Samuel E. Neschis

Samuel E. Neschis, located in Des Plaines, Illinois, offers extensive legal expertise to businesses and business owners across various industries. His legal career began at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where he honed his trial and investigative skills. Since 2002, he has been practicing corporate and commercial law in Chicago, addressing a broad spectrum of legal issues such as shareholder and partnership disputes, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, trade secret theft, employment matters, restrictive covenants, commercial fraud, and unfair competition. Additionally, he handles real estate, trust, and probate litigation, as well as civil appeals.

Samuel assists business owners with the formation and operational challenges of their enterprises, including negotiating contracts with vendors, customers, and distributors, resolving employee issues, and managing owner disputes. He has served as the former chair and is currently one of the newsletter editors for the Illinois State Bar Association Business & Securities Law Section Council.

As an arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County's Law Division Commercial Calendar mandatory arbitration program, Samuel is also a certified mediator, helping businesses and individuals resolve disputes efficiently. His commitment to community service is evident in his active volunteer work with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.

Samuel authored "Reasonable Expectations of Shareholder-Employees in Closely Held Corporations: Towards a Standard of When Termination of Employment Constitutes Shareholder Oppression," published in the Winter 2015 edition of the DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal. He is a 1999 graduate of the Fordham University School of Law, where he received the Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award.