Visual Art

26-0151 Client runs a creative content and marketing agency. Client entered into an independent contractor agreement, containing no mention of work-for-hire, with a company to create photography and digital assets for marketing and branding. Company terminated the relationship, and refused to pay the full amount owed, as well as is continuing to use the generated works without a license, despite C...

26-0081 Client is an NFP art studio and gallery that supports Chicago visual artists living with mental and developmental disabilities. Client has an artist with serious cognitive impairments who cannot manage their affairs and requires a legal guardian. Client needs legal assistance applying for public guardianship....

26-0069 Client is a visual artist and former art teacher. Client had the parking garage door come down on Client's car due to a parked car blocking the exit. Client received seemingly contradictory emails from the property owner in response to the damage. Property owner then turned Client's matter over to a collection agency for the full amount of the damaged door. Client is seeking legal assistan...

26-0067 Client is a visual artist and arts administrator. Client was employed at a nonprofit organization with an FMLA policy. Client went on job-protected leave pursuant that policy. Client returned to work and found that their performance was evaluated differently, requests for reasonable accommodations were delayed, and Client was placed on an internal Performance Improvement Plan. Client filed...

26-0066 Client is a visual artist. Client has a business creating paintings for live events as well as commissioned pieces. Client seeks legal assistance in creating template agreements for services as well as advice and assistance creating foundation documents and filing for LLC status....

26-0041 Client is a puppet artist and patent holder. Client has come up with a method for assembling tensegrity art structures. Client has patented ideas in the past and needs legal assistance reviewing documentation and filing a non-provisional patent application with the USPTO....

26-0022 Client is a visual artist and art educator. Client has a curriculum for teaching classical drawing and painting techniques. Client needs legal assistance in forming his art education studio into a nonprofit entity....

25-1326 Client is a journalist and visual artist. Client was hired by a nonprofit organization with assurances that the org had sufficient funding for the role. Client experienced a medical issue and requested the ability to work remotely. Client was terminated from the role shortly after this request and needs legal assistance evaluating a claim for discrimination as well as potential defamation ...

25-1325 Client is a visual artist and long-time teaching artist who has been running her own art school. Client opened a gallery that has been donating considerable proceeds to various causes. Client seeks to start a nonprofit entity to help support teaching, creating, and selling of art. Client needs legal assistance creating foundational documents and filing for nonprofit status....

25-1316 Client is a painter, illustrator, and art educator. Client rents the space where he teaches and creates his artworks. The space has had a series of issues of disrepair, including flooding, and the landlord is largely unresponsive or hugely delayed in any fixes they provide. Client needs legal assistance evaluating a claim for damages due to potentially uninhabitable conditions....