Ensure Your Rights - Eminent Domain Lawyers in Illinois

Eminent domain is the right of federal, state or local government to force the sale of private property for a public purpose — highway construction, schools or hospitals, or more controversially, other private purposes intended to expand a declining tax base.

At SBLS, our experience with advising residential and business clients, including tenants and other lease holders, in condemnation and eminent domain proceedings can help protect the value of your property rights. If you need advice about the best ways to negotiate a fair price to compensate you for the impact of a public taking of your home or business, contact us today.

Our law firm's experience with eminent domain allows us to present your case in convincing terms for all aspects of your projected loss, from loss of the value of land and buildings to relocation costs, loss of access, and other adverse consequences you can expect as a result of public infrastructure development, either on your own property or on land close enough by to affect the value of your property rights. More importantly, the pairing of our trial and transactional skills allows us to get involved on your behalf at the very early stages of the process.

We represent clients in eminent domain cases at every stage from negotiations to trials of disputed values in superior court. It's useful to engage counsel early, because your bargaining strength will be strongest in the earliest stages of the process and in some cases we are able to negotiate changes to the project that make it less intrusive on you.

We encourage you to call SBLS at 618.659.4499 to schedule your in-depth and free initial consultation as soon as you hear that a government entity is interested in your property so we can help you take the proper steps to enhance the value of your property and to minimize the impact that the taking will have on your home and business.