I fight to protect your interests and legal rights if you are sued. When you have a dispute, I work hard to get you the best possible resolution, usually trying negotiation first but never shying away from litigation if needed.
I make sure you are treated fairly when your taxes are audited. My legal services help you establish or sell a business. I review real estate contracts to make buying, selling, and leasing property easier.
Whether you need to file a lawsuit – or you’ve had a lawsuit filed against you I will defend your rights, protect your interests, and help you reach a solution as quickly and efficiently as possible. Litigation is an expensive, time-consuming process full of rules, delays, frustrations, uncertainties, risks, headaches, and fees.
My law firm helps small business owners with all their legal questions and problems. When you open a new enterprise, I can advise you on which type of business entity – such as sole proprietorship, LLC, or S-corporation – makes sense for you. I also make sure you form your business entity appropriately. I help small business owners avoid common legal pitfalls.
I’ve helped people and businesses buy and sell real estate for more than 12 years. Purchasing a family home can be exciting – and at times, overwhelming. Real estate contracts are full of old-fashioned terms and modern legalese that have many people calling for a translator. I’ll make sure you understand what the documents you are signing mean.
As a landlord, coming up against a non-paying tenant creates escalating levels of stress. The local ordinances in Cook County, Chicago and Evanston tilt heavily in favor of tenants setting countless traps for unprepared property owners. My law office helps navigate treacherous waters in removing nonpaying tenants. At the same time, some landlords still take advantage of hard working tenants. While the first path is always resolution that works to the advantage of both sides, we will fight in court when necessary.
Establishing a legacy for your family starts with a customized estate plan. Our law office seeks to provide only what you need, not hundreds of pages of unnecessarily complex verbiage. We strive to provide streamlined, straightforward and readable estate plans designed to make things as simple as possible for your family, whether that be through a will, trust, TODI or other vehicle. Also, when a loved one dies we can make sure last wishes are fulfilled if there is a will or trust, or guide you through the probate process if needed.
A car wreck is traumatic enough. We provide personal, local, hands on attention to your case either directly or through our affiliated law firm that shares our office. We are not one of the high advertising factories that shuffles you through paralegals downtown – we are local, in the ground, close to Rogers Park, Skokie and the north shore in downtown Evanston, And we get results.
C. Shawn Jones is a member of the Illinois Bar and Georgia Bar who has practiced law for more than 25 years. Shawn Jones believes the law is a tool to help people and businesses resolve disputes and solve problems – not to help attorneys charge enormous fees.
The goal of his law practice is to find the best possible resolution to your legal issues, in a timely manner, while charging a fair price for his counsel and expertise.
Shawn has practiced general and business law, touching on dozens of subjects including employment law, domestic relations, and eminent domain. His primary focus has been on assisting small businesses in all their legal needs.
He has conducted full jury trials, negotiated with IRS auditors, conducted arbitrations, and prepared statements for and met with the EEOC, and prepared wills and estate plans. He has closed countless real estate and business transactions, both commercial and residential, as well as business loans.
He was admitted to the Georgia State Bar in 1997 and the Illinois State Bar in 2006. He was also admitted to practice in Federal Tax Court and the Federal District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia.
Shawn Jones attended law school at night. To pay for his education, Shawn worked as a janitor, carpet cleaner, dishwasher, bookstore clerk, paralegal, and professional writer. This gave him a wealth of real-world experience he believes helps him better understand the needs of his clients.
Since 2008, Shawn has been a part-time reporter for the Evanston Roundtable, covering political campaigns and elections, city government, crime, and Evanston City Council meetings as well as sports, society, and culture.
Shawn is an active member of the Evanston community and is raising his family in Evanston. Shawn is running for Alderman of the Evanston 9th Ward in 2017. He earned a BA in English from Oberlin College in 1989.
To speak with Shawn Jones, please call 847-475-1700 or email at sjones@lawevanston.com.
