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David G. Sigale has been selected as a Super Lawyer for the ninth time in 2022, and continues to be grateful for the honor. Mr. Sigale has become one of the Nation’s leading Second Amendment and civil rights attorneys since serving as co-counsel in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. City of Chicago. He[…]

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David G. Sigale has been selected as a Super Lawyer for the eighth time in 2021, and continues to be grateful for the honor. Mr. Sigale has become one of the Nation’s leading Second Amendment and civil rights attorneys since serving as co-counsel in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. City of Chicago. He[…]

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On July 16, the Law Firm of David G. Sigale, PC, filed a lawsuit in Springfield to stop the State’s new Firearm Dealer License Certification Act.  On top of the federal payments and regulations with which lawful dealers must already comply, the Act requires the payment of exorbitant (and in many cases, multiple) fees, and[…]

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The Illinois Appellate Court just offered a good reminder of what connection a defendant must have to Illinois in order to meet the requirement of personal jurisdiction to sue in an Illinois Court.  This is known as the “minimum contacts” rule which goes back to the oft-cited case of International Shoe Co. v. State of[…]

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An interesting test of the Government’s power:  In 2012, Laura Pekarik, owner of the Cupcakes for Courage food truck business, challenged Chicago regulations including a required GPS monitor in her truck, and a rule requiring mobile vendors to stay at least 200 feet away from bricks-and-mortar restaurants, filed a petition asking the Illinois Supreme Court[…]

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