Business Law — Illinois & Iowa

Business Law With
a Trial Lawyer's
Backbone.

When you hire William Breedlove for a business matter, opposing counsel doesn't just get a business attorney. They get someone who has stared down federal gang witnesses in front of a jury and won. That changes the dynamic entirely.


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The Difference

Your Opponents Are Prepared
for a Business Attorney.
They Are Not Prepared for This.

Most business litigation attorneys have never tried a murder case. They have never cross-examined a cooperating gang witness. They have never stood in a federal courtroom with a client whose freedom — not just money — depended on what happened in the next ten minutes.

William has done all of it. And that experience doesn't stay in the criminal courthouse. It follows him into every negotiation, every deposition, every business dispute he handles. Opposing counsel can feel it across the table.

Combine that trial-hardened instinct with an LLM in International Business Law from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid — where William graduated as valedictorian — and you have something the business litigation world rarely sees: a lawyer who is equally at home drafting complex international contract terms and dismantling a witness on cross-examination.

Business disputes can be existential. When they are, the attorney across the table from your opponent should make them nervous. William does.

Typical Business Attorney vs William Breedlove
Negotiated contracts in conference rooms
High-Stakes Experience
Negotiated with prosecutors over life and liberty
Cross-examined business witnesses in depositions
Cross-Examination
Cross-examined murder witnesses in front of juries
Pressure forged in boardrooms and courtrooms
Pressure Background
Pressure forged in murder trials and federal prosecutions — a different category entirely
Gathered facts from cooperative witnesses over scheduled calls
Investigation
Investigated witnesses who were facing federal charges, lying to survive, or dangerous — and got the truth anyway
Domestic law focus
International Scope
LLM in International Business Law — valedictorian
Won cases at the trial court level
Appellate Record
Won at Illinois Supreme Court; set appellate precedent

International Business

International Contracts &
Cross-Border Disputes

William has negotiated and drafted multi-million dollar international commercial contracts — agreements that cross borders, legal systems, and cultural expectations. His LLM in International Business Law from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, where he graduated as valedictorian, gives him a command of international commercial law that most domestic attorneys simply do not have.

When those contracts are breached, or when international business disputes arise, William brings the same aggressive advocacy he applies in every other practice area.

International Contract Drafting
Cross-Border Commercial Disputes
Multi-Million Dollar Negotiations
International Contract Enforcement
Choice of Law & Jurisdiction
International Appellate Disputes

Internal Matters

Internal Investigations

When a business faces an internal crisis — allegations of fraud, financial misconduct, regulatory violations, or employee wrongdoing with international dimensions — the investigation itself must be handled with precision and discretion. Done wrong, it can expose the company to greater liability than the underlying conduct.

William has conducted internal investigations on matters with international components, advising businesses on how to investigate effectively, what to preserve, what to report, and how to present findings without creating unnecessary legal exposure. His criminal defense background means he understands exactly how regulators and prosecutors think — and how to conduct an investigation that anticipates their scrutiny.

International Compliance Investigations
Financial Misconduct Investigations
Employee Fraud Investigations
Regulatory Inquiry Response
Document Preservation & Privilege
Investigation Findings Reporting

Labor & Employment

Labor Negotiations,
Unions & Strikes.

Labor disputes — especially strikes — are high-pressure, high-stakes situations where the wrong move can be catastrophic. William has been in the room for these negotiations and knows how to hold the line.


William has been in the room for labor and union negotiations, including active strike situations. These are not merely legal matters — they are strategic, psychological, and reputational battles where the outcome depends as much on who is across the table as on the law itself.

Labor disputes at the negotiating table demand an attorney who does not buckle under pressure, who reads the room accurately, and who knows when to hold firm and when to move. William's background — built in courtrooms where the stakes were always high — makes him uniquely prepared for exactly these moments.

Most labor attorneys have only ever faced other labor attorneys. When William walks into a labor negotiation, the dynamic shifts. The other side is dealing with someone who negotiates for a living under conditions far more intense than a conference room.

Union Contract Negotiations
Collective Bargaining
Strike Representation
Labor Dispute Resolution
NLRB Proceedings
Labor Arbitration

Why Trial Lawyers Win
Negotiating Tables Too

Pressure Tolerance William has negotiated in situations where the wrong answer meant decades in prison for his client. A contentious union negotiation doesn't rattle someone with that background.
Credible Threat of Trial Negotiations succeed when the other side believes you will actually go to trial if needed. William's trial record makes that threat credible in a way few business attorneys can match.
Reading People Cross-examining witnesses teaches you to read people — their tells, their pressure points, when they're bluffing. Those same skills work across a bargaining table.
Appellate Reach If a dispute escalates to litigation or appeal, William is fully prepared to take it there — including at the appellate level in Illinois and Iowa.

Full Business Law Services

What Breedlove Legal
Handles for Businesses.


International Contract Drafting & Review
Multi-Million Dollar Negotiations
International Business Disputes
Cross-Border Appellate Litigation
Internal Investigations
Regulatory Compliance Counsel
Labor & Union Negotiations
Strike Representation
Collective Bargaining
NLRB Defense
Commercial Contract Disputes
Business Partnership Disputes
Non-Compete Defense & Enforcement
Business Fraud Defense
Commercial Appellate Litigation
Executive Representation
Million Dollar Advocates Forum — Life Member

Lifetime Member — Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Reserved for attorneys who have obtained a verdict, award, or settlement of $1,000,000 or more in a single case. William earned his lifetime membership through a seven-figure recovery — evidence that his results extend well beyond the criminal courthouse.

Ready for a Business Attorney
Who Actually Fights?

Call William to discuss your business matter. The other side won't know what hit them.

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