MEMBERS OF FIRM
Floyd H. Abramson (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, July 1, 1931; admitted to bar, 1956, Illinois; 1958, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1963, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1953); Harvard University (J.D., 1956). Member: Chicago (Member, Financial Institutions Committee, 1973), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law.Email: Floyd H. Abramson
Margaret Anderson (Associate) born September 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1984, Texas; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Loras College (B.A., maxima cum laude, 1976); Yale Law School (J.D., 1980). Trustee: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, 1999-2005; Charis Ministries, 2006; Loyola Academy, 1993-1999. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy.Email: Margaret Anderson
Thomas Buranosky (Member) born McKees Rocks, Pennslyvania, June 11, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Chicago (J.D., 1988). Member: Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Secured Lending.Email: Thomas Buranosky
Martin B. Carroll born Chicago, Illinois, January 28, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); London School of Economics, London, England (M.A., 1987); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Selected as a "Leading Illinois Attorney" in Commercial Litigation and Banking Litigation. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Reported Cases: Fidelity v. Howard Savings Bank, 436 F 3d 836 (7th Cir. 2006); Liautaud v. Liautaud, 221 F.3d 981 (7th Cir. 2000); Helm v. Resolution Trust Corp., 84 F.3d 874 (7th Cir. 1996); Vasquez v. Hernandez, 60 F.3d 325 (7th Cir. 1995); Fischel & Kahn, Ltd. v. Van Straaten Gallery, Inc., 727 N.E.2d 240 (Ill. 2000); Walters v. National Properties, LLC, 699 N.W.2d 71 (WI 2005); Egidi v. Town of Libertyville, 578 N.E.2d (2d Dist. 1991); Morse v. Abbott Laboratories, 756 F. Supp. 1108 (N.D., Ill. 1991). Practice Areas: Banking Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Trade Secrets Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: Martin B. Carroll
Donald P. Colleton (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, July 4, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, New Jersey; 1968, Illinois; 1973, District of Columbia; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1964); New York University (LL.B., 1967). Practice Areas: State and Federal Litigation; General Corporate Law; Intellectual Property Law; Employment Law; Advertising Law; Health Law.Email: Donald P. Colleton
Michael E. Fox born Chicago, Illinois, April 14, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with university honors, 1959); Harvard University (J.D., 1962). Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi. Bronze Tablet. Selected as a "Leading Illinois Attorney" in Tax Law, Business and Small, Closely and Privately Held Business Law. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1959. Attorney, Staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, 1965-1968. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. (Managing Partner). Practice Areas: Business Law; Private Business Law; Federal Tax Law; Restaurant Law.Email: Michael E. Fox
Josh Goldberg (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1993); Northwestern University (M.S.J., 1996); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation.
Adam A. Hachikian (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, January 20, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 2001); University of Michigan (J.D., 2004). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice.Email: Adam A. Hachikian
Roger B. Harris born Chicago, Illinois, February 4, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1959; LL.B., 1962). Associate Editor, University of Michigan Law Review. Member, Barristers. Selected as a "Leading Illinois Attorney" in Commercial Litigation. Member: Chicago (Member, Civil Practice Committee, 1983-1997, 2006; Division Chairman, 1992-1993 and Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1968-1984; Chairman, 1977-1978), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Roger B. Harris
Daniel S. Hefter born Chicago, Illinois, March 4, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2001, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1977); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Listed, "Leading Illinois Attorney" in Commercial Litigation and Super Lawyer. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Chicago Council of Lawyers. Reported Cases: Fischel & Kahn, Ltd. v. Van Straaten Gallery, Inc., 189 Ill. 2d 240, 727 N.E.2d 240 (2000); Weiss v. Wark, 202 F.3d 276 (7th Cir. 1999); Ross v. Fultz, 709 N.E. 2d 317 (2d Dist. 1997); Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 8 F.3d 1222 (7th Cir. 1993); Altheimer & Gray v. Sioux Manufacturing Co., 983 F.2d 803 (7th Cir.); Resolution Trust Corporation v. Holtzman, 248 Ill. App. 3d 105, 618 N.E.2d 418 (1st Dist. 1993); Frazier v. Dettman, 212 Ill. App. 3d 139, 569 N.E.2s 1382 (2nd Dist. 1991); Dreyfuss Metal Co. v. Berg, 569 N.E.2d 19 (1st Dist. 1991); O'Donnell v. Field Enterprises, Inc., 491 N.E.2d 1212 (1st Dist. 1986); Ollman v. Evans, 750 F.2d 970 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (en banc). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Trade Secrets Litigation; Unfair Competition Litigation; Defamation; Media and First Amendment; Appeals.Email: Daniel S. Hefter
B. Chadwick Hill (Associate) born Alexandria, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2005, California; 2009, Illinois. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 2000); Yale University Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: B. Chadwick Hill
Joseph C. Huntzicker born Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 24, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan; 2001, Illinois; 2003, California. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1996; J.D., cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Commercial Finance; Real Estate; Corporate Law.Email: Joseph C. Huntzicker
Anthony P. Janik (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, February 5, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois. Education: College of St. Francis (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); Loyola University (J.D., 1979). Member, Loyola University Law Journal. Delta Epsilon Sigma. Recipient, Loyola University Law Scholarship. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Real Estate Taxation Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Trademarks; Contracts; Licensing.Email: Anthony P. Janik
Oliver Larson (Member) born Battle Creek, Michigan, 1975; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2001, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1996; J.D., 1999). Formerly with: Jenner & Block LLP; Federal Trade Commission. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Oliver Larson
Laurie A. Levin born Queens, New York, February 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1986, Illinois. Education: The Juilliard School of Music (B.M., 1978; M.M., 1980); Fordham University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Senior Articles Editor, Fordham University Law Review. Selected as a "Leading Illinois Attorney" in Real Estate. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Banking Law; Corporate Law.Email: Laurie A. Levin
David J. Morris born St. Louis, Missouri, June 23, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois; 1992, Missouri. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with highest honors, 1988); London School of Economics, London, England; University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1991). Associate Editor, UCLA Law Review, 1990-1991. Intern, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1990. Selected as a "Leading Illinois Attorney" in Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities and Venture Financing Law, and Small, Closely and Privately Held Business Law. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities Law; Finance; Commodities.Email: David J. Morris
Tracy Katz Muhl born Evanston, Illinois, April 6, 1976; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., 1997); University of Chicago (J.D., 2000). Co-author: "Judge Easterbrook's New Look at Proving Class Claims of Deception," Class Action Litigation, Dec., 22, 2000. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: Tracy Katz Muhl
Karla J. Rachwalski (Associate) born Melrose Park, Illinois, January 16, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Carleton College (B.A., 1998); Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT (J.D., 2004). Executive Articles Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review. Formerly with Reed Smith f/n/a Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. Practice Areas: Corporate Law(50%); Securities(20%); Corporate Finance(30%).Email: Karla J. Rachwalski
N. Neville Reid (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 15, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Harvard University (B.A., Social Studies, magna cum laude, 1984; J.D., 1987). Author: "Overview of Successor Liability For Tort Claims," printed in Seminar Materials for American Bankruptcy Institute's Winter Leadership Conference, December 5-7, 1996; "Will a Work-Out Work? Issues From the Lender's Perspective," printed in Seminar Materials for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute Seminar, Atlanta, GA, March 26-28, 1998; "Claims Trading," printed in Seminar Materials for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute Seminar, Atlanta, GA, March 26-28, 1998; "The Nature and Scope of a Trustee's Duties in a Potentially Solvent Estate," printed in Seminar Materials for the 1999 United States Trustee Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, March 6, 1999; "Fiduciary and Ethics Questions for Consideration at U.S. Trustee Seminar," printed in Seminar Materials for the 1999 United States Trustee Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, March 6, 1999; "The Basics of Substantive Consolidation," printed in Seminar Materials for the Chicago Bar Association Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, March 10, 1999; "Bankruptcy Treatment of Loans From Retirement Plans: Employer Strategies in Bankruptcy Cases", Benefits Law Journal, Vol. 13., No. 2, Summer 2000.
Ryan T. Schultz (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Nevada; 2006, Illinois. Education: Purdue University (B.S., 1998); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.Email: Ryan T. Schultz
Yuri M. Shidenko (Associate) born Moscow, Russian Federation, May 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New York; 2008, Illinois. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Kyiv National University, Kyiv, Ukraine (Master of International Law, with honors, 1998); Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M., with honors, 1999); Chicago- Kent College of Law (J.D., with honors, 2007). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Ukrainian and Russian. Practice Areas: Corporate; Finance; Commercial Real Estate.Email: Yuri M. Shidenko
Kelly Smith-Haley (Associate) born Kankakee, Illinois, March 19, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1999); Loyola University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Member, Loyola University Law Review. Co-Author: with Ryan A. Hoening and Bradley A. Klein, Electronic Discovery - The New Rules, 20 CBA Rec. 51 (2006). Formerly with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Member: Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association.Email: Kelly Smith-Haley
Lawrence B. Swibel born Chicago, Illinois, March 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1975); Vanderbilt University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Selected as a "Leading Illinois Attorney" in Real Estate. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Finance; Corporate Law; International Law.Email: Lawrence B. Swibel
Dale B. Tauke born Dubuque, Iowa, March 15, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1974); University of Chicago (J.D., 1977). Member, University of Chicago Law Review. Beta Gamma Sigma. Selected as a "Leading Illinois Attorney" in Acquisition and Dispositions, Joint Ventures, Outsourcing and Commercial Transactions. Assistant Professor, St. Louis University School of Law. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Outsourcing; Complex Commercial Contracts; Corporate Finance; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Dale B. Tauke
Winfield Thom (Member) born Kenosha, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 1997, Wisconsin; 2000, Illinois. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1986); University of Wisconsin (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member: Chicago and American Bar Association.Email: Winfield Thom
Keli M. Videtto (Associate) born August 3, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Wisconsin; 2002, Illinois. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., 1998); University of Wisconsin (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Keli M. Videtto
Travis B. Wolfinger (Member) born Findlay, Ohio, December 16, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., summa cum laude, 1997); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2000). Golden Key; Beta Gamma Sigma. Executive Editor, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.
Robin L. Wolkoff born Chicago, Illinois, May 12, 1966; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with highest honors, 1987); Northwestern University (J.D., 1990). Dean's List; National Mock Trial Team. Co-Author: "Three Proposals for Interdisciplinary Study," Family Business Review, vol. XI, September 1998. Trustee, Board of Trustees, Chiaravalle Montessori School, Evanston, Illinois. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Robin L. Wolkoff
OF COUNSEL
Nancy L. Nagel (Of Counsel) born Detroit, Michigan, February 25, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with high distinction, 1984; J.D., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Languages: English, French. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Corporate Law.Email: Nancy L. Nagel