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Pugh and Payne P.C.: Our Attorneys

David G. Pugh
Attorney David G. Pugh graduated with Honors from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He received his Juris Doctorate (JD) from DePaul University College of Law, 2000. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2000 and to the Federal Northern District of Illinois in 2000. As a member of the Lake County Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association, Mr. Pugh is a recognized member of the legal community. He is a highly experienced trial attorney, having done more than 75 criminal and civil bench and jury trials and has extensive motions practice. In addition, Mr. Pugh is fluent in Spanish and experienced in residential real estate, commercial litigation, wills, trusts, living wills, powers of attorney for health care, property, and probate Law.

Matthew S. Payne 
Mr. Payne graduated Cum Laude from Rosary College (now known as Dominican University ) in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Mr. Payne received his Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law with Honors in 2001 and graduated in the top 5% of the graduating class. He was also awarded the Order of the Coif at DePaul and was admitted to practice before the Illinois Bar and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois the same year. Mr. Payne has extensive experience in real estate law and has been heavily involved in this area since 1996, concentrating his practice on landlord-tenant law, including specialization in forcible detainer cases (evictions) and Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance cases, as well as other real estate litigation, including mechanics liens, mortgage foreclosure, partition and breach of contract. Mr. Payne has also been personally involved in over 5,000 real estate transactions (closings) during that time. Mr. Payne has worked extensively with developers on condominium conversions, and has additional experience in civil and commercial litigation, estate planning, including wills, living trusts, powers of attorney for health care and property and living wills.

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Free consultations ● Offices conveniently located on the Northwest Side of Chicago and across from Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan, Illinois, and serving Cook County courts at 26th & California, the Daley Center, the 2nd District Courthouse located in Skokie, Illinois and the 3rd District Courthouse located in Rolling Meadows, Illinois as well as McHenry County Courthouse located in Woodstock, Illinois. ● Se habla Español ● Mowimy po polsku

Pugh and Payne, P.C. has offices in Chicago and Waukegan, Illinois and serves clients in Cook County, Lake County and McHenry County , Illinois, including Waukegan, Woodstock, Park Ridge, Niles, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Elmwood Park, Norridge, Rolling Meadows, Des Plaines, Hoffman Estates, Chicago, Skokie, Maywood, Crystal Lake, McHenry, North Chicago, and Highland Park. We are conveniently located in Waukegan, across from the Court House and in Chicago on the Northwest Side with easy access to the Daley Center, the Skokie Court House, the Rolling Meadows Court House, the Maywood Court House and the Cook County Criminal Courts Building at 26th and California.

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Main Office
7257 West Touhy Ave.
Suite 202
Chicago, IL 60631
Phone: (773)-467-8991
Fax: (773)-467-8992
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Waukegan Office
33 North County Street
Suite 609
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
By appointment only (please .call main office)
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