Terrie L. Culver & Associates was founded in 2007. Since the beginning, our firm's approach to legal services has been to strive for excellence, effective communication, and the strictest professional ethics. Along with world class legal representation, our firm aims to provide a personal touch by adapting our methods to every client's particular needs and concerns, communicating about legal issues in easily understandable terms, and setting out ahead of time the pros and cons of all possible legal avenues and strategies.
Terrie L. Culver & Associates has an outstanding record of success both inside and outside the courtroom against some of the largest and most powerful law firms and corporations in the country. We have achieved this success through the multifaceted skills and experience of our attorneys and by utilizing cutting-edge analysis to the provision of counsel, negotiations, and presentation of complex and simple cases and transactions.
The majority of our firm's business is generated by referrals from law firms, corporations, and past and present clients.
Terrie Culver
Terrie L. Culver is a lawyer who has concentrated in commercial, corporate/M&A, and real estate litigation and transactions after leaving her judicial clerkship in 1994. She has handled landmark cases as well as smaller matters, with settlements ranging from a few thousand to millions of dollars.
She serves as a trusted advisor to startup and multinational corporations on their core commercial transactions.
Accomplishments Include
- High success rate in litigation and transaction matters.
- Successful results in foreclosure matters representing property owners and contractors seeking enforcement of mechanic's liens.
- Revisions to corporate collection policy resulted in an incremental increase in collections of $1.5 million over six months.
- Saved corporations over $7.5 million in claims.
- Saved a government agency over $6 million in claims.
Past Employment Experience
- North American Counsel for an international corporation.
- Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Albert Green, Chancery Division of Circuit Court of Cook County.
- Internship with the Public Defender's Office in the Criminal Division.
- Internship with the Clerk of the Court of Cook County.
Education/Licenses
Illinois State and Federal Bars, May 1993
John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, J.D., January 1993
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, B.A. in Psychology with minors in Chemistry and Biology, May 1987
Our Clients Say it Best
Without a doubt, she is the most competent, conscientious, and ethical attorney I've ever worked with. Shawn M., Yelp
Terrie stepped in at the last minute and saved our home. Jim T., Yelp