Starting her career in the commercial sector before switching to residential, Lisa J. Saul has worked in real estate and transactional law for over 20 years. A native Chicagoan, Saul grew up in the northern suburbs and moved to the city upon graduating from Georgetown University Law Center in … [Read more...]
Lisa J. Saul, Attorney, Chair of the Real Estate Practice
Accountants pulled into dispute between investors in popular Chicago steakhouse
One of the country’s largest accounting firms has become entangled in the long-running legal battle between investors in a popular restaurant in Chicago, court documents show. Estranged stakeholders in Maple & Ash — a Gold Coast steakhouse that’s the highest-grossing restaurant in the city — are … [Read more...]
Tom Scott’s CA Ventures strikes back against QuadReal fraud claim
CA Ventures CEO Tom Scott isn’t backing down from a $100 million fight with a former partner, Canadian investment giant QuadReal, over a River North office lease that went south. Click here to read the full article. … [Read more...]
Maple & Ash to pay $75,000 for investors’ attorneys fees
In the latest turn of the Maple & Ash steakhouse legal saga, the steakhouse will pay investor attorneys' fees for a motion that dates back to last summer. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Alison Conlon ordered Maple & Ash to pay approximately $75,000 in court fees, a $5,000 reduction from the … [Read more...]
Chicago Restaurant Biz Sanctioned For Missing Discovery
Cook County judge on Wednesday sanctioned the former management group behind celebrated Chicago eatery Maple & Ash and two associated entities for discovery violations, ordering them to pay attorney fees and costs spent seeking their compliance to information requests and warning that escalating … [Read more...]
