Chilton Yambert & Porter LLP, established in January 1998, is a respected civil litigation firm with offices located in Chicago, Geneva, Waukegan and Joliet, Illinois. This firm continues to adhere to one simple philosophy:

We will vigorously defend any and all cases from inception to completion,
anywhere and anytime.

We consistently provide our clients with cost-effective legal representation from the trial to the appellate levels, as well as throughout all alternative dispute resolution proceedings. We are engaged in a broad-based civil and commercial trial practice, with particular emphasis on personal injury defense litigation. Our practice includes defending clients in toxic torts, employment disputes, environmental law, personal injury claims and tort law, governmental and municipality law, workers' compensation and occupational injury law, business and real estate issues, premises liability, admiralty law, construction accidents and automobile accidents. We also concentrate in insurance coverage litigation, employer’s liability and general commercial litigation, including chancery actions for injunctive relief.

Every partner at Chilton Yambert & Porter LLP has extensive jury trial experience. The firm’s attorneys are licensed to practice in state courts throughout Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, California and Alaska.  Attorneys are also licensed to practice in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and in the United States Supreme Court. Although the firm’s civil trial practice is primarily located within Illinois, the firm’s trial attorneys are regularly admitted to practice on a pro hac vice basis in courts throughout the United States of America.

The philosophy at Chilton Yambert & Porter LLP differs from other litigation firms. Our attorneys partner with claims professionals and clients to manage cases to the best possible outcome. In order to do so, litigation plans and budgets are  developed in coordination with the claims professional and client so that the case can be directed to a desired outcome. If the case is one that should be resolved, then the focus is to do what is necessary to posture it for optimal settlement. If the case is to be tried, then we manage it to conduct pre-trial discovery necessary to properly prepare it for trial, keeping our clients fully informed of the facts and our evaluation. We strongly believe that when a case is well prepared and the opponent knows that the defense attorney handling the case will actually try the case, the possibility for the most favorable resolution is maximized.