CHICAGO LEGAL COUNSEL · ENGLISH OR SPANISH
Legal counsel, made personal.
Founded by attorney Carolina Garza-Gongora, CGG Law provides direct legal counsel to Chicago-area real estate sellers, individuals planning their estates, and business owners building with a clear legal foundation.
The legal work matters because of what is behind it: money, family, ownership, time, and control.
CGG Law provides direct legal counsel to Chicago-area property sellers, individuals and families planning their estates, and founders and business owners defining the terms of their companies.
Every client works directly with founder and attorney Carolina Garza-Gongora.
THREE AREAS OF EXPERTISE. ONE STANDARD OF ATTENTION.
Begin with the matter in front of you.
CGG Law concentrates on three areas in which the language of a document can have lasting personal and financial consequences.
Each area has its own dedicated approach. Each matter receives direct attention from Carolina.
FOR PROPERTY SELLERS
The sale price is set. The terms still matter.
After an offer is accepted, contract changes, inspection demands, title issues, credits, payoffs, and closing figures can still affect the seller’s timing, obligations, and final proceeds.
CGG Law represents 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? Include the date the contract was signed and any stated attorney-review deadline when contacting the firm.
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
Your life does not arrive in a standard package. Your estate plan should not either.
Estate planning is not simply a decision about who receives property.
It is a series of decisions about who may act for you, who should care for the people who depend on you, how property should be managed, and what should happen if you cannot communicate those choices yourself.
Carolina begins with the life behind the documents: the people, responsibilities, property, and decisions that make the 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
Planning conversations are available directly with Carolina in English or Spanish.
FOR FOUNDERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
A business needs more than a filing.
The filing creates the entity.
The agreements determine who owns what, who decides, how money moves, what the company promises, and what happens when circumstances change.
CGG Law helps 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? Start with the decision in front of you.
ONE CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. ONE ATTORNEY WHO KNOWS IT.
Your matter should not need a new introduction every time the question changes.
At CGG Law, the attorney you meet is the attorney who handles the work.
Carolina learns the facts, reviews the documents, explains the legal choices, and remains the client’s primary point of contact throughout the engagement.
That continuity matters.
A contract provision may affect a closing figure. An estate-planning decision may depend on how property is owned. A business agreement may need to account for what happens if an owner leaves or becomes unavailable.
Those connections are easier to see when the attorney advising you already understands the matter behind the immediate question.
WORK DIRECTLY WITH CAROLINACLEAR COUNSEL FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DECISIONS
Understand what you are signing—and what it changes.
Legal language should not obscure the decision a client is being asked to make.
Carolina’s role is to identify the legal issues, explain the available choices and their consequences, and prepare or review documents that reflect the direction the client has chosen.
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Start with the actual matter
The first conversation focuses on what is happening, what has already been signed or decided, and what deadline or decision may be approaching.
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Make the consequences visible
Carolina explains how the relevant terms may affect cost, timing, authority, responsibility, ownership, or future options.
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Put the decision into clear language
The documents should reflect the legal work being undertaken and be understandable to the people expected to rely on them.
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Keep the client connected to the work
Questions and developments remain directly with Carolina rather than passing through a rotating group of attorneys.
The attorney
One relationship. Direct counsel.
Carolina Garza-Gongora is a first-generation Mexican-American attorney fluent in English and Spanish.
Her perspective informs 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 the matter in front of you. Your request goes to her directly, and you will hear back to arrange a time.
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Office
171 N Aberdeen Street, Suite 400
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Direct counsel for the decisions behind the documents.
- Real Estate
- Estate Planning
- Business Law