CHICAGO LEGAL COUNSEL · ENGLISH OR SPANISH
Legal counsel, made personal.
Attorney Carolina Garza-Gongora founded CGG Law. We work with Chicago-area real estate sellers, people planning their estates, and business owners who want their companies built on a clear legal foundation.
Legal work matters because of what sits behind it: money, family, ownership, time, and control. When we review a contract, prepare an estate plan, or help set up a company, we keep those stakes in mind.
Every client works directly with founder and attorney Carolina Garza-Gongora.
OUR THREE PRACTICE AREAS
Start with the area that fits your situation.
CGG Law focuses on three areas where the wording of a document can affect your life and your finances for years. Each practice has its own approach, and Carolina gives every matter her personal attention.
FOR PROPERTY SELLERS
The sale price is set. The terms still matter.
After you accept an offer, contract changes, inspection demands, title issues, credits, payoffs, and closing figures can still affect your timing, your obligations, and your final proceeds.
We represent Chicago-area property sellers from attorney review and negotiation through closing.
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
- Attorney review
- Inspection and contract negotiations
- Title and property requirements
- Seller documents
- Closing preparation
- Residential and commercial transactions
Already under contract? When you contact our firm, include the date the contract was signed and any attorney-review deadline stated in it.
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
Your life does not arrive in a standard package. Your estate plan should not either.
An estate plan answers some important questions: who receives your property, who may act for you, who should care for the people who depend on you, how your property should be managed, and what should happen if you cannot share those choices yourself.
Carolina starts with your life: the people, responsibilities, property, and decisions that make your plan personal.
ESTATE PLANNING SERVICES
- Wills
- Revocable living trusts
- Property powers of attorney
- Healthcare powers of attorney
- Living wills and advance directives
- Planning for minor children
- Coordination of business interests and estate plans
You can talk through your plan with Carolina in English or Spanish.
FOR FOUNDERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
A business needs more than a filing.
A filing creates the company. Your agreements decide who owns what, who makes decisions, how money moves, what the company promises, and what happens when things change.
We help founders and business owners put those terms in writing, from formation and ownership agreements to contracts, governance, commercial leases, and continuity planning.
BUSINESS LAW SERVICES
- LLC and corporation formation
- Operating agreements
- Shareholder agreements
- Commercial contracts
- Business governance
- Commercial lease review
- Succession and continuity planning
Forming a company, adding an owner, signing an important agreement, or preparing for a transition? Tell us what you are deciding, and we can start there.
WORKING WITH CGG LAW
You should not have to explain your situation again each time a new question comes up.
At CGG Law, the attorney you meet is the attorney who handles your work. Carolina learns the facts, reviews the documents, explains your legal choices, and stays your primary point of contact throughout the engagement.
That continuity matters.
A contract term may affect a closing figure. An estate-planning choice may depend on how property is owned. A business agreement may need to cover what happens if an owner leaves or becomes unavailable. These links are easier to see when your attorney already knows the story behind today's question.
WORK DIRECTLY WITH CAROLINACLEAR ADVICE FOR BIG DECISIONS
Understand what you are signing and what it changes.
Legal language should not hide the choice you are being asked to make. Carolina’s job is to find the legal issues, explain your options and what each one means, and prepare or review documents that match the direction you choose.
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Start with your situation
Our first conversation focuses on what is happening, what has already been signed or decided, and any deadline or decision coming up.
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Show what each choice means
Carolina explains how the terms may affect cost, timing, authority, responsibility, ownership, or future options.
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Put the decision in clear language
Your documents should reflect the legal work we are doing and be easy to understand for the people who will rely on them.
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Keep you connected to the work
Your questions and updates stay directly with Carolina instead of passing through a rotating group of attorneys.
The attorney
Meet your attorney.
Carolina Garza-Gongora founded CGG Law and is our attorney. She is a first-generation Mexican-American attorney, fluent in English and Spanish. Her perspective shapes the way she approaches the law: with respect for the personal, cultural, and generational considerations that often sit behind a legal decision.
Atención legal directa en inglés o español.
CAROLINA, IN HER OWN WORDS
CGG Law
Carolina is the attorney who handles your matter personally.
A USEFUL PLACE TO BEGIN
You do not need to have everything figured out.
If you already have a contract, draft agreement, existing estate plan, formation document, or known deadline, mention it in your request.
If you are still deciding what you need, begin with the situation:
- What is happening?
- What has already been signed or decided?
- Who else is involved?
- Is there a deadline?
- What outcome matters most to you?
Do not send confidential documents or sensitive information before CGG Law confirms that it can accept the matter.
REQUEST A CONSULTATIONConsultation
Request a consultation with Carolina.
Tell Carolina a little about your situation. Your request goes straight to her, and you will hear back to set up a time.
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Office
171 N Aberdeen Street, Suite 400
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Clear legal help for the decisions behind your documents.
- Real Estate
- Estate Planning
- Business Law