Updates

WMPJ continues to serve our clients through the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the outset of the pandemic, we have leveraged our technology investments and experience to serve our clients remotely and effectively. Our attorneys have been leaders and advocates in the legal community for advancing technology and policies that enable our justice system to keep working for Illinois. Meanwhile, we have maintained policies in compliance with CDC and State of Illinois guidelines to protect the health and wellbeing of our valued employees who actively work in our physical offices.

While our offices remain closed to the public, we do continue to meet with clients by appointment. In doing so, we are committed to maintaining appropriate safeguards, including masks, social distancing, and disinfecting, to protect your safety and ours.

If you need legal assistance, don’t hesitate to contact us. As always, we’re here for you.

We’ve been getting lots of calls about stimulus checks (formally known as “Economic Impact Payments”) or deposits to deceased persons and what to do with them. The short answer: send them back.

Here’s some more info. As always, we’re here to help!

The CARES Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Act provides various stimulus and relief programs for businesses and individuals. For businesses and employers, the programs include the Paycheck Protection Program with potential loan forgiveness, Emergency Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), Employee Retention Credit for businesses closed due to COVID-19, payroll tax relief, and a 5-year carry back for net operating losses. Individuals may receive cash rebates, be eligible for distributions from retirement accounts, get a waiver for RMDs, and enhanced unemployment benefits.

If you have questions, please call one of our attorneys for additional information.

If you are a small business, we have excellent relationships with many local lending institutions.

Over the weekend, Illinois implemented a shelter-in-place order to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the terms of the Governor’s order, certain essential services, including legal services, are allowed to operate. We continue to balance providing our community our essential services while doing our part to flatten the curve. WMPJ attorneys will continue to work remotely to serve our clients. Our offices are being staffed with limited staffing and in-person client meetings are being restricted to only essential services. During this time, the most effective means of reaching us is by emailing your attorney. Those email addresses can be found on our bio pages.

WMPJ is here for you; we’ll get through this together.

WMPJ will continue to serve our clients as our country and community deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the recommendations by public health officials for social distancing, WMPJ offices will be operating largely remotely with limited staffing. Except in exceptional circumstances, client meetings will be conducted via telephone or video conference.

We will utilize our technology investments and resources to stay strong and serve our clients and community during this difficult period.

We encourage everyone to support our local small businesses and those employees who have been adversely impacted by this crisis.

We will regularly post updates on this page as more information becomes available. In the meantime, stay well!

WMPJ will continue to serve our clients as our country and community deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the recommendations by public health officials for social distancing, WMPJ offices will be operating largely remotely with limited staffing. Except in exceptional circumstances, client meetings will be conducted via telephone or video conference.

We will utilize our technology investments and resources to stay strong and serve our clients and community during this difficult period.