Neighborhoods
law firms across Chicagoland
Premiums, carrier appetite and windstorm rules change from one ZIP to the next here. Start with where the property actually sits.
The Loop
Chicago's central business district and the center of its legal community. The Daley Center, which houses most Cook County civil, domestic relations and probate courtrooms, the Dirksen federal courthouse and the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission are all within a few blocks, which is why so many firms keep offices along LaSalle, Clark and Wacker.
77 listed
West Loop
The former warehouse district west of the river, now offices and lofts around Union Station and the Fulton Market corridor. Firms here are a short walk or one train stop from the Loop courthouses.
5 listed
South Loop
From Printer's Row and the Dearborn Park area to Motor Row and the near South Side. Firms here are a short walk from the Dirksen federal courthouse.
1 listed
River North and Streeterville
North of the river, from the Merchandise Mart and River North galleries to the Michigan Avenue towers and Northwestern's downtown medical campus. A dense office district with many small and mid-sized firms.
12 listed
Lincoln Park
A residential North Side neighborhood around the park and DePaul University, with neighborhood law offices along Lincoln, Clark and Fullerton.
0 listed
Lakeview
Wrigleyville, Boystown and the blocks along Belmont and Lincoln. Neighborhood practices here tend to serve residents rather than corporate clients.
1 listed
Wicker Park and Bucktown
The Milwaukee, North and Damen intersection and the streets around it, a mix of storefront offices and converted lofts on the near Northwest Side.
0 listed
Logan Square
A Northwest Side neighborhood around the boulevard system and the Blue Line, with a large Spanish-speaking community and neighborhood offices along Milwaukee and Fullerton.
0 listed
Uptown and Edgewater
Lakefront neighborhoods on the far North Side with some of the city's most varied immigrant communities, served by offices along Broadway, Sheridan and Argyle.
0 listed
Rogers Park
Chicago's northernmost lakefront neighborhood, next to Loyola University and the Evanston border.
0 listed
Pilsen and Bridgeport
Near Southwest Side neighborhoods along 18th Street, Halsted and Archer, with long-standing Mexican-American and working-class communities and offices that often serve clients in Spanish.
1 listed
Hyde Park
The South Side lakefront around the University of Chicago, Kenwood and Woodlawn.
0 listed
Evanston
The first suburb north of the city, home to Northwestern University. Cook County's Second Municipal District courthouse in Skokie handles many cases from here.
3 listed
Oak Park
The village just west of Austin, with offices around Lake Street and Oak Park Avenue. Cook County's Fourth Municipal District courthouse in Maywood serves the area.
3 listed
Skokie and the North Shore
Skokie, Wilmette, Glenview and Northbrook. The Second Municipal District courthouse on Old Orchard Road in Skokie is the local Cook County courthouse.
8 listed
Northwest Suburbs
Arlington Heights, Rolling Meadows and Schaumburg, served by the Cook County Third Municipal District courthouse in Rolling Meadows and the office parks along the Northwest Tollway.
12 listed
DuPage County
Wheaton, Naperville, Oak Brook, Lisle, Downers Grove and Lombard. DuPage County cases are heard at the Judicial Center in Wheaton, which is why many county practices cluster near it.
23 listed
Lake County
Waukegan, Gurnee, Libertyville, Lake Forest, Vernon Hills and Mundelein. Lake County cases are heard at the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit courthouse in Waukegan.
8 listed