Pro Bono
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Giving BackAt Querrey & Harrow, we encourage and support the use of our lawyers’ training, experience and skills to provide services in the public interest. Our work has included a wide range of matters – from representing an indigent individual in need of court representation to drafting wills, filing government reports and reviewing contracts. We regularly support organizations who promote public interest service, including participating annually at the wonderful Chicago Volunteer Legal Services' "Race Judicata" event. |
Diversity
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Querrey & Harrow welcomes the opportunity to enhance our culture with people of diverse backgrounds and has deemed diversity to be one of its chief priorities. Anthony J. Madormo, Chair of Querrey & Harrow's Diversity Committee, actively promotes our firm's commitment to increase diversity by encouraging attorneys to network within women's and minority bar associations and refer candidates for open positions at Querrey & Harrow. The committee's goals include educating our attorneys and staff on the importance of cultural diversity and promoting women attorneys and attorneys of color in the legal marketplace. Our firm proudly participates in the ABA's Diversity Survey every year. Members of the firm's Diversity Committee include:
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Community Commitment - Q&H Gives Back
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Q&H Gives Back: As a firm, we understand the importance of a commitment to community service. Our attorneys assume active roles in local community government, school boards, charitable organizations and service organizations. Whether offering legal skills, volunteer hours, coaching and reffing child sports or simply a helping hand, Querrey & Harrow lawyers find that a truly well-rounded professional serves the greater community as a whole. In addition to the individual commitments our attorneys make, Querrey & Harrow has supported Misericordia, the Chicago Debate League, and Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, with our attorneys and staff alike contributing time and effort to benefit our community. For Misericordia, our employee volunteers have spent a day on the streets of the Chicago Loop each year since 2005, raising money for a local home which has provided services for persons in need since 1921 and now supports more than 600 children and adults with developmental disabilities. For the Chicago Debate League, our employees were invited to serve as guest judges for an annual tournament we sponsored during the school year. Through this experience, we had an opportunity to positively affect the lives of Chicago Public High School students, who spend hundreds of hours outside normal classroom hours working to improve their reading, speaking, writing, and listening skills. This experience empowers them with confidence and knowledge about world issues not normally encountered by teenage students. In addition, our firm attorneys are regular participants in the annual Race Judicata event championed by Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, whose mission is to ensure that the law works for everyone. This is a wonderful annual event in downtown Chicago. Example organizations for which we provide volunteer service and support include:
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Our Philosophy
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Excellence in practice
The firm’s foundation of trial practice excellence has provided our clients with a formidable force when appearing in court or sitting at the negotiating table. However, because litigation can be an expensive and distracting concern, our attorneys often develop solutions that can minimize the occurrence of future disputes or claims. In some cases, trial is unavoidable and our clients benefit from our attorneys’ extensive courtroom experience to achieve a winning result. When it comes to corporate counseling and structuring transactions, our clients benefit from the talents of experienced business lawyers. Our lawyers understand the dynamics of family businesses as well as the pressures of large corporations and can facilitate the execution of transactions and operational improvements to protect intellectual capital and grow revenue.
Efficiency in motion
Resolving the legal concerns of our clients is our constant objective. In the case of litigation, Querrey & Harrow attorneys are always prepared to take to trial matters which cannot be settled. However, we recognize that our clients often want to resolve matters before they escalate – using resources such as mediation, arbitration or structured settlements. In the case of business transactions, we work with our clients to structure solutions that achieve the desired business objective – whether it be expanding into a new market, acquiring a new operating unit or investing in a joint venture. No matter how complex or basic a case or transaction may be, Querrey & Harrow clients receive legal counsel delivered skillfully and economically.
Our Firm
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Querrey & Harrow is a multi-service Chicago law firm with satellite offices in the Chicago metropolitan area and Indiana and a geographic service area which extends throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Our attorneys advise businesses, public entities, and individuals regarding contracts, compliance, employment, and insurance coverage. Our attorneys also represent these entities in litigation matters involving personal injury, wrongful death, health care liability, construction defect, breach of contract, bankruptcy, fraud, and more. Our attorneys regularly practice in state and federal courts, from the Trial Bar to the US Supreme Court, as well as other administrative agencies which govern employment practices in the State of Illinois.
Background
In 1939, Joseph Harrow and Corwin Querrey – two Chicago attorneys – merged their law practices. The partnership was different. Joseph Harrow was a charismatic leader, Rhodes Scholar and author of Harrow’s Illinois Practice Manual – widely recognized at that time as the preeminent authority for Illinois civil procedure – now known as the Illinois Law Manual, that the firm continues to update to this day. Corwin Querrey possessed extraordinary legal talent and an innate ability to move a matter toward a resolution in the client’s best interest. He may have appeared naive to some but was actually shrewd. Together they complemented each others' strengths and created a law firm built on the principle that earning a client’s confidence is achieved by first listening and responding to the client’s needs and concerns and then delivering a favorable result.
Throughout the next several decades, the firm expanded its practice to include real estate, banking and probate matters to meet the needs of its growing clientele. In 1968, Querrey & Harrow opened its second office in Wheaton, Illinois, and has since established regional offices to serve the Chicago metropolitan area, including Northwest Indiana, in its expanding business and litigation practice. Today, it offers legal services throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Querrey & Harrow has grown to meet the varied needs of commercial enterprises by combining exemplary personal service with legal acumen. From entrepreneurial start-ups – to established corporations – business owners, managers and legal counsel count on our lawyers to listen to their concerns and then respond with legal solutions that are effective and economical.