Guin, Stokes & Evans, LLC - Chicago, IL

Guin, Stokes & Evans, LLC Law Firm Overview

Guin Stokes & Evans, LLC’s attorneys have been helping individuals, institutional investors and businesses resolve complex legal disputes for over thirty years. The primary focus of our litigation practice is in the areas of business and financial disputes, securities fraud and class action litigation, antitrust, commercial litigation and partnership or shareholder disputes. We represent both plaintiffs and defendants, in state and federal court, in class actions, individual litigation and in arbitration proceedings.

Guin Stokes & Evans LLC's expertise in complex financial litigation has been recognized by national financial media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The Bond Buyer, Bloomberg Financial News, Barron’s, Forbes, Money, and SmartMoney, all of whom have sought and quoted our input on such topics as the intricacies and risks of derivative securities, legislation affecting securities markets, class action procedures, and liabilities of banks and professionals involved in bond issues.  Mr. Donaldson and Mr. Guin were the subject of a feature-length article in The Birmingham News, “City Law Firm Scoring Wins in Big Stakes Securities Cases,” (August 23, 1993).

Our lawyers have been involved in more than 130 reported decisions handed down by federal and state courts across the nation all the way to the United States Supreme Court (twice). We have testified twice before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee and have been invited to speak at seminars across the country. Our attorneys have exceptional academic backgrounds. Most were members of the editorial board of a Law Review or similar legal periodical during law school. Each has taught continuing legal education courses for other lawyers or guest-lectured at a law school. Three of our lawyers clerked for federal district court judges, another clerked for an Alabama Supreme Court justice, and another served as a clerk/extern with the California Court of Appeals. Every partner in the firm, and the firm as a whole, has received an AV-rating from Martindale-Hubbell. We also are a member of the “International Network of Boutique Law Firms” (www.inblf.com), an organization of highly credentialed boutique law firms, each of which has been identified as outstanding in the firm’s field.

Practice Areas

• Business Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• Antitrust Litigation
• Mediation

Litigation

Previous Law Firm Name

• Donaldson Guin & Slate, LLC, March 1, 1997
• Donaldson & Guin, LLC, January 1, 2001

Pro Bono Activities

• Chicago Volunteer Legal Services