Actuate Law LLC

Founded by a team of Big Law veterans, our firm blends the nimble entrepreneurialism of a boutique start-up with the wisdom and experience that comes from decades of deftly handling complex and sophisticated litigation, transactional, and compliance matters. We are a corps of seasoned trial lawyers and legal professionals with a track record of achieving exceptional results for businesses and individuals in a broad array of industries. Like the clients we serve, we're constantly striving to achieve the "impossible triangle" of better, faster, and less costly.
Actuate Law proactively identifies innovative legal solutions for its clients, free from the restrictions of the traditional law firm model. Both in how we value our bespoke solutions and the contributions of our team members, the interminable "hours x rate" approach is decidedly pass?. Instead, we appreciate that the key is to mindfully craft and efficiently deliver a custom result for each client that expertly combines people, process, and technology. In that regard, our lawyers are among those advancing the development of expert systems that automate the delivery of legal advice and forging collaborative partnerships with other service providers to provide more comprehensive answers to client challenges. We are primed to embrace the new technologies and innovative approaches that are rapidly changing the marketplace.
What's more, our founding partners are not only former large firm colleagues, but also friends who actually like each other and enjoy working together. We wanted to create a law firm environment that not only delivers exceptional legal results to our clients but also inspires each member of the Actuate Law team to achieve his or her full potential. We jealously guard a culture of professionalism, integrity, collegiality, and unbiased objectivity. We demand it, and you deserve it
Founding Partners
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Doug Albritton
Founding Partner
"There is work to be done" - unattributed
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Dara Tarkowski
Founding Partner
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain
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Phil Tortorich
Founding Partner
"Creativity can solve almost any problem." - George Lois
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Martin Tully
Founding Partner
"Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all." ? Arthur C. Clarke

Locations	No. of Attorneys
Chicago,	16

Practice Areas	No. of Attorneys
Litigation - Insurance	1
Trusts and Estates	1