Top Rated Commercial Litigation Attorney in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
Meet Terrance Buehler
Meet Terrance Buehler
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Why did I become a lawyer? Why did I decide? I made that decision a very long time ago when I was a kid. My best answer to that is I made the decision to be a lawyer because I thought I wanted to help people—certainly my family and friends.
I think we live in a society where, unfortunately, you need to know a lawyer at some point in your life. As my practice has gone on, I find that I gravitate toward a “David against Goliath” type of work. I started my career in a big law firm, but after five years of representing large companies for the most part, I switched over and started doing class action litigation—an awful lot of securities fraud litigation. You know, investors with 100 shares taking on big companies.
I’ve kind of continued that approach. I don’t do securities fraud cases anymore, but I find that I’m involved in business disputes. One of the things that brought Peter and me together is that we were adversaries twice, 30–35 years ago. As you can tell, we have very different styles, but we also view the world very similarly.
I like to think I hold myself to a very high ethical and professional standard, and I put my clients’ interests ahead of my own. I know Peter views the world the same way, which is why we collaborate so much now and why we are of counsel to each other’s firms.
Chicago, IL commercial litigation attorney Terrance Buehler talks about why he became a lawyer. Why did he become a lawyer? Why did he decide? He made that decision a very long time ago when he was a kid. His best answer to that is that he decided to become a lawyer because he wanted to help people—certainly his family and friends.
He believes that we live in a society where, unfortunately, everyone will need to know a lawyer at some point in their life. As his practice has progressed, he has found himself gravitating toward a “David against Goliath” type of work. He started his career in a big law firm, but after five years of representing large companies, he switched over and began handling class action litigation—primarily securities fraud cases, where small investors with 100 shares would take on big corporations.
He has continued in that direction, though he no longer works on securities fraud cases. Instead, he focuses on business disputes. One of the things that brought him and Peter together was that they were adversaries twice, 30–35 years ago. Though they have very different styles, they view the world in a similar way.
He holds himself to a very high ethical and professional standard and always prioritizes his clients’ interests above his own. He knows Peter shares this philosophy, which is why they collaborate so frequently now and why they serve as counsel to each other’s firms.
