There is no question that a bankruptcy does affect your credit rating, and in fact tends to remain on your credit history file for about ten years. Just because there is a bankruptcy in a person’s credit history does not…

If a divorce is in the cards in Illinois, adultery will do as a reason for the end of the marriage. This needs to be proven in order to go to court, and it isn’t always easy to get evidence…

While you may not know this, Illinois DWI law applies to several kinds of impaired driving, including drunk driving and driving under the influence of drugs (legal or illegal.) Odd as this may seem, a great number of people seem…

If you happen to have an arrest of non-convictions from a rap sheet in your past, say the result of being a headstrong teenager, you might want to consider expungement of that record in order to get a job. An…

Every state in the U.S. breaks its crime categories down into two different classifications – felonies and misdemeanors. Felonies are the more serious categories of crimes, with a conviction meriting state jail time for more than a year. In more…

Just because you do not have a large amount of money to invest does not mean you can’t ask a financial advisor how to best make that money work. No one knows this better than Jay F. Fortier, P.C. in…

Knowing what an agency agreement means is vital to understanding the role a real estate agent plays, in regard to a real estate transaction. Every U.S. state has laws that outline what ‘real estate agency’ means and the laws cover…

How many business owners do you know who actually have a succession plan in place if something happens? The answer is likely, not many people. It’s sad, but true, far too many people have no succession plan in place for…