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Automotive; Emerging Technologies; Energy; Entertainment and Media; Food; Golf and Resort; Health Care; Insurance; Life Sciences; Nanotechnology; Sports; Business Law; Corporate; Commercial Transactions and Business Counseling; Corporate Governance Services; Environmental Regulation; Estates and Trusts; Finance and Financial Institutions; Health Care Finance and Restructuring; International Business; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity and Venture Capital; Public Finance Services; Real Estate; Tax and Employee Benefits; Tax and Individual Planning; Transactional and Securities; Transactions; Project and Infrastructure Finance; Asset Securitization; Interference; Financial Products and Variable Insurance; Business Counseling and Technology; Risk Management/Captives; Public Agencies; Brownfields; Land Use and Entitlement; Airport Services; Agency/Distribution; Hedge Funds; Higher Education; Structured Finance; Tenant-in-Common; Directors and Officers; Taxation; Charitable Gifts; Private Foundations; Estate Planning; Water Issues; Wind Energy; Reinsurance Runoff; Surface Transport; Arbitrage Rebate Compliance; Intellectual Property; Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical; Chemical and Pharmaceutical; Consumer and Industrial Products; Electronics; IP Litigation; Trademark, Copyright and Advertising; Stem Cell Technologies; Genomics; Litigation; Antitrust; Appellate; Bankruptcy; Business Reorganizations; Construction; Distribution and Franchise; Energy Regulation; Family Law; General Commercial Litigation; Insurance Dispute Resolution; Labor and Employment; Media Law; Product Liability; Securities Litigation, Enforcement and Regulation; Tax, Valuation and Fiduciary Litigation; White Collar Defense and Corporate Compliance; Mechanical and Electromechanical Technologies; IP Due Diligence; Business Method Patents; Patent Prosecution/Litigation; Trademark and Copyright Enforcement and Litigation; Product Liability; Health Law; Medical Devices; Nutraceuticals; Provider Operations; Academic Medical Centers; Reinsurance/Commutation; Health Care Compliance; Translational Research; FDA; HIPAA; Long Term Care; Medicare; Information Technology and Outsourcing; Outsourcing; Information Technology; Data Security and Privacy; Telecommunications; Software and Multimedia; Government Procurement; Political Law; Public Affairs; Strategic Communications; Lobbying; Investor Relations; Appropriations; Government Relations; State Affairs; Biotech and Biomedical Start-Ups, Clinical Research, Commercial Development, ERISA, False Claims and Compliance Counseling, Financial Markets, Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures, Insolvency, Medicaid, Mixed Use and Retail Development, Physicians and Medical Groups, Reinsurance, Residential, Condominium and Resorts, Senior Living, Syndicated and Securities-Related Transactions.

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PARTNERS

Lisa J. Acevedo (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois. Education: Loyola University of Chicago (B.S., 1992); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1995) Order of the Coif; Member, DePaul University Law Review; Case-Note Editor, Journal of Health and Hospital Law; Article and Note Editor, DePaul Business Law Journal.

Lisa J. Acevedo is a partner in the Health Care Industry Team of Foley & Lardner LLP and co-chairs the Team's Provider Operations Work Group. She is also a member of the Privacy, Security & Information Management Practice and Life Sciences Industry Team. She provides regulatory and transactional advice and general counsel to clients representing virtually all aspects of health care.

Ms. Acevedo counsels clients on compliance with statutes and regulations impacting companies doing business in the health care industry, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark, the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and implementing regulations, including the Prescription Drug Marketing Act. She also provides advice on related guidelines including the OIG Compliance Program Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and the PhRMA Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals.

Ms. Acevedo provides strategic counsel in the areas of federal health privacy laws, including HIPAA, FERPA, Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Records, as well as state laws governing the confidentiality of health information, medical records, mental health records and records containing other highly sensitive information. She provides guidance and counsel on privacy and security issues faced by clients as they implement interoperable electronic medical records systems and other technology involving health information.

Ms. Acevedo has written several articles and delivered a number of speeches on privacy and security matters, including HIPAA compliance, as well as health care fraud and abuse, Stark, tax-exempt issues, and FDA issues. She has been an adjunct instructor of health law at Benedictine University in its Master's in Public Health graduate program.

Prior to joining Foley, Ms. Acevedo was corporate counsel for Baxter International, Inc., where she had primary responsibility for advising and assisting two divisions of the company in FDA compliance issues. She was also designated Baxter's privacy leader, with principal responsibility for advising on privacy, including U.S. and international privacy legislation. In this role, she helped to create and implement the company's Privacy and Security Program on a global basis. As corporate counsel, Ms. Acevedo also advised all divisions of the company in Medicare/Medicaid fraud and abuse issues.

Ms. Acevedo's publications include:

· Co-author: "Global Data Privacy and Security, Part 1: An Overview of U.S. and International Laws," MX: Business Strategies for Medical Technology Executives, (September/October 2001)

· Co-author: "Global Data Privacy and Security, Part 2: The Impact of Privacy Laws on Medical Product Development," MX: Business Strategies for Medical Technology Executives, (November/December 2001)

· Co-author: "Acquisitions and General Issues Regarding Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities and Supportive Living Facilities," Issues in Long-Term Care Practice Handbook, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, (2002)

· Co-author: "Financial Hot Buttons in 2005: Seven Critical Issues that Will Affect Medical Group Revenues," The American Medical Group Association, Group Practice Journal, (February 2005)

· Co-author: "Hatch Waxman Continues to Challenge," Counsel to Counsel, (March 2005)

Ms. Acevedo serves as the chair of the Latina Lawyers Committee within the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois. She is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association.

Ms. Acevedo received her law degree, with honors, in 1995 from DePaul University College of Law and was admitted to the Order of the Coif. She was a member of the DePaul University Law Review, a case-note editor of the Journal of Health and Hospital Law, and an article and note editor of the DePaul Business Law Journal. She received her undergraduate degree from Loyola University of Chicago.

Member: Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois (Chair, Latina Lawyers Committee); American Health Lawyers Association; American Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Information Technology & Outsourcing; Privacy, Security & Information Management.Email: Lisa J. Acevedo

Andrea M. Augustine (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1987; J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Electronics.Email: Andrea M. Augustine

Michael G. Bailey (Partner) admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1998, Illinois. Education: Stanford University (A.B., with high honors, 1977); University of Chicago (J.D., 1981). Member: American Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Special Agencies: Counsel to the Assistant Chief Counsel and Senior Reviewing Attorney, Financial Institutions and Products, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1990-1997. Practice Areas: Taxation; Employee Benefit Taxation; Public Finance; Financial Law; Health Care Finance; Tax Litigation; Tax Valuation; Wind Energy; Senior Living; Energy.Email: Michael G. Bailey

Wesley N. Becker (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Texas; 1986, Illinois. Education: Colorado State University (B.S., 1980); University of Chicago (J.D., 1983). Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Transactions; Secured Lending; Real Estate; Business Law; Golf and Resort Services; Health Care; Finance; Energy.Email: Wesley N. Becker

Stephen P. Bedell (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1988, Wisconsin; 1993, Pennsylvania. Education: Xavier University (H.A.B., with honors, magna cum laude, 1976); Northwestern University (J.D., 1979). Articles Editor, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business, 1978-1979. Co-Author, with L. Harrison, S. Harvey and M. B. Cyze, Book, Arbitration Practice, Illinois Institute For Continuing Legal Education, 1989. Member, Inquiry Board, 1985-1988 and Hearing Board, 1989-1995, Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the State of Illinois. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society. Practice Areas: Securities; Finance; Litigation; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation; SEC Enforcement; Investment Regulation.Email: Stephen P. Bedell

Myles D. Berman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (A.B., with honors, 1974; M.U.P., 1979); Northwestern University (J.D., 1983). Adjunct Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law. Adjunct Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana. Field Associate, Brookings Institution's study of the Community Block Grant Program. Research Associate, Northwestern University's Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research. Chairman, Board of Directors, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc. Board President, Public Interest Law Initiative. Co-author, chapter of the Attorney's Practice Guide to Negotiations (1995). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Chicago Council of Lawyers. Practice Areas: Regulatory Law; Government Relations; Election Law; Campaign Law; Political Law; Environmental Regulation.Email: Myles D. Berman

Laura L. Bilas (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: Valparaiso University (B.A., with high distinction and honors, 1982); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Public Finance Law; Finance; Health Care Finance; Business Law.Email: Laura L. Bilas

Martin J. Bishop (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Florida Atlantic University (B.A., 1996); Boston University (J.D., 1999). Executive Editor, Boston University Law Review. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Computer Software; Licensing Litigation; Media Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Martin J. Bishop

Richard Bromley (Partner) admitted to bar, 1968, Iowa; 1969, Illinois. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1968). Order of the Coif; Delta Theta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Iowa Law Review, 1967-1968. Law Clerk to Judge Donald P. Lay, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1968-1969. Adjunct Professor, Taxation of Exempt Organizations, De Paul University College of Law, 1984-1989 and IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1987-1989. Member of Board of Advisors of The Insurance Tax Review, 1988—. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section; Chairman, Task Force on Property and Casualty Insurance Company Federal Income Tax Legislation, 1983-1984; Chairman, Subcommittee on Property and Casualty Companies, 1985-1988; Secretary, 1988-1990; Vice Chair, 1990-1992; Chair, Committee on Insurance Company Taxation, 1992-1994); Chicago Crime Commission (Vice Chairman). Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Insurance Law; Regulatory Law; Health Care.Email: Richard Bromley

John T. Brooks (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois; 1996, Florida. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1986; J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Practice Areas: Trust and Estate Litigation; Corporate Tax Planning; Tax Valuation; Tax Litigation.Email: John T. Brooks

Marshall J. Brown (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., magna cum laude, Mechanical Engineering, 1996; J.D., 1998) Executive Editor, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review.

Marshall J. Brown is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. He is vice chair of the Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies Practice and a member of the Electronics, Trademark, Copyright & Advertising and China Practices.

Mr. Brown has extensive legal experience in many areas of patent counseling, working with companies specializing in areas such as computer software products, telecommunications technologies, consumer products, medical devices, financial products, electrical devices, computer networks and systems, and various types of audio and video communication protocols. Mr. Brown's counseling work includes U.S. and foreign patent prosecution; patent clearance matters; patent infringement and validity opinions; freedom to operate studies; and intellectual property due diligence in mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Brown also regularly provides technical and legal support on patent litigation matters. A few of Mr. Brown's recent litigation cases include:

· Davco Technology, LLC. v. Fleetguard, Inc. and Web Enterprises, Inc., where Mr. Brown represented Fleetguard in a case involving fuel filter technology

· Smart Parts, Inc. v. WDP, Inc. where Mr. Brown represented WDP against allegations of patent infringement regarding electropneumatic paintball guns

· Catalina Marketing Corporation v. LDM Group, LLC. Mr. Brown represented Catalina in an alleging infringement by LDM with regards to prescription processing technology

· Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. v. Kuhl Wheels, LLC and Epilogics Group, where Mr. Brown represented Kuhl Wheels in a case involving automobile wheels.

Mr. Brown has worked with a wide variety of companies, ranging from consumer product manufacturers to health care providers and medical device companies, on a variety of trademark issues as well. These issues have involved trademark registration, enforcement and licensing, and domain name protection and enforcement.

Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Brown interned in the design and development areas of Ford Motor Company's Light Truck division.

Mr. Brown graduated from the University of Michigan (B.S.E., magna cum laude, mechanical engineering, 1996; J.D., cum laude, 1998), where he was executive editor of the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review.

Mr. Brown has been selected for inclusion in the 2008 and 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers-Rising Stars® Editions.*

Mr. Brown is admitted to practice in Illinois and the federal district court for the Northern District of Illinois, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Member: Chicago Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Practice Areas: China; Electronics; Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies; Trademark, Copyright & Advertising.Email: Marshall J. Brown

Michael M. Conway (Partner) admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., cum laude, 1968); Yale University (J.D., 1973). Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1971-1973. Author: Notes, Vol. 80, 82 Yale Law Journal; "Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants in Illinois Employment Contracts," 60 Chicago Bar Record 142, 1978. Co-Author: "Libel and Slander Depositions" (Juris Publishing, Inc., 1999); Chapter 16, "Damages, Double Costs, and Fees," Attorney's Guide to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Chairman, Yale Law School Barristers Union, 1972-1973. Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary Impeachment Inquiry of Richard M. Nixon, 1974. Member: American Bar Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. [United States Army, 1969-1971]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Media Law; Federal Tax Litigation; Appellate Practice; Airport Regulation; Tax Litigation; Tax Valuation.Email: Michael M. Conway

Elizabeth L. (Beth) Corey (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois. Education: Butler University (B.A., 1973); New York Law School (J.D., 1982).

Beth Corey is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, where she chairs the national Real Estate Practice Group and specializes in representing domestic and international investors in real estate assets, investment funds and gaming. Her practice includes such diverse assets as retail centers, sports arenas, hospitals, healthcare centers, senior living projects, hotels, casinos and mixed-use developments. Her counsel for gaming projects includes lotteries, Virtual Technology Lottery and Internet gaming. Engaged in the counsel of clients in business law since 1982, in Chicago, Illinois, Ms. Corey concentrates her practice representing U.S. and foreign investors for all aspects of business joint ventures and consortiums for real estate and alternative assets for acquisitions, leasing, funds, financing, general real estate and business law counsel. She has represented foreign investors from Germany, South America, France, Norway, China and the United Kingdom.

Ms. Corey was selected for inclusion in the 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers® list and the Illinois Leading Lawyers list.*

Ms. Corey has provided legal counsel for the University of Illinois South Campus Redevelopment project. This public private redevelopment gained award winning recognition through the 2007 Phoenix Awards for Community Impact.

Ms. Corey led Foley's real estate team in its effort to obtain secured venue agreements for Chicago's bid for the Summer Olympics in 2016.

In response to the current credit environment and capital market, Ms. Corey has lent her senior perspective to the representation of complex funds restructures and new fund positioning for contemplated investments.

As a member of the Sports Law Team, Ms. Corey represented the successful bidder for acquisition of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field.

As Real Estate Practice Group Chair, Ms. Corey manages more than 70 lawyers across Foley's offices. Her responsibilities include business and strategic planning, professional development, professional responsibility and budget management.

Ms. Corey is actively involved in other specific areas of law firm management and leadership including Foley's Diversity Committee and Committee for Alternative Pricing and Service Delivery Solutions.

Ms. Corey received her law degree from New York Law School in 1982 and a B.A. from Butler University in 1973. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Real Estate Investment and Securities Association, the American Hospitality and Lodging Association, the Global Alliance of Hospitality Attorneys and the American Gaming Association. Ms. Corey serves as a member of the Government Affairs Committee of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.

She is a frequent author of articles on current topics including:

· "The Power of Foreign Investors," Rejournals.com (February 2009)

· "New Legislation Expands Tax Incentives for Developers and Owners of Energy-Efficient Developments," Foley & Lardner Legal News Alert: Real Estate (January 2009)

· "CMBS Lenders Begin Invoking MAC Clauses with Investors," Foley & Lardner Legal News Alert: Real Estate (February 2008)

· "U.S. Real Estate Fund Structures to Accommodate German Investors," Foley & Lardner Legal News: Real Estate (January 2007)

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Member: American Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; International Council of Shopping Centers; Real Estate Investment and Securities Association; American Hospitality and Lodging Association; Global Alliance of Hospitality Attorneys; American Gaming Association.

Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Elizabeth L. (Beth) Corey

Dewey B. Crawford (Partner) admitted to bar, 1967, Illinois. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1963); University of Michigan (J.D., with distinction, 1966). Member: Chicago (Securities Law Committee) and Illinois State (Corporation and Securities Law Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Finance; Financial Institutions Law.Email: Dewey B. Crawford

James D. Dasso (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar); 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., 1982); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1985-1986. Law Clerk to the Honorable J. Edward Lumbard, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1986-1987. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Litigation; Food Industry.Email: James D. Dasso

Patrick Daugherty (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1986, District of Columbia; 2000, Michigan. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1978); Cornell University (J.D., 1981). Author: "Rethinking the Ban on General Solicitation," 38 Emory L.J. 67, 1989. Co-Author: "Securities Arbitration: Securities and Forms," Matthew Bender, 1992. Editor, Decennial Review of Developments in Business Financing, ABA, 1994. Law Clerk to the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1981-1982. Counsel to SEC Commissioner Fleischman, 1986-1989. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Council, Business Law Section, 2000-2002); American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section, Committees on: Developments in Business Financing; Federal Regulation of Securities; Law and Accounting; Legal Opinions; Small Business); American Law Institute; Federalist Society. Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Investment Regulation; International Business Law; International Law; Transportation; Insurance.Email: Patrick Daugherty

Scott E. Early (Partner) admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1971); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1975). Associate Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1974-1975. General Counsel, Board of Trade of the City of Chicago (1983-1994). Member: Chicago (Member and Past Chairman, Futures Regulation Section; Trial Techniques Section), Illinois State (Member, Litigation Section), Federal (Director) and American (Member, Litigation and Business Law Sections; Executive Committee, Committee of Futures and Derivatives Instruments Executive Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Financial Litigation; Futures Regulation; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation; SEC Enforcement; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Scott E. Early

Kevin J. Egan (Partner) admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1977-1982, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., with highest honors, 1972); Northwestern University (J.D., 1975). Phi Kappa Phi. Article Editor, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1974-1975. Author: "The Imposition of Administrative Penalties and The Right to Trial By Jury," 65 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 345, 1974. Instructor, Legal Writing, Northwestern University, 1974-1975. Recipient, Hodes Prize, 1975. Law Clerk to Judge Richard B. Austin, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1975-1977. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1978-1982. Member: Chicago (Member, Membership Committee, 1980-1981; Health Law Committee, 1982—; Committee on Evaluation of Judicial Candidates, 1984—) and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit. Practice Areas: Health Care Corporate Law; Health Care; Senior Living.Email: Kevin J. Egan

Bennett L. Epstein (Partner) admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois; 1976, Missouri; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar; 1992, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin; University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1972); Washington University (J.D., 1975). Associate Editor, Urban Law Annual, 1974-1975. Trial Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1975-1978. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Labor and Employment; Health Care.Email: Bennett L. Epstein

Jay Erens (Partner) admitted to bar, 1959, Illinois; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court; 1960, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1962, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1956); Harvard University (LL.B., magna cum laude, 1959). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1957-1958 and Note Editor, 1958-1959, Harvard Law Review. Author: "Liability of a Corporation for Acts of a Subsidiary or Affiliate," 71 Harvard Law Review, 1122, 1958. Law Clerk to Mr. Justice John M. Harlan, U.S. Supreme Court, 1959-1960. Lecturer on Law, Northwestern University, 1961-1963. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, 1964-1971. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Business Planning; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Law.Email: Jay Erens

Craig Fochler (Partner) admitted to bar, 1971, Illinois. Education: Knox College (B.A., 1968); Northwestern University (J.D., 1971). Member, Promotion Marketing Association of America. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Intellectual Property Law) Bar Associations; International Trademark Association; Intellectual Property Law Association; Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago; Law Club of Chicago. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Trademarks; Copyrights; International Law; Food and Drug Regulation.Email: Craig Fochler

Steven Gerenraich (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1989); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Transactions; Business Planning; Finance; Business Law; International Business Law.Email: Steven Gerenraich

Charles M. Gering (Partner) admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1987); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law.Email: Charles M. Gering

Diane Gianos (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuits. Education: DePaul University (B.S., 1984); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation.Email: Diane Gianos

Jeanne M. Gills (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., Electrical Engineering, with honors, 1991); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1994).

Jeanne M. Gills is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and vice-chair of the firm's national Intellectual Property Department and Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.

Her trial experience includes such "bet the company" cases as DeKalb v. Pioneer, a patent case concerning genetically engineered corn where over $500 million was at stake. With her electronics background, Ms. Gills has litigated many patent and technology cases involving semiconductors, memory devices, plasma displays, optical projectors used in aircraft, diesel engines, and other complex electronics and computer software matters.

Throughout her career, she has represented clients in many diverse industries (from electronics to biotechnology) in complex patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition litigation and appeals. Other recent trial experience includes federal jury trials and arbitrations in multiple forums, including jury trial involving patent infringement of a dual-energy x-ray scanning device; jury trial involving copyright and trade dress infringement of a silo unloader; jury trial involving trade dress infringement of a rotary electric shaver; and arbitration involving copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and other business claims regarding computer software. She has also successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in numerous preliminary injunction and TRO proceedings, including suits involving copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation of computer software; patent, trademark, and trade dress infringement of a hand tool; copyright and trade dress infringement of robotic toy designs; copyright infringement of architectural plans; and trade secret misappropriation of customer lists-all of which resulted in favorable settlement terms for her clients. In addition, her experience includes ITC actions and conducting discovery abroad throughout Europe and Japan.

Her broad-based intellectual property experience resulted in her being recognized by the AIPLA and the MCCA as one of the country's "Top Minority IP Partners" (2003), as being one of less than 5% of Illinois attorneys selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers® (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009), and as a leading patent litigator and trade secrets lawyer by The Legal 500 US (2007). She was also recognized among the notable lawyers in Who's Who in Black Chicago (2006). In addition, Ms. Gills received an "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell's peer review process. An "AV" rating is given to those attorneys with "very high to preeminent legal ability," and reflects her "expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence."*

As an attorney registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Ms. Gills regularly counsels clients in all aspects of the procurement, registration, enforcement, advertising, marketing/branding, and protection of intellectual property in the U.S. and abroad. Representative experience includes: counseling companies on the protection of product configuration trade dress and the use of color as a trademark; counseling companies regarding copyright ownership and infringement disputes, particularly in the areas of computer software and associated documentation; handling contractual disputes concerning intellectual property rights and licenses and the theft or use of intellectual property by a company's former employees or independent contractors; counseling clients on IP holding companies, including how to maximize value from an IP portfolio when certain assets are likely to be the subject of IP litigation; and handling cases involving the intersection of trade dress, design patent, and utility patent protection for consumer and industrial products. Apart from her intellectual property litigation and counseling experience, she has prepared various intellectual property licenses, including franchise, software, and disaster recovery agreements.

Ms. Gills is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1994) and Michigan State University (B.S., with honors, electrical engineering, 1991). She is admitted to practice in Illinois, the Seventh Circuit, and various federal district and appellate courts, in addition to the USPTO. She is an active member of the AIPLA, IPLAC, and the Intellectual Property Law sections of the ABA and the NBA.

In addition, Ms. Gills co-authored a chapter on Experts for the Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook (BNA Books). She also regularly presents seminars and publishes on a variety of intellectual property topics, including the following recent papers and/or presentations:

· "Networking For Success" (F&L Mentor/Mentee Seminar, 6/09)

· "Emerging Legal Trends In Patent Law" (MCCA CLE Expo, 3/09)

· "KSR: Pharmaceutical Cases Revisited 18 Months Later" (BNA & ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law Conference, 10/08)

· "IP Gone Wild?" (Moderator and Panelist, F&L IP Litigation Conference, 9/08)

· "Strategic Patent Litigation - Venue Selection, Use of IP Injunctions & Defenses" (Presentation at IP Section of National Bar Association Annual Conference, 7/08)

· Pre-Conference Workshop on "Creating & Managing Patent Portfolios" (Presentation at 2nd Annual Summit on Intellectual Property for Wireless Tech & New Media, 6/08)

· "IP Litigation in the 21st Century - A Look at In re Bilski, Post-KSR Litigation Strategies, & Stats on Best Patent Defenses" (Presentation at Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property Annual Symposium, 4/08)

· "At the Razor's Edge: Prosecuting and Defending Against Patent Infringement Claims Post-KSR" (F&L Legal News: Medical Devices Newsletter, 1/08)

· "Strategic Venue Selection & Use of IP Injunctions" (Panelist, F&L Business Litigation Conference, 12/07)

· "Navigating The Changing Tides of Patent Litigation" (Martindale Hubbell/Lexis Nexis Counsel2Counsel Forum, 11/07)

· "Views from the Bench: Remedies in IP Litigation Cases - A Roundtable of Judges from the Southern District of New York" (Moderator and Panelist, F&L IP Litigation Conference, 10/07)

· "Unexpected Results? - The Litigation Landscape Post-KSR in Pharmaceutical Cases" (BNA & ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law Conference, 10/07)

· "Avoiding a Career Silo: Understanding and Converting Your Value" (10th Annual CYOC Career Development Conference, IP Law Pre-Conference 9/07)

· "Hot Topics in Trademark Law" (DuPont Legal Conference, 9/07)

· "KSR v. Teleflex: Its Practical Implications for Patent Practice" (IPO Annual Meeting, 9/07)

· "KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. - Pharmaceutical Prosecution & Litigation Strategies" (Client CLE Seminar, 6/07)

· "Taking A Company's IP To The Next Level" (Client CLE Seminar, 6/07)

· "Use of Expert Witnesses in Patent Litigation" (BNA/ABA Seminar, 11/06)

· "Are Opinions of Counsel Still the Best Defense to Willfulness in IP (Patent & Trademark) Litigation" (F&L Corporate Counsel Seminar, 10/06)

· "Battling Global IP Piracy & Counterfeiting" (F&L Corporate Counsel Seminar, 9/06)

· "Surfing Trademark Issues on the Web" (F&L White Paper, 9/06; Corporate Legal Times and F&L Webinar, 3/05)

· "Crafting an Effective Patent Invalidity Opinion - Is it the Last Bastion of Defense?" (PLI, 2003-2006; IP Litigator article, 6/04)

· "Being and Finding Good Mentors" (BWLA, 3/06)

· "Trade Secret Protection in the 21st Century" (Presenter, F&L Business Litigation Conference, 12/05)

· "The Dilution Dilemma - Litigating Dilution Claims and the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005" (ABA/Navigant Consulting IP Roundtable, 12/05)

· "Seize the Day: Hearing an Ex Parte Seizure Order for Copyright and Trademark Counterfeiting" (AIPLA Annual Meeting, 10/05)

· "IP Roundtable on Key Patent Appellate Cases, including Blackberry, Lemelson, and Illinois Tool" (F&L Corporate Counsel Seminar, 10/05)

· "Digital, Wireless & New Media Technologies - Is Your IP Future in the Right Hands?" (F&L Corporate Counsel Seminar, 9/05)

· "Discovery Issues in Patent Litigation" (PLI, 9/05)

· "Internet-Related Trademark Litigation Issues & Trends" (INTA Table Topic, 5/05)

· "New Insights into IP Law in China" - Presenter on Trade Secret Protection (F&L Corporate Counsel Seminar, 3/05)

· "Preparing to Initiate or Defend a Patent Lawsuit" (ABA, 10/04)

· "IP Litigation: Avoiding the Money Pit" (Corporate Legal Times and F&L Webinar, 7/04)

· "How Do You Measure Up? Metrics And Measurements for Law Departments" (Counsel to Counsel Forum, 2/04)

· "How to Litigate in the Digital Decade" (Defendants' Patent Counsel (doing damages expert cross-exam and defendants' closing argument) in Mock Trial Plenary Session involving patent and trademark infringement regarding image enhancement software; AIPLA Mid Winter Institute, 1/04)

· "Bank One: Law Firm Diversity Symposium" (Panelist, 12/03)

· "A Woman and Minority Perspective on Client Development" (CBA, 9/03)

· "Intellectual Property Litigation and Opinions - Using Litigation Knowledge to Advance Career Success" (NBA Annual Convention, 8/03)

· "An Ounce of Prevention - Smart Patent Prosecution Can Minimize Litigation Oops" (IP Litigator article, 7/03)

· "Avoiding Litigation Pitfalls through Effective Patent Prosecution" (Corporate Counsel article, 7/03; and ABA IP Seminar, 4/03)

· "Getting Off To A Good Start - Drafting A Patent Application to Survive Prosecution and Litigation" (AIPLA Annual Meeting, 2002)

· "An IP Litigation Perspective on Licensing" (PLI Seminar, 2001)

· "Section 112 Cases and the Impact of Festo" (PLI Seminar, 2001)

· Contributor to the IPLAC Litigation Committee's "Federal Circuit (2001 and 2002) Review of Markman Issues.

Ms. Gills serves on the firm's Diversity Committee. She is also a former member of the firm's national Recruiting Committee (1999 - 2005) and former chair of the firm's African-American Attorneys Affinity Group. In addition, Ms. Gills has been a board member with the Evening Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2002 and in 2008 became a mentor for high school students through Links Unlimited.

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Member: AIPLA; IPLAC ABA (Intellectual Property Law Section); NBA (Intellectual Property Law Section).

Practice Areas: IP Litigation; Trademark, Copyright & Advertising.Email: Jeanne M. Gills

Phillip M. Goldberg (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1980); DePaul University (J.D., 1983).

Phillip M. Goldberg is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Mr. Goldberg is chair of the firm's Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice and a member of the Securities, Commodities & Exchange Regulation Practice. He counsels securities broker-dealers and other clients on compliance with the federal and state securities laws and rules of the various self-regulatory organizations (SROs) and represents those clients in SEC enforcement proceedings and SRO disciplinary and other proceedings, litigation and grand jury investigations. Mr. Goldberg also assists special committees of boards of public companies in investigations of financial reporting and related conduct. He has represented various securities broker-dealers and investment advisors in SEC and SRO investigations of sales practices, municipal securities business, equity, fixed income and financial futures trading, and back office compliance and related supervision. He has represented various broker-dealers and individuals in significant investigations relating to research analyst conflicts of interest, sales of derivatives, IPO allocations, and financial reporting and net capital compliance. He represents public companies and individuals, including corporate officers and directors in SEC investigations, including investigations into the adequacy of financial and other reporting and internal controls and insider trading and related shareholder litigation. He also consults corporations and institutional investors in proxy contests and related takeover cases.

Mr. Goldberg was profiled in Illinois Legal Times as one of Chicago's best young litigators. He often speaks at bar and securities trade association programs on corporate internal investigations, SEC enforcement issues, and regulatory examinations, and has published several articles on these topics.

Mr. Goldberg received his law degree from DePaul University (J.D., 1983) and his undergraduate degree from Indiana University (B.A., 1980).

Practice Areas: Securities Enforcement & Litigation; Securities, Commodities & Exchange Regulation.Email: Phillip M. Goldberg

Geoffrey S. Goodman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Maryland; 2000, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.A., 1996); University of Illinois (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Order of the Coif. Notes Editor, University of Illinois Law Review. Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy; Appellate Practice.Email: Geoffrey S. Goodman

David B. Goroff (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, Eastern District of Michigan and District of Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982) Phi Beta Kappa; Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1985) Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Notes and Comments Editor, Columbia Law Review.

David B. Goroff is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. He is national chair of the firm's Appellate Practice. He is also a member of the firm's Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations and Antitrust Practices. He has substantial trial experience and an emphasis in appellate litigation, bankruptcy litigation, and antitrust litigation and counseling.

Mr. Goroff has extensive experience representing clients before state and federal appellate courts and the United States Supreme Court.

He represents entities in all aspects of the bankruptcy litigation process. Selective representations include the plan administrator in a multibillion dollar information services bankruptcy; In re Bridge Information Systems, including overseeing more than 400 litigation matters relating to preferences, claims and other issues; the Liquidating Trustee in appellate and other matters In re Farmland, Inc.; the bankruptcy of a large agricultural cooperative; the Village of Rosemont, Illinois as petitioning creditor in the successful petition for involuntary bankruptcy of a riverboat gambling operation In re Emerald Casino, Inc.; claimants in a mass tort bankruptcy in In re Dow Corning; a consortium of the nation's major airports in In re TWA and In re UAL Corp.; the liquidating trustee in a large telecommunications bankruptcy, In re USN; a hotel owner in adversary litigation In re Northwest Airlines, Inc., a Securities Investor Protection Act Trustee investigating fraud and a Ponzi scheme that brought down a brokerage house in In re Old Naples, Inc.; the Chapter 7 trustee in a large manufacturing bankruptcy, In re Madison Management Systems, Inc.; the Chapter 7 trustee in a large retail bankruptcy, In re Ben Franklin Retail Stores; the Chapter 11 trustee in the bankruptcy of a major conglomerate, In re Grabill, Inc.; a secured lender in In re Sabratek, Inc.; and a potential purchaser of assets in In re Safety-Kleen. He also advises and counsels clients on bankruptcy alternatives and on strategies for reorganizing and resolving matters with creditors.

His antitrust counseling assignments include preparing antitrust compliance programs for clients, structuring joint ventures, advising clients of the application of antitrust laws to previously regulated industries, and assisting clients with the merger review process before the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. This has included the preparation of Hart-Scott Rodino filings, white papers, and other materials in response to agency "Second Requests" for information. Some of Mr. Goroff's work on antitrust issues include:

· Presenter, Webinar, "GM/Chrysler Bankruptcy Program," National Association of Subrogation Professionals, July 30, 2009

· Presenter on constitutional law issues at Symposium: "Same-Sex Marriage: Past, Present, Future," Loyola University Law School, March 2009

· Webinar, "Avoiding Antitrust Liability In Establishing Joint Ventures Strategies for Negotiations of Joint Venture Agreements," Strafford Publishing, February 5, 2009

· Prepared instructional video for Reed Logistics on trade association antitrust issues, December 15, 2008

· Webinar, "Seminar On Appellate Practice," December 12, 2008

· Author, "One Dozen Important Points About Bankruptcy Appeals," Journal of Bankruptcy Law, March 2008

· Co-authored, "The Transfer of a Health Insurance/Managed Care Business," Journal of Health Care Finance, Winter 2007 (with George Goodman)

· Webinar, "Transfer of Health Insurance/Managed Care Business," Foley & Lardner Friday Focus Series, May 18, 2007

· Webinar, "Avoiding Antitrust Violations in Competitor Collaborations," Strafford Publishing on October 14, 2008, September 25, 2007, March 28, 2007, November 1, 2006, July 19, 2006

· Webinar, "Competitor Collaborations: Antitrust Questions And Issues," Foley & Lardner Friday Focus Series, November 18, 2005

Mr. Goroff is active in a variety of professional groups including the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, for which he serves as a member of its Executive Committee; and the American Bar Association, where he has served as vice chair of the Antitrust Section and also as a member of the Books and Treatises Committee. He has served as an adjunct professor for the University of Illinois Law School and Chicago-Kent College of Law and also as an instructor for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Goroff is a graduate of Columbia University's Law School (J.D., 1985), where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a notes and comments editor of the Columbia Law Review. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Following law school, Mr. Goroff served as a law clerk for the Hon. Richard D. Cudahy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

He is admitted to practice in Illinois, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, Central District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Michigan, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Goroff was selected for inclusion in the 2008 and 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers® lists.* He was also named a 2007, 2008 and 2009 Illinois "Leading Lawyer" by the Leading Lawyers Network.*

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Member: American Bar Association (Vice Chair, Antitrust Section; Member, Books and Treatises Committee).

Practice Areas: Antitrust; Appellate; Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations.Email: David B. Goroff

Edward J. Green (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa; 1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1988; M.B.A., 1992; J.D., with high distinction, 1992). Associate Editor, University of Iowa Law Review, 1990-1991. Law Clerk to Honorable Michael J. Melloy, Chief U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of Iowa, 1992-1994. Practice Areas: Health Care; Health Care Corporate Law; Health Care Finance; Health Law; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Finance.Email: Edward J. Green

Byron L. Gregory (Partner) admitted to bar, 1969, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1966); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1969). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Byron L. Gregory

Robert H. Griffith (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1999; U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Seventh Circuits; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1993); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1996). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation; Securities.Email: Robert H. Griffith

Paul F. Hanzlik (Partner) admitted to bar, 1971, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (B.A., cum laude, with honors, 1964); Columbia University (LL.B., 1967). Chairman, Electric Power Committee, American Bar Association, Section of Natural Resources Energy and Environmental Law, 1990-1992. [First Lieut., U.S. Army, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Energy; Regulatory Law; Litigation.Email: Paul F. Hanzlik

Mark F. Hebbeln (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia; 2000, Illinois. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1993); Emory University (J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy; Business Reorganization; Creditors Rights; Corporate Trusts.Email: Mark F. Hebbeln

James R. Hellige (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1977, U.S. Tax Court. Education: St. Mary's University of Minnesota (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973); University of Notre Dame (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Associate Articles Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: "The Right of A Creditor of an Heir to Contest the Will," 50 Notre Dame Law Review, 309, 1974; "Coping With the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax," 69 Illinois Bar Journal, 166 and 228, 1980 and 16 Law Notes, 103, 1980 and 52 The Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2510, 2829 and 3093, 1981; "Strategies to Use While Awaiting Possible Repeal of the Generation-Skipping Tax," 125 Trusts & Estates, No. 2, 42, February, 1986; "An Overall Look at Planned Giving Options," 16 Fund Raising Management, No. 12, 74, February, 1986; "A New Set of Complexities," 126 Trusts and Estates, No. 3, 8 and No. 4, 10, March and April, 1987; "The New Generation-Skipping Tax: Analysis, Planning and Drafting," Northwestern University Estate Planning Advisory Council Press, June 1, 1987; "Temporary Regulations Help to Answer Some Questions," 128 Trusts & Estates, No. 2, 55, February, 1989; "Sophisticated Charitable Giving: Techniques and Problems," 41 Major Tax Planning 1100 Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., 1989; "Charitable Giving and the Generation-Skipping Tax," 130 Trusts & Estates, No. 5, 34, May, 1991. Member: Chicago (Member, Probate Practice Committee, Co-Chair, Division C, 1994-1995, Chair, Executive Subcommittee of Probate Practice Committee, 1997-1998; Chair, Legislative Subcommittee of Probate Practice Committee, 1998-1999), and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Taxation) Bar Associations; Chicago Estate Planning Council; Director, Chicago Council on Planned Giving; Advisory Board of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Estates Law; Trusts Law; Charitable Organizations Law; Related Taxation; Corporate Tax Planning; Individual Taxation.Email: James R. Hellige

Heidi H. Jeffery (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1993); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1996) Managing Editor, Iowa Law Review.

Heidi H. Jeffery is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. Ms. Jeffery is vice chair of the firm's Senior Living Industry Team. She is a member of the firm's Finance & Financial Institutions, Health Care Finance & Restructuring, and Public Finance Services Practices and the Health Care Industry Team. Ms. Jeffery has experience in general municipal, private activity bond, housing, student loan, health care and senior living finance. In such transactions, she has served as bond counsel and counsel to developers, underwriters, credit enhancers, issuers and borrowers.

Ms. Jeffery also frequently represents broker-dealers in connection with municipal securities compliance matters. In addition, Ms. Jeffery also has experience representing banks in general lending transactions, including both secured and unsecured commercial loans.

Ms. Jeffery received her law degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1996, where she was a managing editor of the Iowa Law Review. She received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1993.

Ms. Jeffery is active in civic and industry organizations. She currently is a member of the President's Council of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Ms. Jeffery also is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the American Bar Association. She is a former member of the board of directors of Women in Public Finance. Ms. Jeffery is admitted to practice in Illinois.

Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers; American Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Finance & Financial Institutions; Health Care Finance & Restructuring; Public Finance Services.Email: Heidi H. Jeffery

Dean M. Jeske (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1986; J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; SEC Enforcement; Litigation.Email: Dean M. Jeske

Glen H. Kanwit (Partner) admitted to bar, 1968, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1972, U.S. Tax Court; 1973, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fifth Circuits; 1996, Federal Circuit. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., cum laude, 1965); Columbia University (LL.B., cum laude, 1968). Co-Author: "Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants in Illinois Employment Contracts," 60 Chicago Bar Record 142, 1978; "The Corporate Client and the Attorney-Client Privilege," 66 Chicago Bar Record 84, 1984. Member of Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1990—. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University Law School, 2000—. Member: Chicago (Chairman, Civil Practice Committee, 1982-1983) and American Bar Associations; Chicago Council of Lawyers (Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1981; Vice President, 1981-1982; Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1985; Treasurer, 1985-1986). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Financial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Appellate Practice; Corporate Tax Planning; Tax Valuation; Tax Litigation.Email: Glen H. Kanwit

Harold L. Kaplan (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, New York; 1979, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1972; M.A., 1975); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1975).

Harold L. Kaplan is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. He, among other things, is the leader of the firm's Corporate Trust and Bondholders Rights Team and is a member of the firm's Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice. Over the last three decades, Mr. Kaplan has represented financial institutions, debtors, trustees under the Bankruptcy Code and the Securities Investors Protection Act, foreign liquidators in ancillary proceedings, creditors committees, and other creditor groups, including representing indenture trustees and bondholder interests.

In addition to more traditional areas of practice, he has extensive experience in claims trading and regulated industry matters, including railroad, airline and other transportation reorganizations; utility industry matters; securities industry and broker-dealer matters; insurance and bank insolvencies; telecommunications, gaming, oil and gas and mining proceedings; and health care industry matters, including health care finance, reorganizations, insolvencies, and other proceedings.

Mr. Kaplan was named one of 12 outstanding bankruptcy lawyers in the country in 2005, 2004 and 2003, and one of 13 in 2001, by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine. He is recognized as one of Chambers USA's 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 "Leaders in their Field" for bankruptcy. Mr. Kaplan was selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialties of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law and corporate law.

Mr. Kaplan has authored numerous articles and spoken on transactional, bondholder/corporate trust, health care and bankruptcy topics. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, where he is a contributing editor to the ABI Journal's "Intensive Care" column on health care related issues. He has been a presenter at numerous conferences on corporate reorganization, distressed debt, distressed real estate, health care financing and bond default, and chairs the Annual Corporate Reorganizations Conference held in Chicago. He is a past chair of the Chicago Bar Association Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee; chair of the American Bar Association Health Care-Related and Not-for-Profit Bankruptcy Issues Subcommittee; and chair of the American Bar Association Committee on Trust Indentures and Indenture Trustees, as well as serving on several related committees, including the advisory drafting group of the Subcommittee on Revision of the Model Simplified Indenture. He is also a member of the editorial board of the American Bankers Association Trust and Investments magazine, and was a member of the editorial board of Network News, a publication for corporate trustees. He recently served as an original member of the Cornerstone Council, an advisory group that makes recommendations to the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Management Committee on the uses of Cornerstone 15 funds for academic research.

Mr. Kaplan received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School (J.D. 1975). He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (M.A. 1975, B.A. 1972).

Mr. Kaplan is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York and has appeared in courts and cases throughout the United States.

Previous and Current Representative Major Bond/Indenture Trustee/Creditor Cases:

ASARCO, AbitibiBowater, Aleris International, Bally Total Fitness, Charter Communications, Primus Telecommunications, Simmons Bedding, Extended Stay America, Hartmarx, HRP Myrtle Beach Holdings LLC, Kimball Hill, Remy International, UAL Corp., Northwest Airlines Corp., FLYi, Inc., Mirant Corp., Loral Orion, USGen New England, Atlas Air, Tower Automotive, WHX Corp., Kaiser Aluminum, Conseco, Petro-Geo, HealthSouth, Magellan Health Services, NCS Healthcare, AHERF, Home Products International, Inc., Fleming, Kmart, Redback Networks, USN Communications, Favorite Brands, Southern Mineral, United Companies Financial, ContiFinancial, Sunterra, Crown Vantage, Kitty Hawk, Safety-Kleen, Reliant Building Products, Wheeling-Pittsburgh, Metal Management, Armstrong World Industries, Outboard Marine, Loewen Group, Globe Manufacturing, Pacific Gas & Electric, AMRESCO, Goss Holdings, Thermadyne Holdings, Jacobson Stores, Farmland Industries, Hunt International Resources, Sunshine Mining, Eastern Air Lines, Telemundo, Bally's Grand, Wedtech, Manville Forest Products, Venture Stores, Rock Island Railroad, Milwaukee Road, and WPPSS.

Recent publications and speaking engagements from 2006 to present (partial list):

· Speaker, "Maximizing Profits in the Distressed Debt Market," 16 th Annual Distressed Investing Conference, upcoming November 30, 2009 (New York).

· "Trustee Lessons From the United Kingdom: The SIV Cases," co-authored with Daniel R. Fisher, Corporate Trust Section, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, July/August 2009

· "The Opportunity and "Duty" to Restructure Nonprofit Health Care Debt," co-authored with Anu R. Singh, ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute) Journal, Intensive Care, June 2009.

· "Tranche Warfare: Leapfrogging Debt Through Exchange Offers," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln, Corporate Trust Section, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, March/April 2009.

· "BCE Post-Mortem," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, January/February 2009.

· "BCE: Bondholder 'Oppression Remedies' Under Canadian Law," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, November/December 2008.

· "Covenants Count: Current CaseLaw," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, September/October 2008.

·"News Brief: Loewen Decision on Trustee Pre-Default Ministerial Conduct," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, September/October 2008.

· "Trusting Trust Accounts -- Comparative Safeguards of Customer Accounts," Corporate Trust section, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, September/October 2008.

· "Doing Well by Doing Right: The Ethical-Legal Challenge of the Indenture Trustee in an Activist World," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln, Corporate Trust section, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, July-August 2008.

· "Keeping a Level Playing Field: The Evolution of Discriminatory Consent Solicitations and Exchange Offers," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln, Corporate Trust section, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, March/April 2008.

· "The Evolving Standards For the Appointment of a Patient Care Ombudsman: Section 333 in "Operation"," co-authored with Samuel R. Maizel, ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute) Journal, Intensive Care, March 2008.

· "Recent Developments Possibly Putting Investor Privacy and Purchased Debt Claims at Risk," co-authored with Daniel Northrop, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, January/February 2008.

· "Aggressive Enforcement of Indenture Covenants: The No-Action Clause in an Activist World," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln and Daniel Northrop, Corporate Trust section, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, November/December 2007.

· "Indenture Trustee Role and Obligation in Settlements Affecting Bondholder Rights: The Kenton County Bonds/Delta Air Lines Case," co-authored with Daniel Northrop, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, November/December 2007.

· "Recoupment in Health Care Bankruptcies: A Shrinking Issue?," co-authored with Timothy R. Casey, ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute) Journal, Intensive Care, October 2007.

· "Grand Old Trustee Standard of Care Cases Draw to a Close Bluebird, Semi-Tech, Holmes Harbor," co-authored with Daniel Northrop, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, September/October 2007.

· "Indenture Trustee Fees and Expenses in Bankruptcy - A Strategic Consideration Update," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln and Daniel Northrop, Corporate Trust section, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, May/June 2007.

· "Update on Trustee Litigation in the United Airlines Case: Lease Recharacterization," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln and Daniel Northrop, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, May/June 2007 (Part 2 of 2).

· "Update on Trustee Litigation in the United Airlines Case: Lease Recharacterization," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln and Daniel Northrop, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, March/April 2007 (Part 1 of 2).

· Speaker, "Recent Developments in Corporate Trust--Litigation and Defaults," The Fiduciary and Investment Risk Management Association, Inc. Corporate Trust Senior Managers Forum, February 27, 2007 (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida).

· "Reading Indentures Strictly: The Rise of Delayed SEC Filing Defaults and Aggressive Bondholders," co-authored with Daniel Northrop, Corporate Trust section, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, January/February 2007.

· "Putting New Bankruptcy Code Information-Sharing Provisions Into Practice: Creditors' Committee Protocols," co-authored with Daniel Northrop, Corporate Trust section, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, November/December 2006.

· "Update on NOL Trading Orders and Trading Wall Orders," co-authored with Daniel Northrop, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, November/December 2006.

· Co-Chair of Conference, Renaissance American Management, Inc. & Beard Group, Ninth Annual Conference on Corporate Reorganizations, June 22-23, 2006 (Chicago, Illinois).

· "Hospitals Face New Financial Threat of Charity Care Legislation," co-authored with Linda S. Moroney, ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute) Journal, Intensive Care, June 2006.

· "Denial of Antitrust Claims Against United EETC Trustees," co-authored with Mark F. Hebbeln and Daniel Northrop, Network News column, ABA (American Bankers Association) Trust & Investments, January/February 2006.

· Speaker, "Recent Developments in Corporate Trust--Litigation and Defaults," The Fiduciary and Investment Risk Management Association, Inc. Corporate Trust Senior Managers Forum, January 19, 2006 (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida).

· "BAPCPA: Health Care Lenders Beware?," ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute) Journal, December/January 2006.

Publications and speaking engagements before 2006 are available upon request.

Recent honors (partial list):

· Chair of Gardner Carton & Douglas (2004-2006); Co-Chair of Corporate Restructuring Group (1999-2007).

· Named to List of 12 Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyers for 2005, Turnarounds & Workouts, December 15, 2005

· Named to List of 12 Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyers for 2004, Turnarounds & Workouts, December 15, 2004

· Named to List of 12 Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyers for 2003, Turnarounds & Workouts, December 15, 2003

· Named to List of 13 Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyers for 2001, Turnarounds & Workouts, December 15, 2001

· ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute) Journal, Contributing Editor, "Intensive Care" Column (2004-present)

· American Bar Association Healthcare-Related and Not-for-Profit Bankruptcy Issues Working Group, Chair (2000-present)

· American Bar Association Health Care-Related Insolvency Working Group, Vice-Chair (1998 -2000)

· American Bar Association Committee on Trust Indentures and Indenture Trustees, Vice Chair (2006-present) and former Membership Chair

· American Bar Association Subcommittee on Revision of the Model Simplified Indenture, Advisory Drafting Group Member (Revised Model Simplified Indenture Published in 2000)

· American Bankers Association, Trust & Investments, Editorial Board (2000-present)

· American Bankers Association Network News, Editorial Board (1998-1999)

· Chicago Bar Association, Bankruptcy & Reorganization Committee, Chair (2002-2003)

· Chicago Bar Association, Bankruptcy & Reorganization Committee, Vice Chair (2001-2002)

· Chicago Bar Association, Bankruptcy & Reorganization Committee, Educational Chair (2000-2001)

· Chicago Bar Association, Large Law Firm Committee, Co-Chair (2005-present)

· Annual Renaissance American Management, Inc. & Beard Group Corporate Reorganization Conference (Chicago), Chair (1998-present)

· Annual Renaissance American Management, Inc. & Beard Group Healthcare Restructuring/Transactions Conference (Chicago), Chair and Sponsor (2000-present)

· Faculty, Cannon Banking Institute (1999)

· Turnaround Management Association, Cornerstone Council 15 Member (2004-2008)

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Healthcare-Related and Not-for-Profit Bankruptcy Issues Working Group, 2000-present; Vice Chair, Health Care-Related Insolvency Working Group, 1998 -2000; Vice Chair, Committee on Trust Indentures and Indenture Trustees, 2006-present, and former Membership Chair; Advisory Drafting Group Member, Subcommittee on Revision of the Model Simplified Indenture); Chicago Bar Association (Chair, Bankruptcy & Reorganization Committee, 2002-2003; Vice Chair, Bankruptcy & Reorganization Committee, 2001-2002; Educational Chair, Bankruptcy & Reorganization Committee, 2000-2001; Co-Chair, Large Law Firm Committee, 2005-present).

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations.Email: Harold L. Kaplan

Christopher N. Knight (Partner) admitted to bar, 1971, Wisconsin; 1979, North Carolina; 1980, Minnesota and U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, Illinois; 1996, New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1968); Duke University (J.D., 1971). Member, Board of Editors, Duke Law Journal, 1970-1971. Member: Chicago, Illinois State, Minnesota State, New York State, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Banking Law; Finance; Health Care Finance; Business Law.Email: Christopher N. Knight

Thomas P. Krebs (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1995). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Chicago, Illinois and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation; SEC Enforcement.Email: Thomas P. Krebs

John R. Landis (Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, Oregon; 1990, New York; 1993, Minnesota; 1996, Illinois. Education: Lawrence University (B.A., cum laude, 1984); University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1988). Order of Coif. Member, University of Minnesota, Law Review, 1988. Clerk, Honorable James M. Rosenbaum, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1988-1990. Member: Minnesota State, New York State and Illinois State Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation; SEC Enforcement; Litigation; Sports Law.Email: John R. Landis

J. Craig Long (Partner) admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1975); DePaul University (J.D., 1978). Member, Board of Directors, Colgate University Alumni Corporation, 1992-1996. Member, Corporate Advisory Board, Salvation Army, 1989-1993. Former General Counsel, Chicago Stock Exchange. Member: Chicago (Member, Securities Law Committee), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Financial Markets; Securities; Corporate; Government Relations; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation; SEC Enforcement.Email: J. Craig Long

Mary Kay McCalla Martire (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Michigan; 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Kalamazoo College, 1978-1979; Michigan State University (B.A., with high honors, 1982); University of Michigan (J.D., 1985). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Insurance; Tax Litigation; Employee Benefit Taxation; Taxation.Email: Mary Kay McCalla Martire

Edwin D. Mason (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with highest honors, 1977); University of Michigan (J.D., with honors, 1980). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; General Corporate and Securities; Securities; Emerging Growth Companies; Joint Ventures; Business Law.Email: Edwin D. Mason

William J. McKenna, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., cum laude, 1975); University of Illinois; University of Chicago (J.D., 1979). Harnow Scholar, 1977. Author: "Lender Liability, Secured Transactions," IICLE, 2001 Edition. Adjunct Professor of Law, Northwestern University. Member: American Bar Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Reorganization; Construction Law; Tax Valuation; Tax Litigation; Litigation.Email: William J. McKenna, Jr.

Jill L. Murch (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 2007, New York. Education: University of Chicago (A.B., with honors, 1995); University of Illinois (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Editor, University of Illinois Elder Law Journal. American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence. Author: Illinois State Bar Association's The Challenge, Fraudulent Transfers under the Bankruptcy Code, August 2002; American Bankruptcy Institute's Cracking the Code, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Burden of Proof Remains with Taxpayers, July 9, 1999. Author: University of Illinois Elder Law Journal, Promises Made, Promises Broken, Securing Defined Benefit Pension Income in the Wake Of Employer Bankruptcy. Should we Rethink Priority Status for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation? 6 Elder L.J.77. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Business Reorganization; Litigation; Real Estate.Email: Jill L. Murch

Gregory S. Norrod (Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A., with honors, 1985; J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member: Chicago (Member, Intellectual Property Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Transportation.Email: Gregory S. Norrod

Wayne F. Osoba (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., highest honors, 1982; J.D., summa cum laude, 1985). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Lending; Financial Institutions; Business Law.Email: Wayne F. Osoba

James D. Ossyra (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois; 1991, Colorado. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1978); Boston University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Member and Notes and Comments Editor, American Journal of Law and Medicine, 1982-1983. President, Evanston Township High School Alumni Association. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction; Insurance Litigation; Fraud and Deceit; Civil Fraud; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Torts; Construction Arbitration; Construction Claims; Construction Defects; Construction Liability; Construction Liens; Construction Litigation; Construction Mediation; Construction Workouts; Mechanics Liens.Email: James D. Ossyra

John B. Palmer III (Partner) admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., high honors, 1974); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977) Member, Michigan Law Review.

John B. Palmer III is a partner and chair of the firm's Tax & Employee Benefits Practice.

Mr. Palmer's practice focuses on federal income tax matters, with special emphasis on corporate taxation and partnerships and limited liability companies. He has broad experience in structuring, restructuring, and generally advising investment management firms, hedge funds, and private equity funds. In addition to his experience in the taxation of partnerships and other pass-through entities, he is one of the firm's principal resources for answers to tax accounting questions.

Mr. Palmer also has broad experience in the representation of Fortune 500 clients before the Internal Revenue Service. He has negotiated a highly favorable settlement with the IRS Appeals Office to allow a Fortune 500 corporate client to deduct a multimillion-dollar loss resulting from a complex corporate restructuring, notwithstanding that another large Chicago law firm had advised the client that the issue was not worth pursuing. He has also obtained a significant concession from the IRS on a novel partnership statute-of-limitations issue, resulting in a large refund for the client.

Mr. Palmer teaches tax accounting as an adjunct professor at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law for the Masters of Tax program. He is a frequent speaker and author on a wide variety of tax issues and is a member of the partnership committee of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation.

Mr. Palmer has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of tax law.* He also was selected for inclusion in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers® lists for his tax work.*

A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, Michigan Law Review, 1977), Mr. Palmer received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University (B.A., high honors, 1974). He is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. Tax Court, the Court of Federal Claims, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Member: American Bar Association (Member, Partnership Committee, Section of Taxation).

Practice Areas: Tax & Employee Benefits.Email: John B. Palmer III

Frank E. Pasquesi (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1987); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; White Collar Crime; Health Care Litigation.Email: Frank E. Pasquesi

Todd B. Pfister (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1994, Florida; 2000, Illinois. Education: Lake Forest College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); Yale University (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Yale Law & Policy Review, 1985-1986. Author: "Capitalization, Shares and Distributions," Chapter 5, Florida Corporate Practice (Fla. Bar 3rd ed. 1995). Member: Hillsborough County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; The Florida Bar (Member, Business Law Section; Corporations and Securities Law Committee). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Partnership Law; Banking Law; Commercial Law.Email: Todd B. Pfister

Mark L. Prager (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; 1998, Wisconsin. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., magna cum laude); Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri (J.D.).

Mark L. Prager is the managing partner of the Chicago office of Foley & Lardner LLP and serves on the firm's national management committee. He is chair of the national Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice, which focuses on Chapter 11 reorganizations, litigation, transactions, regulatory and corporate finance matters.

Mr. Prager has been retained as lead counsel to financial institutions, secured creditors, debtors, indenture trustees, and creditor committees in national and local reorganization cases, commercial transactions, and complex litigation. These cases include multi-billion dollar official creditor committee representation, liquidating trust administration, and liquidations of broker-dealers under the Securities Investor Protection Act.

Mr. Prager is an adjunct professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis (2008, 2009 and 2010) and teaches a course on advanced corporate restructuring. In addition, he was elected secretary to the board of directors of the Chicago Council of Lawyers and was chair of the Council's Legislative Committee. He is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mr. Prager served as legal intern to former Chief Bankruptcy Judge Robert L. Eisen for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. For three years, he was an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers.

Mr. Prager lectures regularly at legal education seminars and has taught advanced bankruptcy strategy for the Chicago Bar Association. His insightful commentary has been utilized by national and local media, such as CNN Business News, The Wall Street Journal, and Crain's Chicago Business.

He received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois and his law degree from Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Mr. Prager was selected for inclusion in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers® lists for his bankruptcy and insolvency work.* He has taken an active leadership role in the community and currently serves on the board of trustees of Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago, the board of directors for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and is a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Executives' Club of Chicago.

His publications, including co-authored articles, are listed below:

· "Financing the Chapter 11 Debtor: The Lender's Perspective," American Bar Association's, The Business Lawyer, 1990

· "Pursuing Alter-Ego Liability Against Non-Bankrupt Third Parties: Structuring A Comprehensive Conceptual Framework," The Saint Louis University Law Journal, 1991

· "Protecting Secured Lenders in the Workout of LBO Related Loans," Commercial Lending Review, 1992

· "Filing and Contesting Involuntary Bankruptcy Petitions: The Creditor's Perspective," Commercial Lending Review, 1993

· "Environmental Lender Liability: Searching for Safe harbors in the Wake of Kelly v. U.S. EPA," University of Wisconsin Law School, Environmental Law Journal, Summer 1994

· "Realizing Maximum Value When Holding and Liquidating Contaminated Property: Practical Considerations for the Secured Lender After Kelly vs. U.S. EPA," Commercial Lending Review, Fall 1994

· "No Band-Aid Approach Can Heal the Woes of CERCLA / What the EPA Gives, the Courts Take Away," Corporate Legal Times, March 1995

· "Getting to the Bottom Line: The Search for Credibility and Fraud in a Bankruptcy Case," The Corporate Analyst (Business Laws, Inc.), May 1996

· "Key Issues in Chapter 11 Retailer Inventory Sales: The Lender's Perspective," Commercial Lending Review, Winter 1997-98

· "Health Care Finance and Insolvency: The Lender's Perspective," Commercial Lending Review, Winter 1999-2000

· "The Growing Use of Liquidating Trusts in Chapter 11 Cases Practical Considerations," Commercial Lending Review, March 2002

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations.Email: Mark L. Prager

Donna J. Pugh (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1979); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 1983). Donna J. Pugh is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP where she focuses her practice on obtaining governmental approvals related to land use and zoning on behalf of her retail, health care and corporate clients. With her approach of bridging the gap between client, civic and municipal needs, Ms. Pugh has an exceptionally high success rate of securing necessary entitlements for land development projects in the Chicago area. A consensus builder, Ms. Pugh works to unite property owners, elected officials and community groups to achieve approvals that maximize flexibility of future land use and benefit all involved stakeholders. A member of the firm's Real Estate Practice and Senior Living Industry Team, she was selected for inclusion in the 2008 and 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers, lists for her zoning and land use work. *Ms. Pugh has experience in securing rezoning, variations, text amendments and other land use approvals for the following project types: · Retail - including regional shopping malls, retail shopping centers, and strip malls · Health care - including hospitals, clinics, physician groups, nursing homes, outpatient treatment centers, senior living facilities, medical schools and others · Mixed-use development - including projects that may contain apartment, office, hotel, retail, senior housing and other land uses · Public way - including securing approvals for private use of skybridges, tunnels, canopies, monuments and others Ms. Pugh has worked on high-profile land development projects, such as obtaining zoning approvals for the 960,000-square-foot United Center, home to basketball's Chicago Bulls and hockey's Chicago Blackhawks. She obtained approvals for alterations to Water Tower Place to accommodate American Girl, a new flagship retail/restaurant facility. She also obtained all zoning approvals for the original redevelopment (1994) and subsequent redevelopments of Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie, Illinois. Geographically, Ms. Pugh focuses her land use practice in Chicago, the state of Illinois, Cook County, and the five "collar counties" of DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County and Will County. Ms. Pugh has written or co-authored several articles, including: · Co-author, "Hot Topics in Land Use Law: From the Comprehensive Plan to Del Monte Dunes, Section of State and Local Government Law: An Analysis of Facility Siting Issues Under Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996," American Bar Association Journal (2000). · Co-editor, "Accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Laws: A Guide to Enforcement and Compliance," Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal, American Bar Association (2000). Land Use Attorney Pugh maintains strong ties to legal and civic communities with participation in the following organizations: · American Bar Association's Section of State and Local Government Law, Chair and Past Chair of the Land Use Committee · Resurrection Health Care Foundation Board, Member · Saint Joseph Hospital Development Council, Member · Greater North Michigan Avenue Association (GNMAA) Planning & Advocacy Division, Co-Chair · John Marshall Law School, Adjunct Professor of Land Use Law · Lambda Alpha Honorary Land Economics Society (Chicago Chapter), Past President · Women in Planning and Development, Past President · Local Government Committee for the Chicago Bar Association, Past Chair Prior to joining Foley, she was Chair of the Land Use Practice Group at Vedder Price. Ms. Pugh received a J.D. from Loyola University in Chicago in 1983 and a B.A. degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville in 1979 where she majored in political science and minored in environmental studies. *The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use and Entitlement; Zoning Law.Email: Donna J. Pugh

John P. Ratnaswamy (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1982; M.A., 1982; J.D., cum laude, 1985). Practice Areas: Energy; Litigation; Administrative Law; Legal Ethics; Professional Responsibility; Appellate Practice; Media Law; Regulatory Law.Email: John P. Ratnaswamy

Michael D. Rechtin (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois; 1988, Wisconsin; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1966); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1970); Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1982). Member: Chicago, Milwaukee, Illinois State and American (Member, Trademark Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Patent Law Association of Chicago; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Intellectual Property Law; Energy; Nanotechnology; Biotechnology; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Emerging Technologies; Life Sciences.Email: Michael D. Rechtin

E. Glenn Rippie (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois, including Trial Bar and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. Tax Court; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (A.B., highest distinction in Economics and Mathematical Methods, 1982; M.A. in Economics, 1982); Yale Law School (J.D., 1985) Coker Fellow.

E. Glenn Rippie is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he serves as vice chair of the Energy Industry Team. Mr. Rippie advises clients on gas and electric issues and represents industry clients before regulatory agencies including state public utility commissions and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and state and federal courts.

Mr. Rippie's practice focuses on complex transactional, operational, and regulatory matters, and ranges from strategic counseling to trial work. Representative engagements involve representing electric and gas industry clients on matters including: corporate and operational restructuring; the purchase and sale of business units and assets; rate matters, including acting as lead counsel in five recent contested general delivery and supply rate proceedings; and advising and representing clients before courts and regulatory bodies with regard to planning, designing, permitting, and building new energy facilities. Mr. Rippie also represents clients on a variety of projects infused with technical and operational issues, including interconnections; station and backup power; wholesale and retail energy sales; transmission and distribution planning, operation, and reliability; and rates and regulation of regional transmission organizations.

Mr. Rippie received his law degree from the Yale Law School (J.D., 1985), where he was a Coker Fellow. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics and economics from Northwestern University (A.B., highest distinction & M.A., 1982). Mr. Rippie has consistently been named a #1-rated energy lawyer in Illinois by Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers (2004-2009). He is the only lawyer in the state to have this four-year record. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the field of energy law and is recognized by and serves as one of the two public utility lawyers on the advisory committee for the Illinois Leading Lawyers Network, and was selected for inclusion in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers® lists for his energy work.*

Mr. Rippie is a member of the American Bar Association and its sections on Litigation; Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law; and Public Utilities, as well as the Energy Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association and its Public Utilities Committee. He is admitted to the bar of Illinois and to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law; and Public Utilities); Energy Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association (Public Utilities Committee).

Practice Areas: Energy.Email: E. Glenn Rippie

John L. Rogers, III (Partner) admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 1970); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1973). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Harvard Law Review, 1971-1973. Law Clerk to Judge Warren H. Young, District Court of the Virgin Islands, 1973-1974. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Energy; Securities Litigation; Regulatory Law; SEC Enforcement; Securities Regulation.Email: John L. Rogers, III

Gary S. Rovner (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois; 1997, District of Columbia. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., Government, 1992); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1995). Former Member, Environmental Law Association. Executive Development Editor, The Environmental Lawyer. Member: Illinois State and American (Vice Chairman, Special Committe on Corporate Counsel and Member, Natural Resouces, Energy and Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Regulatory Law; Environmental Regulation; Brownfields Redevelopment; Land Use.Email: Gary S. Rovner

Russell B. Selman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, Missouri; 1981, District of Columbia; 1987, Illinois. Education: New College of Florida (B.A., 1975); Maxwell School of Syracuse University (M.P.A., 1978); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Member: District of Columbia Bar; The Missouri Bar; Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental.Email: Russell B. Selman

George T. Simon (Partner) admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1982, Illinois. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1969) Phi Beta Kappa; Harvard Law School (J.D., 1972).

George T. Simon is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and a former member of the firm's Management Committee. Mr. Simon is founder of the firm's Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice and has guided its expansion since 1991 into one of the largest practices of its kind in the country. He is also chair of the Securities, Commodities & Exchange Regulation Practice and a member of the Transactional & Securities Practice.

Mr. Simon's practice involves the representation of firms in the securities industry, such as exchanges, broker-dealers, investment advisers, banks and investment companies. For these clients he provides both regulatory and strategic advice, especially in the context of business expansion and development of new products such as exchange traded funds. He has represented five national securities exchanges, including the NYSE and Amex, as well as the NASD. He also represents many of the world's largest brokerage firms, banks and technology firms in their securities related matters.

After practicing corporate law in New York City for four years, Mr. Simon joined the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. as a staff attorney in 1976. His work there principally involved a restructuring of the nation's securities markets following the 1975 Securities Acts Amendments. Mr. Simon was instrumental in these changes and advanced to branch chief, assistant director and finally associate director of the Division of Market Regulation. He left the SEC in 1981 to become partner in a Chicago law firm where he practiced securities law until joining Foley in 1991.

A frequent speaker on securities law issues, Mr. Simon has served on the Executive Committee of the Northwestern University Law School Garrett Institute and has spoken at the Institute, as well as for the Securities Industry Association, the American Law Institute/American Bar Association, the National Association of Compliance Professionals, and the Securities Traders Association.

Mr. Simon, along with Kathryn Trkla, was the author of the definitive article on the regulation of exchange specialists, "The Regulation of Specialists and Implications for the Future," published in the November 2005 issue of the Business Lawyer. In 2002, Mr. Simon was selected as a "BTI Client All-Star" as a result of recommendations by his Fortune 1000 clients for his superior client service skills. He also was selected for inclusion in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers® lists for his securities and corporate finance work.*

Mr. Simon received his law degree from The Harvard Law School (J.D., 1972) and his bachelor's degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut (B.A., 1969) where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1973 and to the Illinois Bar in 1982. He was a member of the Board of Fellows of Trinity College from 1998 to 2002 and served as chair of the Market Regulation Committee of the SEC Historical Society. His oral history covering his tenure at the SEC has been recorded by the SEC Historical Society and is posted on its web site.

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Member: New York State Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Securities, Commodities & Exchange Regulation; Transactional & Securities.Email: George T. Simon

Michael J. Small (Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1985); Jewish Theological Seminary of America (M.A., 1988); University of Chicago (J.D., 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Published Writings: "Key Issues in Chapter 11 Retailer Inventory Sales: The Lender's Perspective," Commercial Lending Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, Winter 1997-1998; "Health Care and Insolvency: The Lender's Perspective," Commercial Lending Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, Winter 1999-2000. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Reported Cases: In re Corcoran Hospital District, 233 B.R. 449 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 1999); In re DeMert & Dougherty, Inc., 232 B.R. 103 (N.D. Ill. 1999); In re DeMert & Dougherty, Inc., 227 B.R. 508 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1998); Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. McLean, 938 F.Supp. 487 (N.D. Ill. 1996); Avila v. Rubin, 84 F.3d 222 (7th Cir. 1996); Kale v. Obuchowski, 985 F.2d 360 (7th Cir. 1993) Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Food and Agriculture; Litigation; Business Reorganization; Health Care.Email: Michael J. Small

Jeffrey A. Soble (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1998, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2009, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Economics, 1993; B.A., History, 1993); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). National Trial Competition National Champion. Best Oral Advocate. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; General Commercial Litigation; Transportation; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage Litigation.Email: Jeffrey A. Soble

Jonathan R. Spivey (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Texas; 2000, District of Columbia; 2004, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Prairie View A & M University (B.S., Electical Engineering, 1991); Thurgood Marshall School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997); George Washington University (LL.M., 1998). Pi Mu Epsilon. Author: "King Instruments Corp. v. Perego: Conflict in the Awarding of Patent Damages," 21 T. Marshall L. Rev. 369. Member, National Society of Black Engineers - Alumni Extension. Member: Federal Circuit Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; The District of Columbia Bar; National Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Jonathan R. Spivey

Steve Z. Szczepanski (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, District of Columbia and New York; 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 1971; M.S., 1972); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1975). Member: District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association; International Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executives Society; Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago. Languages: Polish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Chemical Intellectual Property.Email: Steve Z. Szczepanski

Miki V. Tesija (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 1993); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1997). Member: Chicago Bar Association. Languages: Croatian. Practice Areas: General Commercial Litigation; Media Law; Litigation; SEC Enforcement; Securities Litigation.Email: Miki V. Tesija

Lisa L. Tharpe (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1994); Emory University Law School (J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Law Review. Practice Areas: Securities; Regulatory Law; Media Law; White Collar Crime; Litigation; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation; SEC Enforcement.Email: Lisa L. Tharpe

Kathryn M. Trkla (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1980); Northwestern Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate, 1989-1991, Partner, 1991-1994, Coffield, Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, Illinois. Associate General Counsel, 1994-1998, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, 1998-2000, Chicago Board of Trade. Member: Chicago (Chair, Futures and Derivatives Law Committee, 1997-1998), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; SEC Enforcement; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation; Energy.Email: Kathryn M. Trkla

Robert J. Vechiola (Partner) admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1983); DePaul University (M.B.A., 1985; J.D., with honors, 1992). Order of the Coif. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; International Law; Commercial Transactions.Email: Robert J. Vechiola

William C. Weinsheimer (Partner) admitted to bar, 1965, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1962); Northwestern University (J.D., 1965). Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author: "Generation-Skipping Tax Strategies," Trusts & Estates, 1986; "Impact of Tax Reform Act on Fiduciary Income Taxes," Trusts & Estates, 1987; of Book "The New Generation-Skipping Tax: Analysis, Planning and Drafting," 1987, Northwestern University Press; "Drafting Wills and Trust Agreements," IICLE, 1990. Speaker: "Estate Planning for Business Owners: 'To Give or Not to Give? That Is the Question'!" Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1996 Midwest Estate, Tax & Business Planning Institute, June 6-7, 1996; "GRAT Ideas: Achieving Leverage in an Era of Changing Rates: Planning and Drafting," Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, September 14-15, 1995; "Qualified Personal Residence Trusts — Planning and Drafting or 'Honey, I Shrunk the House'," Annual Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, October 1993; Family Business Succession Planning Institute, Insight Information Co., "Using Testamentary and Inter Vivos Discretionary Trusts in Family Business Succession Planning," October 1998; "Estate Planning for Closely Held Business." President, 1981-1982, Board Member, 1972-1990, and Honors Council, 1990—, Lawyers for Creative Arts. Director, Illinois Bar Foundation, 1984-1990, and Chicago Bar Foundation, 1991-1998. Member: Chicago (Member, Probate Practice Committee, 1969—; Chair, 1988-1989; Chair, Division III, 1976-1977. Chair, Creative City Committee, 1973-1974), Illinois State and American (Estate Planning and Probate Editor, Law Notes, 1975-1983) Bar Associations; Northwestern University Estate Planning Advisory Council; Chicago Community Trust Professional Advisors Committee; Chicago Symphony Orchestra Planned Giving Advisory Council; The Economic Club of Chicago. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Editor, ACTEC Notes, 1991-1992; Illinois Chair, 1989-1992; Member, Board of Regents, 1992-1998; Chair, Editorial Board, 1993-1996); Member, International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. [Captain, U.S. Army, 1965-1967]. (Co-Chair of Firm's Estates and Trusts Practice). Practice Areas: Trusts Law; Related Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Tax Litigation; Tax Valuation.Email: William C. Weinsheimer

Ellen M. Wheeler (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., with honors, 1994); University of Michigan (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Securities; SEC Enforcement; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation.Email: Ellen M. Wheeler

Michael H. Woolever, (P.C.) (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois. Education: Kalamazoo College (B.A., 1971); Wayne State University; University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Staff Member, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1975-1976. Author: "Providing an Effective Remedy in Shareholder Suits against Officers, Directors and Controlling Persons," University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 9, No. 1, Fall 1975. Member: American Bar Association (Member: Closely-Held Business Committee and Employee Benefits Committee, Section of Taxation). Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Employee Benefits; Tax Litigation; Tax Valuation.Email: Michael H. Woolever, (P.C.)

John F. Zabriskie (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with high honors, 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1984). Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Health Care.Email: John F. Zabriskie

Janet E. Zeigler (Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., Economics, 1988); Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991).

Janet E. Zeigler is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she is chair of the Health Care Finance & Restructuring Practice, vice chair of the Finance & Financial Institutions Practice, and a member of the firm's Public Finance Services Practice and the Health Care Industry Team. She has extensive experience acting as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, bank counsel and borrower's counsel in health care financings and lending transactions.

Ms. Zeigler is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, 1991) and the University of Illinois (B.A., 1988).

Ms. Zeigler serves on the board of trustees of the Women in Public Finance and holds the title of secretary in such organization and is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the American Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association. Ms. Zeigler was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1991.

Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers; American Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association.

Practice Areas: Finance & Financial Institutions; Health Care Finance & Restructuring; Public Finance Services.Email: Janet E. Zeigler

Christopher W. Zibart (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2005, Wisconsin. Education: Miami University (A.B., cum laude, 1981); University of Illinois (J.D., 1984). Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Regulatory Law; Energy; Environmental Law; Project Finance; Infrastructure Development; Brownfields Redevelopment.Email: Christopher W. Zibart

Robert J. Zimmerman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois. Education: Ripon College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1970); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Personal Member, The Catholic Health Association of the United States. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Healthcare Financial Management Association; Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Finance; Public Finance; Health Care Finance; Health Care Reform; Business Law; Health Care.Email: Robert J. Zimmerman

RETIRED PARTNERS

Wm. Carlisle Herbert (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1978, Florida and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, Trial Bar and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1969); Northwestern University (M.S.J., 1970; J.D., cum laude, 1976). Executive Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to Senior Judge Latham Castle, Seventh Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1976-1977. Co-Author: chapter, "Criminal Rights in Civil Antitrust Litigation: The Roles of Grand Jury Secrecy and the Right Against Self-Incrimination," and "Defamation, Deposition Strategy, Law and Forms," Matthew Bender series. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Financial Litigation; Insurance Law; Libel Law; Antitrust Law; Media Law; Insurance Litigation; Litigation.

C. Richard Johnson (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1965, Illinois; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ripon College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1962); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1965). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, University of Chicago Law Review. Author: "Securities Law Duties of Bond Counsel," Duke Law Journal. Member: American Bar Association; Chicago Council of Lawyers; National Association of Bond Lawyers. [LTCDR, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1965-1972]. Practice Areas: Finance; Health Care Finance; Public Finance; Sports Law.

John D. Lien (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1968, Wisconsin; 1972, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1965); Harvard University (J.D., 1968). Trustee, Winnetka Public Library District, 1985-1993. Trustee, Village of Winnetka, 1997-2001. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; Seventh Circuit Bar Association. [Capt., USAF, 1968-1972]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Law; Real Estate.

Richard J. Phelan (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1961, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (Ph.B., 1958); Georgetown University (J.D., 1961). Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member, Georgetown National Moot Court Team, 1960. Adjunct Professor, Torts, Insurance, Trial Practice and Products Liability, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1963-1974 and 1979-1983. Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, 1974-1976. Chairman, Practising Law Institute and New York Law Journal Programs, 1972-1988. Director: Public Interest Law Internship, 1983-1988; Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1984-1988. Member, Executive Advisory Board of Saint Joseph Hospital, 1985-1988. Special Outside Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the Matter of Speaker James C. Wright, Jr., 1988-1989. Director, Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, 1987-1990. President, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1990-1994. Member, The Commercial Club of Chicago, 1996—. Trustee, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1992-1996. Member, Board of Visitors, John Marshall Law School, 1992—. Member: Chicago (President, 1985-1986; Chairman, Permanent Home Committee, 1986-1988), Illinois (Member, Federal Judicial Appointments Committee; Honorary Fellow) and American Bar Associations. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Director, 1982-1984 and Chairman, Admissions Committee, 1984-1988; Dean, 1989-1990); American College of Trial Lawyers (Chairman, Illinois State Committee, 1988-1990); American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability.

Stephen M. Slavin (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1964, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1967, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1983, New York. Education: Colgate University (A.B., 1961); University of Chicago (J.D., 1964). Trustee, Village of Deerfield, Illinois, 1969-1973. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance; Securities; Business Law.

OF COUNSEL

Michael K. Cavanaugh, (P.C.) (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1960, Iowa; 1966, Illinois. Education: University of Portland and Creighton University (B.S.B.A., 1957); Georgetown University (J.D., 1960); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1963). Beta Alpha Psi. Member, Georgetown Law Journal, 1959-1960. Trial Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1961-1966. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Lawyers Club of Chicago Practice Areas: Tax Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Business Law.Email: Michael K. Cavanaugh, (P.C.)

George R. Goodman (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois, U.S. Tax Court, and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Montana (B.A., Mathematics, with highest honors, 1983); University of Chicago (J.D., 1986). Author: "Tax Return Compliance," 76 Tax Notes 1201 (Sept. 1, 1997); "Teasing the Limits of Interest Stripping," 71 Tax Notes 677 (Apr. 29, 1996); "The Latest Stock Hedging Regulations," 67 Tax Notes 1795 (June 26, 1995); "Employing a Corporation and Other Strategies to Reduce Taxes," 72 TAXES 174 (Apr. 1994). ABA Subcommittee Chair on Important Developments During 1995, Affiliated and Related Corporations, 49 Tax Lawyer 997 (Summer 1996). Organizer and Moderator, CBA YLS Tax Law Committee Seminars, "Surfing the Third Wave: Taxation of Ordinary Business on the Internet and Transfers of Technology" (June 6, 1997) and "Mergers and Acquisitions" (May 17, 1996). Panelist/Speaker: CBA YLS Corporate Law Committee Seminars, "Buying and Selling the Presently Held Company," (1997-1998); Federal Bar Association, Insurance Tax Seminar, "Insurance Company Investment: Options, Shareholders and Resent Legislation," (May, 1998); CBA YLS Real Estate Law Committee, "Commercial Real Estate Transactions," (Oct. 8, 1997); ABA Tax Section Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations, "Parent Stock" (Jan. 19, 1996); CBA Federal Taxation Committee Divisions C and F, "Tax Analysis of Restructuring an Overly-Leveraged Company" (May 9, 1990). Member: Chicago Bar Association (Chair, Young Lawyers Section Tax Law Committee, 1995-1997; Member, Federal Taxation Committee). Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Tax Planning; Individual Taxation; Employee Benefit Taxation; International Business Law; Life Sciences.Email: George R. Goodman

Jay A. Steinberg (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1971, Illinois. Education: Roosevelt University (B.S.B.A., 1968); DePaul University (J.D., 1971). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation.Email: Jay A. Steinberg

Helen L. Toal (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois. Education: Smith College; University of Michigan (B.A., 1969); Stanford University (J.D., 1973). Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Commercial Transactions; Business Planning.Email: Helen L. Toal

SENIOR COUNSEL

Heidi L. Belongia (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: Marquette University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); DePaul University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Heidi L. Belongia

Diane G. Elder (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1983, California; 1984, Illinois. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1980); University of Southern California (J.D., 1983). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association; Copyright Law Society. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Copyrights; Nanotechnology.Email: Diane G. Elder

James E. Griffith (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Duke University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1999). Golden Key. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Trademarks; Advertising Law; Copyrights.Email: James E. Griffith

Catherine B. Nelson (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1988); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member, Northwestern University Law Review. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Securities; Commercial Transactions; Business Law; Emerging Business Law; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Planning.Email: Catherine B. Nelson

Sharon C. Nelson (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: Loyola University, Chicago (B.A., Communications, magna cum laude, 1998); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2001). Order of the Coif. Harno Scholar. Recipient, Rickert Award for Excellence in Academics. Member: Illinois Association of Business Communcators. Practice Areas: Tax Planning; Trusts and Estates.Email: Sharon C. Nelson

Bradley S. Rochlen (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1995); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Environmental Regulation.Email: Bradley S. Rochlen

Cynthia B. Stevens (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1978); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1981). Member: Chicago Bar Association; Womens Bar Association of Chicago; Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago. Practice Areas: Copyrights; Trademarks.Email: Cynthia B. Stevens

Katherine L. Tabor (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1987); Valparaiso University (J.D., with high distinction, 1990). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Katherine L. Tabor

Karl W. Von Drathen (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., cum laude, 1996); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Finance; Health Care Finance; Health Care Reform; Securities; Health Care.Email: Karl W. Von Drathen

Samantha E. Weissbluth (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Associate Articles Editor, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Member: Chicago (Probate Practice Committee), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates Litigation; Taxation; Tax Litigation; Tax Valuation.Email: Samantha E. Weissbluth

Derek L. Wright (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and Wisconsin. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., English, 1998); University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Bankruptcy; Business Reorganization.Email: Derek L. Wright

SPECIAL COUNSEL

Mary Jo Boldingh (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Loyola University (A.B., 1980); Northwestern University (M.S., 1985); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., with honors, 1991). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Chemical Intellectual Property; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property.Email: Mary Jo Boldingh

David A. Copland (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1990); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Copyrights; Trademarks.Email: David A. Copland

Charles R. Mandly, Jr. (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois; 2003, England and Wales as Solicitor. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., with honors, 1980); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1983); London School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London (M.L., with honors, 2003). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Trademarks; Copyrights; International Law.Email: Charles R. Mandly, Jr.

Dean M. Victor (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1989); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Dean M. Victor

ASSOCIATES

Hector A. Agdeppa (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1995); Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., 2005). Member: Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: Tagalog (fluent); Spanish (conversational). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Electronics; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Hector A. Agdeppa

Uzma Mariam Ahmed (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Benedictine University (B.B.A., cum laude, 2002); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation.Email: Uzma Mariam Ahmed

Erika A. Alley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Wittenberg University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., with high honors, 2002). Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation.Email: Erika A. Alley

Thomas K. Anderson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000; J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Articles Editor, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, 2002-2003. Law Clerk to the Hon. Deborah Cook, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Member: Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation.Email: Thomas K. Anderson

Jason Berta (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 2002); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Jason Berta

Gautham Bodepudi (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., Electrical Engineering, 2002); University of Chicago (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property; Patents; Electronics.Email: Gautham Bodepudi

Robert S. Bressler (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Ohio University (B.S., 2000); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Member: Moot Court; Trial Team. Practice Areas: General Commercial Litigation.Email: Robert S. Bressler

Meredith Brooks (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Yale University (B.A., 2005); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Business Law; Finance and Financial Institutions .Email: Meredith Brooks

Steven R. Cade (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Iowa State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2005); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Phi Theta Sigma Honors Fraternity; Golden Key National Honor Society. Ronald E. McNair Scholar. Honoree, The National Dean's List of Outstanding Collegiate Students. Production and Technology Editor, Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy, 2007-2008. Student Representative, College of Business and Business Council. Vice President, Finance Club. Diversity Recruitment Fellow and President of the Black Law Students Association. Practice Areas: Finance; Financial Institutions Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Steven R. Cade

Lisa M. Conmy (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California; 2005, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S.); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude). Member: Illinois State Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Finance; Financial Institutions Law; Securities; Business Transactions; Energy; Wind Energy.Email: Lisa M. Conmy

Anna Downs-Temple (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., 2002); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Anna Downs-Temple

Benjamin Folsom (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Macalester College (B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2007). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Benjamin Folsom

Jonathan W. Garlough (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia; 2008, Wisconsin; 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 2002); College of William & Mary School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Virginia State Bar; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Jonathan W. Garlough

Glen J. Gesicki (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois (M.S., 1995); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004). Phi Kappa Phi. American Chemical Society, 1992—. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Chemical Intellectual Property; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Glen J. Gesicki

Jennifer L. Gregor (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 2000); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2005). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Copyrights; Trademarks.Email: Jennifer L. Gregor

Rebecca Hanson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Macalester College (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Georgetown University (M.A., 1998); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Rebecca Hanson

Thomas Hardy (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., with honors, 1997); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Thomas Hardy

Erick S. Harris (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois; 2006, Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1998); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2002). Member, Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 2000-2001. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use and Entitlement.Email: Erick S. Harris

Peter Hawkins (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., with honors, 2003); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Peter Hawkins

Julie A. Heider (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Mount Holyoke College (A.B., 1994); Princeton University (Ph.D., 2002); George Washington University (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Biotechnology; Biochemical Technology; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Medical Intellectual Property.Email: Julie A. Heider

Michael R. Houston (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., 1992); University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D., 1996); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Order of the Coif. Extern to the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Chemical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Nanotechnology.Email: Michael R. Houston

Scott R. Kaspar (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa; 2005, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1998); Drake University Law School (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Mechanical and Electromechanical Technologies; Mechanical Intellectual Property.Email: Scott R. Kaspar

Jason J. Keener (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Wisconsin and Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., with distinctive scholastic achievement, 2000; J.D., summa cum laude, 2003). Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Jason J. Keener

Michael Kramer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Purdue University (B.S., 1995); University of New Mexico (M.S., 1997); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Electrical Intellectual Property; Mechanical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Michael Kramer

Joseph M. Kreeger (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 2005); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Litigation.Email: Joseph M. Kreeger

Caroline P. Lavelle (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Indiana University (B.A., 2001); St. Louis University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Recipient, Woolsack Society Award. Editor, 2003-2004 and Member, Saint Louis University Law Journal. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; Women's Law Association; Milwaukee Young Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Health Care Compliance.Email: Caroline P. Lavelle

Joanne Lee (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., with honors, 2000); University of Chicago (J.D., 2004). Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Reorganization.Email: Joanne Lee

Katherine E. Licup (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1997); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Extern for The Honorable Wayne Andersen, Northern District of Illinois, 2005; U.S. Senate page sponsored by Sen. Herb Kohl, 1992. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. [U.S. Navy public affairs officer and surface warfare officer, 1997-2004]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Katherine E. Licup

Lauren M. Loew (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2009, Trial Bar; 2008, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., B.A., 2004); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D, 2007). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Lauren M. Loew

Matthew E. Martin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Purdue University (B.S., Biology, 2000); John Marshall Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Distinguished Scholar. Member, John Marshall Law Review. Editor-in-Chief, Review of Intellectual Property Law. Languages: Chinese, Latin. Practice Areas: Mechanical Intellectual Property; Electrical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Energy.Email: Matthew E. Martin

Thomas Mikrut (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 2002; J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Order of the Coif. Member: Lesbian and Gay Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Consumer Financial Services.Email: Thomas Mikrut

Belinda S. Morgan (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1988; A.A.S., 1991) University of Illinois (J.D., summa cum laude, 2000). Order of the Coif. Business Manager, University of Illinois Law Review. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax; Corporate Law; Tax Valuation; Tax Litigation.Email: Belinda S. Morgan

Lars Peterson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: New College of Florida (B.A., 1993); University of Florida (M.A., 1995); University of Iowa (Ph.D., 2003); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy.Email: Lars Peterson

Christopher J. Rasmussen (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., summa cum laude; M.B.A., 1998); Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Transactions; Finance; Financial Institutions Law; Securities Litigation; Securities; Securities Regulation.Email: Christopher J. Rasmussen

Dusan Sarapa (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Serbian Bar Association; Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Chemical Intellectual Property.Email: Dusan Sarapa

Carla Scarsella (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Loyola University Chicago (B.B.A.); John Marshall Law School (J.D.). Practice Areas: Litigation; Energy.Email: Carla Scarsella

George Schaefer, III (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures.Email: George Schaefer, III

Troy Smith (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1997); DePaul University (M.S., 2005); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Electronics.Email: Troy Smith

Aaron K. Tantleff (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2005, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2002. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1998); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 2004). Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Energy; Information Technology; Outsourcing; Health Care; Life Sciences.Email: Aaron K. Tantleff

Michael P. Tomlinson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1999); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent School of Law (J.D., high honors, 2003). Certificates in litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation.Email: Michael P. Tomlinson

Jaclyne D. Wallace (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Fairfield University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2004); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Jaclyne D. Wallace

Christopher G. Ward (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Northwestern University (B.A., cum laude, 2001); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment.Email: Christopher G. Ward

Aaron Weinzierl (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., with honors); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Aaron Weinzierl

Benno Weisberg (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1997); Boston University (M.A., 2000); Northwestern University Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Litigation.Email: Benno Weisberg

Andrea K. Zollett (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., summa cum laude, 2000); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2004). Recipient: Law School Scholarship; Academic Award of Excellence. Author and Member, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Andrea K. Zollett