About Our Firm
CZL P.C. is a Black woman-owned law firm based in Chicago, Illinois. As a registered Benefit Corporation, CZL P.C. provides individuals and communities with affordable, high-quality, customized access and support to improve and sustain their operations and stakeholder relationships.
Our diversified practice provides both Legal Services and Legal Consulting Services for a wide range of clients, including social entrepreneurs, woman- and minority-owned small to medium-size businesses, nonprofit organizations, benefit corporations, and government agencies.
At CZL P.C., we anchor all of our practices in the ARCDEI principles of anti-racism/colonialism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Our Service Commitment
CZL P.C.’s legal staff focuses on helping our clients achieve greater alignment with triple bottom line governance and operations. Our commitment is to:
Restore community by providing legal support to social entrepreneurs, community development, and nonprofit organizations, as well as traditional commercial entities.
Provide tools that amplify awareness of equity and inclusion by unpacking and understanding the social, environmental, and economic impacts of institutions and systems that create inequity.
Build and strengthen by guiding organizations toward sustainable governance and operations based on social, environmental, and economic equity.
Support transformation by developing legal frameworks and organizational systems that enhance access to legal services.
