiming strategies will not be available after the BBA’s looming deadline of April 29, 2016 which may result in less r… Read More
Apr
7
Lillig & Thorsness recovered $150,000 in attorneys’ fee for its’ client Regency Landscaping, Inc. following a trial victory. L&T attorneys Adrian Mendoza and Angela Iaria represented Regency Landscaping, Inc. at trial and successfully… Read More
Mar
21
Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. partner Adrian Mendoza has been selected to serve as a Board Member for the Greater Oak Brook Chamber of Commerce. He will also serve on the Chamber’s Economic Development Partnership Council. The Greater Oak Brook Cham… Read More
Mar
8
Lillig & Thorsness attorneys Adrian Mendoza and Edward R. Sherman filed a complaint in federal court on behalf of textbook publisher McGraw-Hill Education Inc. against AIG affiliate Illinois National Insurance Company for its failure to cover set… Read More
Jan
25
Congratulations to attorney Angela M. Iaria on her selection as a 2016 Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine. Every year, Super Lawyers creates a listing of outstanding attorneys through use of a rigorous rating process including peer nominations, ev… Read More
Jan
13
Tradeshows are a multi-faceted endeavor. Show management wants a smooth overall production of the tradeshow for the benefit of the exhibitors. The official services contractor is focused on getting the show in and out on time in a safe manner. Exhibi… Read More
Jan
13
For nearly two decades private arbitration of business disputes has been promoted as a preferential alternative to traditional courtroom litigation. Arbitration became such a wildly popular concept that many drafters of business contracts began to au… Read More