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Bartell, Barickman & Powell, LLP is a regional law firm with offices located in Champaign and Bloomington, Illinois. Our attorneys serve businesses and individuals throughout Illinois and Indiana. Our firm has garnered a reputation for recognizing that a law firm cannot be everything to everyone, and has therefore chosen to focus on the following areas of practice in which its attorneys have developed a level of expertise seldom offered by smaller law firms.
- Commercial and Residential Real Estate
- Zoning
- Corporate
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tax
- Securities Law
- Civil Litigation
- Estate Planning / Succession Planning
- Probate
- Business and Individual Bankruptcy
- Government Relations
Real Estate Law
Today’s real estate transactions are increasingly complex. Bartell, Barickman & Powell, LLP services projects across the street and across the country. We get to know our client’s business quickly and respond decisively attorneys represent a diversified client base in real estate transactions, including small and large developers, home builders, contractors, corporations and many others.
We have provided council on a wide variety of real estate matters, including:
- Commercial and Residential Real Estate
- Eminent Domain
- Land Acquisition, Zoning, Use and Development
- Landlord/Tenant
- Tax Assessment and Property Tax Appeals
We are privileged to work with some of the area’s finest individuals and corporations. Following are examples of projects we have recently completed on our client’s behalf:
Represented a development company in all aspects of its acquisition, development and construction of a multi-million dollar mixed-use, retail and office development, including environmental review and negotiation of liabilities upon acquisition.
Represented a tenant in the negotiation a built-to-suit restaurant lease.
Successfully resolved, through negotiation, a dispute with a municipality over non-conforming use violations related to client’s use of a horse stable and boarding business.
Represented the developer in the acquisition of raw land for the development of commercial condominiums for individual sale and lease.
Successfully defended, through negotiation, quick-take and eminent domain proceedings against an agricultural client.
Represented and advised multiple clients with respect to structuring of transactions to maximize Section 1031 tax-free exchanges.
Corporate Law
Bartell, Barickman & Powell, LLP attorneys understand the obstacles faced by businesses today, whether our client is a small family-owned business or a large corporation. With our experience and expertise, we assist our clients in determining what form of business entity is most appropriate given their needs and goals, and work with them to form their business. We are able to effectively and efficiently handle any problems that arise because of our familiarity with the businesses of our clients and our expertise in areas like taxation, civil litigation and financing. Our goal is to enable our clients to operate their businesses efficiently, economically and without legal worries.
We have provided council on wide variety of corporate matters, including:
- New Business Start Ups
- Entity Formation and Maintenance
- Capital Investment
- Sale/Purchase of Business
- Secured Transactions
- Franchise Counseling
- Registration and Licensing of Trademark and Copyright
We are privileged to work with some of the area’s finest individuals and corporations. Following are examples of projects we have recently completed on our client’s behalf:
Represented a business in its sale of its AM/FM radio stations and real property in Illinois.
Advised and assisted a client in creating a new limited liability company to operate an architectural services firm.
Advised and assisted several clients in obtaining trademark protection under federal and Illinois laws.
Lead counsel for the multi-million dollar development of a hotel and restaurant complex consisting of a restored historic riverboat.
Successfully represented a technology company in a merger transaction.
Securities Law
Bartell, Barickman & Powell, LLP specializes in working with business who are attempting to raise capital. Additionally, we also represent venture capital funds from the start-up to the funding phases.
We have provided counsel for nearly every type of securities related transaction, including:
- Private placements
- Negotiations with venture capital or private equity firms
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Reverse mergers
- Stock option plans and warrant offering
- Securities litigation in Federal Courts or Arbitration
- Securities Registration with the SEC and state securities regulators
- Foreign investment and subsidiary set-up
- Stock splits and reverse stock splits
- Real Estate syndications
- Minority shareholder representation
- Employee benefits
We are privileged to work with some of the area’s finest individuals and corporations. Following are examples of projects we have recently completed on our client’s behalf:
Successful representation of a minority shareholder in a Securities Act claim; resolved by settlement.
Developed strategy and securities offering for raising $1 million in capital from private investors for a commercial real estate development.
Successfully completed the $7.5 million, Series A funding round with a private equity firm for a Chicago area technology company.
Tax Law
Bartell, Barickman & Powell, LLP understands that no single individual or organization should be left alone to maneuver through the complex state and federal tax systems. Our attorneys believe that proactive tax planning is the best course of action for start-up business, corporate reorganization, annual income tax matters and succession planning. Our firm’s tax group is led by Jason S. Bartell, a seasoned tax attorney and Certified Public Accountant, who has the tools and know-how to resolve the most intricate tax matters.
We have provided counsel for nearly every type of tax related transaction, including:
- Tax litigation
- Corporate and shareholder tax advice
- Tax planning
- IRS audits and examinations
- Tax-free reorganizations
- IRS private letter ruling
- Employee benefits
We are privileged to work with some of the area’s finest individuals and corporations. Following are examples of projects we have recently completed on our client’s behalf:
Successfully represented a business through an IRS audit where the taxpayer had not claimed all deductions and ultimately received a refund.
Assisted several corporate officers and owners in handling attempts by the IRS to impose the trust fund penalty.
Negotiated many installment agreements and offer in compromises where the businesses were able to continue without interruption.
Civil Litigation
Bartell, Barickman & Powell, LLP attorneys are seasoned trial lawyers, experienced in the full range of business disputes and a multitude of matters within the risk industry. We attribute our success to focused dispute resolution and swift and sophisticated case preparation. The many satisfied clients who return for service are our best references.
We have provided council on wide variety of civil litigation matters, including:
- Real Estate
- Construction
- Landlord/Tenant
- Probate
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Business Contracts
- Insurance Defense
- Products Liability
- Premises Liability
- Bodily Injury
- Toxic Tort
- Breach of Contract
- Collections
- Mechanic's Liens
- Foreclosures
- Bankruptcy
We are privileged to work with some of the area’s finest individuals and corporations. Following are examples of projects we have recently completed on our client’s behalf:
Successful representation of a Fortune 500 company in pursuit of Federal Court claims exceeding $1 million in Indiana and Illinois.
Successfully represented multiple subcontractors in a negotiated settlement of numerous mechanic’s liens in a bankruptcy proceeding over a $5 million real estate development.
Represented and advised multiple contractors and subcontractors with respect to preserving their rights by filing and foreclosing on mechanic’s liens.
Estate Planning
Just because you’re healthy today doesn’t mean you want to wait until you’re sick to draft your will. Whatever your age, financial status or family situation, it is prudent planning to have a will.
More than mere wealth may be at stake. A properly executed will is an excellent way to appoint a guardian for your minor children. Additionally, you can make special provisions for an aging relative, handicapped child or significant other.
Consider the effects on your family if you do not have a will. No family situation brings on more stress than dividing up a parent’s estate after that parent has died.
It’s easy to get a will. Bartell, Barickman & Powell, LLP can draft a will that states your instructions for how your wealth is to be distributed after your death. It must be signed in the presence of at least two witnesses. Once completed, your will simply needs to be stored in a safe, but accessible, place. Most of our clients store them at our office.
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