Attorney profile
Ziliak Law, LLC
The short version
Chicago-based Ziliak Law, LLC provides intellectual property, trademark, patent, corporate, blockchain, entertainment, financial industry, data privacy, and litigation services to businesses, entrepreneurs, creatives, and inventors.
Strengths
- Offers a broad legal services menu that includes intellectual property, patents and trade secrets, trademarks and advertising, business and corporate, blockchain, data privacy, entertainment and media, financial industry, and litigation.
- Trademark-specific capabilities include copyright and trademark, trademark application, trademark infringement, and trademark trial work.
- Serves businesses, entrepreneurs, creatives, brand owners, inventors, and money managers, with experience described across legal and operational sides of clients' industries.
- Positive reviews frequently praise responsiveness, specialized and timely counsel, professionalism, patience, and care.
- Website highlights litigation and arbitration results involving recovered withheld compensation for traders and a mutual fund manager.
Considerations
- Some reviews report missed deadlines, prolonged nonresponse, or difficulty getting replies to emails and inquiries.
- One negative review describes billing and case-preparation concerns in an MSPB matter; the firm's owner response disputes the billing claim and notes the attorney involved is no longer with the firm.
- The firm has a mixed overall rating of 3.80 from nine reviews, indicating varied client experiences.
About Ziliak Law, LLC
Ziliak Law, LLC is a Chicago-based law firm at 141 W Jackson Blvd, Suite 4048, serving businesses, entrepreneurs, creatives, brand owners, inventors, and money managers. Its practice spans intellectual property, patents and trade secrets, trademarks and advertising, copyright and trademark, trademark application, trademark infringement, trademark trial, business and corporate, blockchain, data privacy, entertainment and media, financial industry, and litigation. The firm describes roots in the trading industry and has grown into a broader legal services provider for companies and ventures. It assists clients with commercializing and protecting intellectual property around the world, launching funds that trade traditional and digital assets, fundraising and contract negotiations, and litigation throughout the country. Trademark-related offerings include copyright and trademark work, intellectual property portfolio development, trademark applications, infringement matters, and trademark trial work. The firm emphasizes understanding clients’ industries, processes, plans, and concerns rather than only the law, and says its solutions reflect experience on both the legal and operational sides of clients’ industries. Its stated approach is captured in the motto Your Vision + Our Experience = Your Growth. The website also highlights case results involving withheld compensation, including a CBOT arbitration for an options trader, a NYMEX options trader matter, and recovery for a mutual fund manager. Customer reviews are mixed overall at a 3.80 rating across nine reviews. Positive feedback repeatedly mentions responsiveness, specialized and timely counsel, professionalism, patience, and care. Reviewers describe help with a suspected crypto scam, an entertainment-industry impersonation attempt, and general business legal needs; several note quick replies and valuable guidance. At the same time, some reviews report missed deadlines, prolonged nonresponse, and billing or case-preparation concerns. One negative review centers on an MSPB matter and billing increments; the firm’s owner response disputes the billing claim and notes the attorney involved has not been with the firm since February. Another reviewer reports sending more than ten emails without a response. These accounts suggest that client experiences have varied, with the strongest praise focused on responsiveness and industry-specific counsel, while the most serious criticisms concern communication and follow-through. Ziliak Law presents itself as a fit for startups, established businesses, and creative or financial-sector clients seeking trademark, intellectual property, corporate, blockchain, entertainment, and litigation services in Chicago and beyond.
Recurring feedback
What clients consistently mention
- Responsiveness and communication appear as a split theme: multiple positive reviews highlight quick replies and timely guidance, while some negative reviews report missed deadlines or no response to repeated emails.
- Industry-specific and specialized counsel is a recurring positive theme, with reviews mentioning crypto scam guidance, entertainment-industry impersonation, and general business legal needs.
- Professionalism and client care recur in positive feedback, including descriptions of attorneys as professional, patient, detailed, friendly, and concerned.
- Billing and case preparation are a recurring negative theme in a small number of reviews, including concerns about time increments and familiarity with case details.
- Overall satisfaction is mixed, with strong praise alongside serious communication and service complaints reflected in the 3.80 rating from nine reviews.
All reviews
3.8 out of five stars based on 9 reviews.
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