FITZGERALD LAW GROUP
PropertyTax.com
Taxation of Commercial & Industrial Real Estate
Est. 1987

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Established:
Fitzgerald Law Group, P.C. was incorporated on November 21, 1987 in the State of Illinois and registered with the Supreme Court of Illinois as a law firm, on December 28, 1987. Business operations commenced on January 2, 1988.

Disclaimer:
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Substitutions:
Requests for attorney substitutions must be signed by the requestor and communicated as follows:
**Mail via USPS regular mail or overnight delivery via UPS, FedEx or DHL to the office
located at 10452 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, IL 60655, ATTN: Christine A. Petersen.
Registed or certified mail will not be accepted.
or
**E-mail to cap@propertytax.com

Additional Terms and Conditions:


*Contracts between Fitzgerald Law Group, P.C. and a client are not assignable to subsequent owners and/or lessees without the prior written consent of Fitzgerald Law Group, P.C.

*Payments for services rendered are via check or letter of credit drawn from a U.S. bank. We do not accept cash under any circumstances.

*Charges to clients for services rendered by an attorney, which are not covered under our contingent fee agreement, are at the rate of $460.00 per hour.

*Assessment decreases are generally effective for the balance of the Triennial reassessment period unless identified as being in effect for a lesser period. The Assessor may adjust the final assessment annually. In the event of such an adjustment, Attorney reserves the right to file subsequent appeals contesting the adjustment. Client agrees that such subsequent Assessor adjustments will not invalidate any preexisting obligations with respect to previous billing for reductions obtained.

*There will be an additional charge of $650.00 each occasion Attorney files a complaint/appeal/suit is filed at the Assessor, Board, Property Tax Appeals Board and/or in the Circuit Court and such filing is voided by another filing by an attorney, consultant and/or the client. In the event that Attorney is instructed by client to withdraw the afore-described complaint/appeal/suit, there shall be a charge of $650.00.

* Clients are advised to pay their property tax bills in a timely manner unless advised otherwise by Attorney, in writing. Such tax payment shall be considered a condition precedent to continued legal representation under this agreement. Failure to timely pay a property tax bill, by either the Client or Client's agent, shall render this agreement for legal services voidable and all earned fee's shall be accelerated and become due, upon notice to the client.
Last Amended June 1, 2012

PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE

Attorneys like other professionals who advise on personal financial matters, are now required by US and EU law to inform their clients of their policies regarding privacy of client information. Attorneys have been and continue to be bound by professional standards of confidentiality that are much more stringent than those required by these new laws. Therefore please know that we have always protected your rights to privacy.

In the process of providing our clients with tax advice, we receive significant personal financial information from and about our clients. If you are a client of the Fitzgerald Law Group, P.C. you should know that all the information we receive from you is held in the strictest confidence and is not released to people outside our firm, except as agreed by you or as required under an applicable law.

We retain records relating to professional services that we provide so that we are better able to assist you with your professional needs and in some cases to comply with professional guidelines. In order to guard your non public personal information, we maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with our professional standards.

Fitzgerald Law Group, P.C. June 2013

Contact Us

Contact Us:

For more information about property taxation in Metro Chicago, contact us at:

Fitzgerald Law Group

Chicago, Illinois
Tel: (312) 346-3000

E-mail:
jpf@propertytax.com

Text:
(001) 312-346-3000