Practice/Organization Description
Gould & Ratner is a law firm with a wealth of legal experience and business acumen. The firm’s services are designed to reflect the needs of well-established organizations and growing businesses, as well as those of individuals. Our attorneys are trained and educated in multi-faceted legal areas so that each one can guide a client through more than one issue, rather than bouncing them from attorney to attorney. They translate their legal knowledge and business skills into practical solutions that work for our clients. However, when a team is needed, the right people are just down the hallway. More than just legal advisors, our lawyers consistently demonstrate the care and commitment that set us apart.
Formed in the 1930s, Gould & Ratner has represented prominent clients in diverse and complicated matters in Chicago and throughout the world. We were fortunate enough to have the Crown Family as our first client, whose holdings grew from its original sand and gravel company into multiple natural resource, industrial, telecommunication, transportation, and real estate activities, including ownership of Rockefeller Center and the Empire State Building. Over the years, we have helped our clients grow from local family-owned operations to national conglomerates – enterprises that we continue to represent.
Gould & Ratner has grown – from three attorneys handling general corporate work for the Crown Family to a multi-dimensional firm of 50 lawyers representing Fortune 500 corporations, closely held businesses, financial institutions and entrepreneurs, as well as families and their businesses in real estate, corporate, tax, estate and succession planning, litigation, human resources and employment, intellectual property, environmental and several other related specialty fields.
In this ever-changing and complex world, Gould & Ratner remains one of the few truly mid-size law firms in Chicago. This allows us the unique ability to employ our multi-faceted approach to legal service for clients of every size and in every industry.
Clients come to Gould & Ratner expecting sophisticated legal and business skills, as well as personal advice and counsel. They stay with us because we provide that sophistication along with exemplary client service; giving them both practical and innovative solutions for all of their legal needs, whether simple or complex.
Our broad and diverse client base includes publicly and privately-held companies, entrepreneurs, wealthy families and individuals, businesses and executives, sports and entertainment personalities, charitable organizations, professional service organizations, and more. These clients span a wide spectrum of industries: manufacturing and distribution, telecommunications, media and technology, financial institutions, gaming, hospitality, construction, and real estate and development.
Thoroughly understanding our clients’ businesses and industries, Gould & Ratner legal counselors are able to render better practical solutions and advice. We develop personal relationships with our clients, keeping abreast of how the current market is affecting them and their businesses in order to meet or exceed their goals and expectations. They come as clients, but stay as friends.
