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| Location: 71 S. Wacker, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (Cook Co.) | | |
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| Mayer Brown LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Antitrust, Appellate, Asia, Bankruptcy, Biotech, Pharma & Life Science, Chemicals, Collateralized Debt Obligation, Company Secretarial, Construction & Engineering, Corporate & Securities, Corporate Governance, Derivatives, E-commerce, Emerging Companies, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Employee Share Incentives, Employment & Labour, Energy, Environment, Finance, Financial Services, Global Trade, Government, Government Contracts, Health Care, Information Technology, Insurance & Reinsurance, Intellectual Property, International Arbitration, Investment Management, Latin America, Legislative, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Natural Resources, Outsourcing, Pensions, PPP/PFI & Infrastructure, Private Equity, Private Investment Fund, Pro Bono, Professional Practices, Project Finance, Property Rights, Public Law, Rail, Real Estate, Regulated Industries, Restructuring & Insolvency, Securitisation, Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing, Tax Transactions & Consulting, Telecommunications & Media, Venture & Technology, Wealth Management. | | Year Established: 1881 | | Firm Size: 1800 |
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| | PARTNERS | | Lee N. Abrams (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, February 28, 1935; admitted to bar, 1957, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1955; J.D., 1957). Winner, Elijah Watt Sells Gold Medal, Highest Grade in the United States on the Uniform C.P.A. Examination. Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Franchising Forum, 1982-1985; Vice-Chair, Section of Antitrust Law, 1991-1992; Finance Officer, Section of Antitrust Law, 1979-1980). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Franchises and Franchising; Litigation. Email: Lee N. Abrams | | Frank E. Arado (Partner) born Franklin Park, Illinois, July 9, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois; 2007, North Carolina. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1992); University of Illinois (J.D./M.B.A., 1996). (Charlotte, North Carolina Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Corporate Law. Email: Frank E. Arado | | Richard M. Assmus (Partner) born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2004, District of Columbia. Education: University of Chicago (B.S., Mathematics, 1995); University of Michigan (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Richard M. Assmus | | Gianluca G. Bacchiocchi (Partner) born Rome, Italy, December 16, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, New York; 2001, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with high distinction, 1994); New York University (J.D., 1998). Languages: Italian, Spanish. Practice Areas: Finance; Securitization; Corporate Law. Email: Gianluca G. Bacchiocchi | | Laura E. Bader (Partner) born San Francisco, California, September 6, 1966; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., with honors, 1988); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1996); University of Edinburgh, Scotland (LL.M., 1996). Order of the Coif. Email: Laura E. Bader | | Robert C. Baptista, Jr. (Partner) born Buffalo, New York, September 14, 1948; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., 1970); Northern Illinois University (M.A., magna cum laude, 1976); University of Illinois (J.D., summa cum laude, 1982). Practice Areas: Finance; Corporate. Email: Robert C. Baptista, Jr. | | James R. Barry (Partner) born Normal, Illinois, July 24, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1986, U.S. Tax Court. Education: DePaul University (B.S.C., with high honors, 1982; J.D., with honors, 1985). Certified Public Accountant, 1982. Practice Areas: Federal Income Tax; International Taxation. Email: James R. Barry | | Gregory L. Barton (Partner) born Owensboro, Kentucky, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois; 1988, U.S. Tax Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., magna cum laude, 1980); University of Southern California (M.S., 1981); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1985). Order of the Coif; Law Review. Clerkship with Judge Richard A. Posner (U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit), White House Office of Management and Budget. Reported Cases: Nissei Sangyo America, Ltd. v. IRS, 98-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) ¶ 50,288 (D.D.C. 1997), modified, 98-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) ¶ 50,289 (D.D.C. 1998); National Semiconductor Corp. v. Comm'r, 67 T.C.M. (CCH) 2849 (1994), acq. in result, 1995-2 C.B. 1; Hitachi America, Ltd. v. Comm'r, T.C. Docket No. 21553-90 (stipulated decision) (October 29, 1991); Nestle Holdings, Inc. v. Comm'r, 94 T.C. 803 (1990). Practice Areas: Federal Tax Controversies; Transfer Pricing; International Taxation. Email: Gregory L. Barton | | James E. Barz (Partner) born Park Ridge, Illinois, July 3, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Loyola University Chicago (B.B.A., Public Accounting, summa cum laude); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1995. Recipient, Excel Award. Member, Law Review. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2002-2006. Practice Areas: Litigation; Trial Practice; White Collar Crime. Email: James E. Barz | | John C. Berghoff, Jr. (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, July 1, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1968, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., with honors, 1963; J.D., 1966). Email: John C. Berghoff, Jr. | | Edward S. Best (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, November 18, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (A.B., 1983); Loyola University, Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities). Practice Areas: Corporate Governance; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Edward S. Best | | Christian F. Binnig (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, November 10, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Georgia, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 1982); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Practice Areas: Telecommunications and Media; Regulated Industries; Litigation. Email: Christian F. Binnig | | Timothy S. Bishop (Partner) born Peterborough, England, March 6, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Seventh Circuits, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits; 1997, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and Federal Circuit and U.S. Tax Court; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Oxford University, England (B.A., first class honors, 1979; M.A., 1983; Dip. Law, 1986); Northwestern University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985). Law Clerk to: Justice Wm. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court, 1988-1989; Judge James Oakes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1986-1987. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation; Environmental Law. Email: Timothy S. Bishop | | Michael T. Blair (Partner) born 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois. Education: Colorado State University (B.S.); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Michael T. Blair | | Fred W. Blakeslee, II (Partner) admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S.B.A., 1999); Northwestern University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Fred W. Blakeslee, II | | Debra L. Bogo-Ernst (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar, 2006. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Author: "Can Parents Vicariously Consent to Recording a Telephone Conversation on Behalf of a Minor Child?: An Examination of the Vicarious Consent Exception Under Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control & Safe Streets Act of 1968," 2000 U. ILL. L. Rev. 321 (2000). Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Care; Biotechnology. Email: Debra L. Bogo-Ernst | | Fern C. Bomchill (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, February 25, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1969); University of Chicago (J.D., 1972). Member: Federal Bar Association (President, Chicago Chapter). Practice Areas: Litigation; Class Actions; Consumer Law. Email: Fern C. Bomchill | | Thomas W. Bottomlee (Partner) born Gary, Indiana, July 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois; 1998, Arizona. Education: Indiana University/Northwest (B.S.B.A., with distinction, 1984); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Thomas W. Bottomlee | | Susan Brice (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, February 28, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S.J., 1992); Georgetown University (J.D., 1995). Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association, Chicago Chapter, 1997-1999. Email: Susan Brice | | Jeffrey M. Bruns (Partner) born Madison, Wisconsin September 20, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois; 2000, Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.B.A., 1996; J.D., cum laude, 1999). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Jeffrey M. Bruns | | Richard F. Bulger (Partner) born Sacramento, California, April 5, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Oregon; 1994, Illinois; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1990); Indiana University (J.D., 1993). Assistant Counsel, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 1994-1997. Email: Richard F. Bulger | | Richard A. Campbell (Partner) born Harvey, Illinois, December 2, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois; 1985, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1978; J.D., 1983). Member: Illinois State Bar Association (Past President, Trusts and Estates Section Council). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Contested Trusts and Estates. Email: Richard A. Campbell | | Nathaniel Carden (Partner) born Rhinebeck, New York, March 2, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., 1996); University of Chicago (J.D., 1999). Member, Vol. 65, No. 3, The University of Chicago Law Review. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Nathaniel Carden | | David A. Carpenter (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1984); DePaul University (J.D., 1987). Member, Law Review, DePaul University, College of Law. General Counsel, Executive Vice President, Administration, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Metal Management, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTLM), 1998-2001. Member, Board of Directors, Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, Illinois. Transactions: Represented Fresenius AG, a global pharmaceutical concern, in the negotiation of US marketing and distribution rights with Abbott Laboratories for its Glycophos product (January 2002). Represented Nestle USA Inc. in the $2.6 billion acquisition of Chef America, the manker of Hot Pockets, Lean Pockets and Croissant Pockets (August, 2002). Represented Nestle S.A. (Switzerland) in the formation of a worldwide portable oral care joint venture with Colgate-Palmolive Company (June 2003). Represented Nestle S.A. (Switzeland) in the formation ot a milk products joint venture throughout the Americas with Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (New Zealand) (January 2003). Represented Nestle USA Inc. in the sale of its Ortega Mexican food division (August 2003). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; International Law. Email: David A. Carpenter | | James A. Casey (Partner) born Kalamazoo, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois; 1996, Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., 1989); John Marshall Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995). The Florida National Tax Law Moot Court Competition, 1995. Executive Editor, The John Marshall Law Review. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1989. Law Clerk, Justice Anne M. Burke, Illinois Appellate Court, 1995-1996. Email: James A. Casey | | Susan Charles (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: Boston University (B.A., cum laude, 1993), Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Note Development Editor and First Editor, Indiana Law Review. Author: "Geoffrey Glanders et al., New EPA CAM Rule Affects Thousands of Facilities," Facilities Engineering, May/June 1998. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Susan Charles | | David A. Ciancuillo (Partner) born Port Chester, New York, April 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., 1994); Loyola University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Member, Loyola Law Journal. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Finance; Securitization. Email: David A. Ciancuillo | | Joseph P. Collins (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 9, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois. Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B., magna cum laude, 1972); New York University (J.D., 1975). Former Chair, ABA Derivatives Law Committee. Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Commodities Regulation. Email: Joseph P. Collins | | Gary S. Colton, Jr., (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 18, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; 1981, U.S. Tax Court; 1998, Illinois. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.A., 1976); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1 978); University of Houston (LL.M., Taxation, 1995). Co-Author: "Compensating Fact Witnesses," 184 F.R.D. 425. Attorney-Advisor to the Honorable Juan F. Vasquez, United States Tax Court, 1995-1997. Practice Areas: Federal Tax Controversies; Tax Appeals; Tax Audits; Tax Litigation; Tax Shelters. Email: Gary S. Colton, Jr., | | Vincent J. Connelly (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, June 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., summa cum laude, 1972); University of Chicago (J.D., 1975). Board of Directors, Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago. Former President, Chicago Inn of Court. Co-Founder, Wong Sun Society. Member: Chicago Bar Association (Board of Managers); American College of Trial Lawyers. Email: Vincent J. Connelly | | J. Tyson Covey (Partner) born Peoria, Illinois, September 7, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Augustana College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1987); University of Illinois (J. D., magna cum laude, 1991). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Knut Erikson Scholar. Harno Scholarship. Staff Member, 1989-1991 and Administrative Editor, 1990-1991, University of Illinois Law Review. Instructor, The Legal Environment of Business, University of Illinois, 1990-1991. Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1991-1993. Email: J. Tyson Covey | | George W. Craven (Partner) born Louisville, Kentucky, March 11, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; 1980, Kentucky. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., with highest honors, 1973); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Author: Chapter 9, "Tax Issues," Securitization of Financial Assets, Prentice Hall Law and Business, 1991; "'Money' and 'Property' (Other than Money): An Exploration of 'Amount Realized' Under Section 1001(b)," delivered at the Annual Federal Tax Conference, of the University of Chicago Law School, 1992, reprinted in 70 Taxes—The Tax Magazine, 912, December, 1992. Secretary, United Way/Crusade of Mercy, Inc., 1998—. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Federal Income Tax; Insurance; International Law. Email: George W. Craven | | Paul M. Crimmins (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, June 6, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois. Education: Niles College of Loyola University (B.S., 1985); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Alpha Sigma Nu. American Jurisprudence Award. Author: "Tax Treatment of Contingent Liabilities on the Sale of a Business," De Paul Law Review, Volume 40, Issue 3, Spring 1991. Member: Chicago Bar Association (Co-Chair, Corporate Practice Section, Young Lawyer's Division). Email: Paul M. Crimmins | | David S. Curry (Partner) born Bloomington, Indiana, April 9, 1951; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois. Education: Emory University; Indiana University (B.A., 1973); Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis (J.D., summa cum laude, 1979). Email: David S. Curry | | Robert C. Davis, III (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1994); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999); University of Georgia, Terry College of Business (M.B.A., 1999). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Robert C. Davis, III | | Scott J. Davis (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, January 8, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1972); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Member, Board of Editors, Harvard Law Review, 1974-1976. Author/Co-Author: "Deal Protection After Omnicare," 14 International Company & Commercial Law Review 311 (2003); "Liability Under Sections 10, 18 and 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934," printed in Understanding the Securities Laws 2000, PLI Corp. Law & Practice Handbook Series, No. BO-00P4, 2000; "Merger and Acquisition Agreements in Competitive Bidding Situations: Rights and Obligations Created by Corporation and Contract Law," 17 Securities Regulation Law Journal 3, 1989. Law Clerk to Hon. Luther M. Swygert, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1976-1977. Special Agencies: Member, 1989— and Vice President, 1996—, Chicago Police Board. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Securities; Litigation. Email: Scott J. Davis | | Debora de Hoyos (Partner) born Monticello, New York, August 10, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., honors in political science, 1975); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1978). Languages: Spanish. Email: Debora de Hoyos | | Kevin G. Desharnais (Partner) born Baldwin, New York, March 11, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois, New York and New Jersey. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1988); Pace University (J.D., 1992). Attorney, Illinois Pollution Control Board, 1994-1997. Email: Kevin G. Desharnais | | Julian C. D'Esposito, Jr. (Partner) born New York, N.Y., August 6, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.S., 1966); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1969). Counsel to the Governor of Illinois, 1977-1981. Chairman, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, 1995-1999. Member: Illinois Capital Development Board, 1994-1995; Illinois Medical Center Commission, 1988-1994; Governor's Tax Reform Commission, 1982-1983; University of Illinois, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, National Advisory Committee. Practice Areas: Government. Email: Julian C. D'Esposito, Jr. | | Thomas W. Dimond (Partner) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois; U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; U.S. District Court, District of Utah. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1981); University of Chicago (J.D., 1990). Certified Public Accountant, 1982. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: Thomas W. Dimond | | Douglas A. Doetsch (Partner) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, November 6, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; 1989, Illinois. Education: Kalamazoo College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University De Dakar, Dakar, Senegal; Columbia University (J.D., 1986). Phi Bata Kappa. Author: "Securing Liquidity," Trade & Forfeiting, Sept. 1999; "Emerging Markets Cash Flow Securitizations Take Off," International Financial Law Review, November 1996; "Restructuring Strategies for Mexican Eurobond Debt," Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, Fall 1995; "Developing Country Debt: A Summary of the Recent Impact on Commercial Banks," 1 The Financier 63, 1994. Contributing Author: A Guide to the Capital Markets Activities of Banks and Bank Holding Companies, Browne 1993; Securitization of Financial Assets, Prentice Hall Law & Business, 1993. Languages: French and Spanish. Email: Douglas A. Doetsch | | Dana S. Douglas (Partner) born Hinsdale, Illinois, March 28, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1998); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2001). Law Clerk to the Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2001-2002. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Dana S. Douglas | | Ralph P. Dudziak (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, January 5, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois. Education: Augustana College (B.A., 1983); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Ralph P. Dudziak | | Daniel Dumezich (Partner) born 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois; 1995, Indiana. Education: Western Michigan University (B.A, 1982); DePaul University (M.S.T., 1985); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1989). Certified Public Accountant, Indiana, 1983. Public Service: Indiana Municipal Judge, 1995-1999. Member of the Indiana General Assembly, 1999-2000 State Representative. Email: Daniel Dumezich | | Thomas C. Durham (Partner) born Texarkana, Texas, April 27, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1981, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Cornell College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); New York University (J.D., 1980). Email: Thomas C. Durham | | Thomas M. Durkin (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, December 26, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with honors, 1975); DePaul University (J.D., with honors, 1978). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1975. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1980-1993. First Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1990-1993. Chief, Special Prosecutions Division, 1990. Chief, Criminal Receiving and Appellate Division, 1989. Chairman Pro Bono Committee - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: White Collar Crime; Litigation. Email: Thomas M. Durkin | | Ray A. Dybala (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Roosevelt University (B.S.B.A., 1971); DePaul University (M.B.A., 1976; J.D., 1981). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Ray A. Dybala | | Rebecca S. Eisner (Partner) born 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois; 1993, Georgia. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A. cum laude); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Associate Group Counsel, Equifax, Inc., 1993-1995. Email: Rebecca S. Eisner | | Christian W. Fabian (Partner) born Warren, Michigan, March 21, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan; 1999, Illinois. Education: Oakland University (B.S.E., 1990); University of Detroit School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Christian W. Fabian | | Tyrone C. Fahner (Chairman) born Detroit, Michigan, November 18, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1969, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, Texas; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1965); Wayne State University (J.D., 1968); Northwestern University (LL.M., 1971). Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Chicago, Chairman of Management Committee, 2001—, Co-Chairman of Management Committee, 1998-2001, Partner, 1979-1980, 1983—; Attorney General for the State of Illinois, July, 1980 to January, 1983; Director, Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, 1977-1979; Freeman, Rothe, Freeman & Salzman, Chicago, 1975-1977; Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1971-1975: Chief, Special Prosecution Section, 1974-1975; Deputy Chief, Consumer Fraud and Civil Rights Section, 1973-1974; Criminal Defense Litigation Unit, Northwestern University Law School, Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1969-1971; Assistant to the Dean, Instructor in Legal Writing, Wayne State University Law School, 1968-1969. Member: American Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; American College of Trial Lawyers; Chicago Chapter of the American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Antitrust; Criminal Antitrust; Securities Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Corporate Governance. Email: Tyrone C. Fahner | | Michael R. Feagley (Partner) born Exeter, New Hampshire, February 1, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois and Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois; U.S. district Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth and Federal Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1967); Harvard University (J.D., 1973). Author: "A Successful Binding Summary Jury Trial," Judicature, Vol. 79, No. 4; "Using ADR in Jury Trials to Create A Win-Win Result," Corporate Legal Times, Vol. 5, No. 44; "Summary Jury Trial," International Legal Strategy, Vol. V-8. Member: American Bar Association; Chicago Council of Lawyers. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. [U.S. Army (1LT), 1969-1971, Vietnam 1970-1971]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Torts. Email: Michael R. Feagley | | James R. Ferguson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Indiana University (B.A., M.A., 1972); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1976). Author: "Strengthening Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Patents," Genetic Engineering News (March 1, 2005); "Clinical Trials As Inside Information," New York Times, Oct. 19, 1997; "Biomedical Research and Insider Trading," New England Journal of Medicine, Aug. 28, 1997; "Public Officials and the Fifth Amendment," Wall Street Journal, Jan. 23, 1987; "Scientific Freedom, National Security and the First Amendment," Science, Aug. 12, 1983. Member: American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Litigation; Intellectual Property; Commercial Litigation. Email: James R. Ferguson | | Robert F. Finke (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, March 11, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 197 8, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1963); Harvard University (J.D., 1966). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Business Law; Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; Vice Chair, 1982). Email: Robert F. Finke | | Sheila M. Finnegan (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, January 1, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (B.S.F.S., magna cum laude, 1982); University of Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Order of the Coif. Law Review. Law Clerk, Honorable Milton I. Shadur, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1986-1987. Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Northwestern University Law School. Criminal Division Chief, U.S. Attorneys Office, Northern District of Illinois. Member: American Bar Association; American College of Trial Lawyers; Women's Bar Association of Illinois; National Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Health Care Fraud; Products Liability. Email: Sheila M. Finnegan | | Robert V. Fitzsimmons (Partner) born Bloomington, Indiana, November 18, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1982); John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (M.P.P., 1986); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Government. Email: Robert V. Fitzsimmons | | Mary C. Fontaine (Partner) born Chicopee, Massachusetts, May 18, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1996, New York. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); University of Chicago (J.D., 1981). Email: Mary C. Fontaine | | Michael K. Forde (Partner) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, February 27, 1972; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois; 1997, District of Columbia. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., cum laude, 1993; J.D., 1996); University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., 1998). Law Clerk for The Honorable Mary Ann G. McMorrow, The Supreme Court of Illinois, 1997-1998; Law Clerk to The Honorable Charles P. Kocoras, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1996-1997. Author: "The White House Counsel and Whitewater: Government Lawyers and the Scope of Privileged Communications," 16 Yale Law and Policy Review 109 (1998); Note, "The Exclusionary Rule at Sentencing: New Life Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines?," 33 American Criminal Law Review 379 (1996). Chief Legal Counsel to the Illinois Comptroller, 1999. Chief Counsel to the Transition Team for the Illinois Comptroller-Elect, 1998-1999. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Government Relations; Securities Litigation; Administrative Law; Commercial Litigation; Class Action Defense; Chancery Practice; Complex Litigation; Trial Practice; White Collar Crime. Email: Michael K. Forde | | J. Paul Forrester (Partner) born Sydney, Australia, December 6, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, New South Wales, Australia; 1984, New York; 1988, Illinois. Education: University of Sydney (B.A., 1975; LL.B., 1977); Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Energy. Email: J. Paul Forrester | | Dennis G. Friedman (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 16, 1947; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Amherst College (B.A., cum laude, 1969); Duke University (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Litigation; Telecommunications Law. Email: Dennis G. Friedman | | Chris Michael Gavin (Partner) born Dubuque, Iowa, November 26, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1994); DePaul University (J.D., 1999). Editorial Board, De Paul University Law Review, 1998-1999. Email: Chris Michael Gavin | | John J. Gearen (Partner) born Wareham, Massachusetts, September 1, 1943; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1965); Oxford University, Oxford, England (M.A., 1967); Yale University (J.D., 1970). Rhodes Scholar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law. Email: John J. Gearen | | Hans J. Germann (Partner) born Chatham, Illinois, October 2, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Carleton College (1995); University of Illinois (1998); Tulane Law School (J.D., 2001). Order of the Coif. Member, Tulane Law Review. Practice Areas: Regulated Industries. Email: Hans J. Germann | | Bettina Getz (Partner) born Davenport, Iowa; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1990, Trial Bar; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1976); DePaul University (J.D., with honors, 1982). Member, De Paul Law Review, 1981-1982. Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. Mel R. Jiganti, Illinois Appellate Court, 1982-1984. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial Arbitration; Health Care Litigation. Email: Bettina Getz | | Michael J. Gill (Partner) born Springfield, Illinois, September 15, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1974; J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice, Northwestern University, 1987—. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael J. Gill | | Julie A. Gillespie (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1993); Duke University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Email: Julie A. Gillespie | | Marcia E. Goodman (Partner) born Washington, D. C., December 21, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, District of Columbia; 1985, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with high honors, 1974; M.A., Japanese Studies); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1980); Tokyo University, Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan. Author: "Testing, Testing A-D-A," Corporate Counsel Magazine (1999); "The Exercise and Control of Prosecutorial Discretion in Japan," 5 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal Nos. 1 and 2 (1986). Regular Contributor to International Legal Strategy, a Japanese language publication for Japanese business, on employment law and international litigation. Attorney: Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., 1982-1984; Kovar, Nelson, Brittain & Sledz, 1984- 1992. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; International Commercial Law; ERISA Litigation. Email: Marcia E. Goodman | | Robert E. Gordon (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, September 15, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.S., with high distinction, 1976); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Order of the Coif. Author: Real Estate Chapter and co-author, Structuring chapter, Securitization of Financial Assets, Second Edition, Aspen Law & Business, 1997 (updated semi-annually); "FIRREA Real Estate Appraisal Regulations: New Exemptions and Simplification," Journal of International Banking Law, August 1994; "New Appraisal Requirements for Loan Amendments, Restructurings and Work-outs," Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, March 1992. Contributing Author: Construction Financing, Banking and Loans, Chapter on Construction Law, Matthew Bender, 1986. Adjunct Professor, The John Marshall Law School, Real Estate Law Center (LL.M. Program in Real Estate Law), "Securitization of Real Estate," 1995—. Panelist, Roundtable on Synthetic Leasing, Annual Convention of the American Bar Association, 1998. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Lease Finance; Securitization. Email: Robert E. Gordon | | Barbara Grayson (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.A., with honors and distinction, 1998); Harvard Law School (J.D. magna cum laude, 2001). Honors College Scholar. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Probate; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations. Email: Barbara Grayson | | Lawrence R. Hamilton (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 9, 1957; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Harvard University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1977); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1996). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Insurance Regulation. Email: Lawrence R. Hamilton | | Robert A. Helman (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, January 27, 1934; admitted to bar, 1956, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois and Northwestern University (B.S.L., 1954); Northwestern University (LL.B., 1956). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 1955-1956. "Class of 1974 Lecturer in Law," University of Chicago Law School. Email: Robert A. Helman | | Michael L. Hermsen (Partner) born Green Bay, Wisconsin, August 29, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Wisconsin; 1995, Illinois. Education: Marquette University (B.S., 1980; M.B.A., 1982); University of Wisconsin (J.D., 1986). Assistant Director, 1992-1994, Special Counsel, 1990-1992 and Staff Attorney, 1986-1990, United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Michael L. Hermsen | | Daniel G. Hildebrand (Partner) born New York, N.Y., June 20, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1988); Yale University (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Libel Defense; Federal Indian Law. Email: Daniel G. Hildebrand | | John T. Hildy (Partner) born Morris, Illinois, February 19, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Illinois (A.B., 1993); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1993. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: John T. Hildy | | Debra B. Hoffman (Partner) born Kenosha, Wisconsin, December 16, 1955; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois. Education: Ripon College (B.A., with honors, 1978); DePaul University (J.D., with honors, 1986). Author: "Securities Law Aspects of Employee Benefit Plans," ICLE, 1992 and Supplement, 1997; "Pensions and Employee Benefits, How to Buy a U.S. Business," 1999, 2001 and 2002. Practice Areas: ERISA; Executive Compensation; Employee Benefits. Email: Debra B. Hoffman | | James D. Holzhauer (General Counsel) born New York, N.Y., May 18, 1948; admitted to bar, 1980, Washington; 1984, District of Columbia; 1990, Illinois. Education: New York University (B.A., 1970); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Law Professor, University of Chicago Law School, 1985-1988. Law Clerk to: Hon. Robert A. Ainsworth, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1980-1981; Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-1982. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Employment Law; Professional Liability. Email: James D. Holzhauer | | Joanna K. Horsnail (Partner) born Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 17, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.S., 1993); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1996). Order of the Coif. Chicago-Kent Law Review. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Local Government Law; State Government Law. Email: Joanna K. Horsnail | | Dean Alan Isaacs (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983; J.D., magna cum laude, 1986). Email: Dean Alan Isaacs | | Caryn L. Jacobs (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, March 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Stanford University (A.B., with distinction, honors in Humanities, 1980), Phi Beta Kappa; Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Email: Caryn L. Jacobs | | William V. Jacobsen, Jr. (Partner) born Jackson, Michigan, October 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1994); DePaul University (J.D., with honors, 1997). Order of the Coif. DePaul Law Review Email: William V. Jacobsen, Jr. | | John A. Janicik (Partner) born East St. Louis, Illinois, May 2, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Knox College (B.A., 1979); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 1986). Legislative Liaison, Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, 1982-1983. Assistant to Governor James R. Thompson, Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, 1981-1982. Member, Board of Directors, Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois, Inc., 1995—. Member, State Mandates Board of Review, State of Illinois, 1994—. Member, Capital Development Board, State of Illinois, 1990-1992. Chairman, Board of Ethics, State of Illinois, 1988-1989. Email: John A. Janicik | | Ivan P. Kane (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, August 19, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Land Use. Email: Ivan P. Kane | | Stephen J. Kane (Partner) born Washington, D.C., March 5, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1995); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge Frank J. Magill, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Author, "Competency to Stand Trial," 87 Geo. L.J. 1463, 1999. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Stephen J. Kane | | Alvin Katz (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, January 18, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., magna cum laude, honors in Economics, 1974); Stanford University (J.D., 1977). Lambda Alpha International. Member, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors. Member: American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Urban Land Institute; Pension Real Estate Association; National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Partnership Law; Joint Ventures. Email: Alvin Katz | | Jennifer Keating (Partner) born Wilmington, Delaware, August 19, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1995); University of Chicago (J.D., 1998). Email: Jennifer Keating | | J. Bradley Keck (Partner) born New York, N.Y., April 17, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1993); The Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 1996) Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Banking and Finance; Securitization. Email: J. Bradley Keck | | Robert A. Kelman (Partner) born New York, N.Y., October 30, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Illinois. Education: Middlebury College (A.B., 1968); University of Chicago (J.D., 1971). Email: Robert A. Kelman | | Thomas S. Kiriakos (Partner) born Marshalltown, Iowa, October, 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Iowa (Certificate of Exemption, Iowa Admission); 1983, Illinois; 1984, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; 1988, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., 1978); University of Iowa (J.D., 1981). Principal author of "Chapter S: Bankruptcy," Securitization of Financial Assets, Aspen Law & Bus. (2d ed. 1996); co-author of "Has David Bowie Started a New Era of Celebrity Securitization?" Vol. 4, No. 5 of The Financier (Dec. 1997). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Loan Restructuring; Workouts; Securitization. Email: Thomas S. Kiriakos | | Thomas L. Kittle-Kamp (Partner) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 29, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1991, U.S. Tax Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Tenth Circuits; 1998, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Bradley University (B.A., 1982); Northwestern University (J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif. Member, Northwestern Law Review. Co-Author: Federal Income Taxation of Intellectual Properties and Intangible Assets, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1997. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies; Tax Litigation. Email: Thomas L. Kittle-Kamp | | Anne Marie Konopack (Partner) born Joliet, Illinois, September 22, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1991; J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Practice Areas: Tax. Email: Anne Marie Konopack | | Robert J. Kriss (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, December 15, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit. Education: Cornell University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Information Technology; Securities; Consumer Class Action Defense. Email: Robert J. Kriss | | Jonathan D. Kron (Partner) born August 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois; 1991, Wisconsin. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with high honors, 1982; J.D., 1985). Phi Kappa Phi. Practice Areas: Leveraged Leasing; Secured Lending; Workouts. Email: Jonathan D. Kron | | Herbert W. Krueger (Partner) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 20, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Florida; 1975, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1970); University of Chicago (J.D., 1974). Email: Herbert W. Krueger | | William R. Kucera (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, May 11, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: Colgate University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1994); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Order of the Coif. Email: William R. Kucera | | Angela R. Lang (Partner) born Olney, Illinois, July 2, 1971; admitted to bar, 1995, Indiana; 1999, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., highest distinction, 1992; J.D., summa cum laude, 1995). Order of the Coif. Associate, 1993-1994 and Managing Editor, 1994-1995, Indiana Law Journal. Author: Note, Mandatory Disclosure Can Improve the Discovery System," 70 Indiana Law Journal 657, 1995. Co-Author: "Skyrocketing Penalties Imposed for Noncompliance with Premerger Notification," Indiana Journal of Commerce & Industry, June 15-July 14, 1997. Email: Angela R. Lang | | John F. Lawlor (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, May 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1985); University of Notre Dame (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Email: John F. Lawlor | | David H. C. Lee (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1990); Northwestern University (J.D., 1996). Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Venture Capital. Email: David H. C. Lee | | William A. Levy (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, November 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Chicago (J.D., 1988). Member, University of Chicago Law Review. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: William A. Levy | | Jonathan L. Lewis (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama, January 3, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., with honors in Economics, 1992; M.P.M., 1993); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Email: Jonathan L. Lewis | | Thomas A. Lidbury (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, June 22, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1989); Washington University (J.D., 1992) Order of the Coif. Reported Cases: BASF AG v. Great American Assur., 2006 WL 1235943 (N.D.Ill. May 8); Bank of America v. Terra Nova Ins., 2005 WL 1560577 (S.D.N.Y. June 30); Johnson v. LaRabida Children's Hospital, 373 F.3d 894 (7th Cir. 2004); Bowmont v. Krombacher Brauerei Bernhard, 2003 WL 22205615 (D.Conn. Sept. 8); Dow Chemical v. Fireman's Fund Ins., 217 F.Supp.2d 816 (E.D.Mich. 2002); Palos Community Hospital v. Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, 328 Ill.App.3d 336 (2002), appeal denied, 199 Ill.2d 558; Zapata Hermanos Sucesores v. Heartside Baking, 155 F.Supp.2d 969 (N.D.Ill. 2001); In re Syntrhoid Marketing Litigation, 110 F.Supp.2d 676 (N.D.Ill. 2000), aff'd in part, vacated in part, 264 F.3d 712 (7th Cir. 2001); Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi v. Malhotra, 131 F.Supp.2d 959 (N.D.Ill. 2000); Malnove v. Hearthside Baking, 951 F.Supp. 151 (N.D.Ill. 1997), and, 944 F.Supp. 657 (N.D.Ill. 1996); Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith v. Lauer, 49 F.3d 323 (7th Cir. 1995). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance. Email: Thomas A. Lidbury | | Lori E. Lightfoot (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with honors, 1984); University of Chicago (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Lori E. Lightfoot | | Stuart M. Litwin (Partner) born Skokie, Illinois, June 17, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1981); University of Chicago (J.D., 1985; M.B.A., cum laude, 1985). Email: Stuart M. Litwin | | Theodore A. Livingston, Jr. (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 21, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois. Education: McPherson College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1969); University of Kansas (J.D., 1973). Email: Theodore A. Livingston, Jr. | | Joan L. Long (Partner) born Dixon, Illinois, September 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1978); Loyola University (J.D., 1992). Alpha Sigma Nu. Student Articles Editor, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, 1992. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Internet Law; Litigation. Email: Joan L. Long | | Olga A. Loy (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois; 2004, California. Education: Illinois State University (B.A., 1995); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Private Equity; Corporate and Securities; Fund Formation. Email: Olga A. Loy | | Zachary A. Luber (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, September 5, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., Magna Cum Laude, 1997); Northwestern University (J.D., Cum Laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Zachary A. Luber | | Wayne R. Luepker (Partner) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, May 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., 1971); University of Chicago (J.D., 1979). Author: "Applying the Property-Services Distinction in Corporate Transactions: The New Economy Tests the Limits," 29 Taxes 3 (March 2001); "Change in Control Arrangements for Executives in Business Transactions," Out of the Vortex-Finding Order in Merger and Acquisitions Chaos, American Compensation Association (Autumn 1998); "Deferred Delivery of Option Stock," 25 Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal 5 (May 1997); "Design and Implementation of a Transferable Stock Option Program," LXVII Aspen Law & Business Corporation Reporter Service 3 (February 3, 1997); "Executive Severance Agreements," Executive Compensation (2002). Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Executive Compensation Subcommittee, Employee Benefits Committee, Taxation Section). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits. Email: Wayne R. Luepker | | George A. Luscombe, II (Partner) born Jefferson, Iowa, October 22, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Illinois; 1972, District of Columbia, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1969); George Washington University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1972). Order of the Coif. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois. Adjunct Professor of Taxation, Illinois Institute of Technology-Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1987-1993. Assistant Branch Chief, Legislation and Regulations Division, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1972-1973. Member: Illinois State (Chair, Federal Taxation Section, 1991-1992) and American (Chair, Committee on Depreciation, Tax Section, 1980-1982) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: George A. Luscombe, II | | Daniel W. Luther (Partner) born New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 3, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1983; J.D., magna cum laude, 1986). General Counsel, Indianapolis Colts, Inc., 2001—. Practice Areas: Wealth Preservation; Sports Law; Entertainment Law. Email: Daniel W. Luther | | Jamison E. Lynch (Partner) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and Western District of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.S.M.E., 1993); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1998). (Frankfurt/Main, Germany Office). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Jamison E. Lynch | | Barry N. Machlin (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, July 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1987, District of Columbia; 2000, Illinois and New York. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); Harvard University (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Project Finance; International Finance; Cross Border Investment. Email: Barry N. Machlin | | Joseph A. Mahoney (Partner) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Missouri; 1995, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1999, Illinois and U.S.District Court, Northern District of Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Nebraska Medical Center (Pharm.D., 1988); St. Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Editor-in-Chief, Saint Louis University Law Journal. Author: "A Case Study on Intellectual Property Aspects of Biochips," Biotech Law and Litigation Summit, Tysons Corner, VA. and Palo Alto, Ca., Fulcrum Information Services, May 2001. Intellectual Property Protection and Technology Transfer: National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2000; Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH., February, 2000; University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas, April, 1998. Expert Panel Member, Attracting Venture Capital for Biotech Start-Ups, Chicago Biotechnology Network, Chicago, IL., February, 2000. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Pharmaceutical Patent Protection; Pharmaceutical Strategy; Biotechnology Patent Protection; Biotechnology Strategy; Licensing. Email: Joseph A. Mahoney | | David N. Malinger (Partner) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, March 6, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1995); Drake University (J.D., 1998). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Drake Law Review. Email: David N. Malinger | | Cary J. Malkin (Professional Responsibilty Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, October 6, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2001, New York. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1971); Northwestern University (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Lease Finance; Professional Conduct. Email: Cary J. Malkin | | Milos Markovic (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Chicago (B.S., 1993); DePaul University (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Milos Markovic | | Andrew S. Marovitz (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1986); Yale University (J.D., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Empagran and the Globalization of the Sherman Act," Business Law International, September 2003; "Snapshots After Kodak: Early Developments Following the Supreme Court's Recent Pronouncements on Tying and the Role of Summary Judgment in Antitrust Cases," Of Interest, March 1993; "Out of the 1980s and Into the 1990s: Lender Liability Lawsuits—Their Common Law Bases and Their Application to Failed LBOs," ALI-ABA Course of Study Materials, Lender Liability and Other Complex Litigation Involving Financial Institutions, October 1991; "Casting a Meaningful Ballot: Applying One-Person, One-Vote to Judicial Elections Involving Racial Discrimination," 98 Yale L.J. 1193, 1989. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Antitrust; Appellate Practice. Email: Andrew S. Marovitz | | Brian J. Massengill (Partner) born Washington, D.C., February 1, 1962; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1984); University of Chicago (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Securities Fraud; Accountants Liability. Email: Brian J. Massengill | | Brian T. May (Partner) born Portland, Oregon, February 26, 1974; admitted to bar, 1998, California; 2001, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Nevada, Reno (B.S., summa cum laude, 1995); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law. Email: Brian T. May | | Hugh R. McCombs (Partner) born Flint, Michigan, July 30, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1968); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Practice Areas: Trials and Arbitration of civil cases both in the U.S. and overseas; Construction; Toxic Torts; Mass Torts. Email: Hugh R. McCombs | | Howard M. McCue, III (Partner) born Sumter, South Carolina, January 4, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Massachusetts; 1975, Illinois; 1977, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., with honors, 1968); Harvard University (J.D., with honors, 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed: Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers (2006), National Leaders, Wealth Management; The Best Lawyers in America (2007), Non-Profit/Charities Law, Trusts and Estates; (Illinois) Leading Lawyers Network (2006), Association and Non-Profit Law, Tax Law: Business, Trust, Will and Estate Planning Law; Illinois 2006 SuperLawyers, Non-Profit, Estate Planning/Trusts, Tax. Member: Chicago Bar Association (Former Chair, Federal Taxation Committee); Chicago Bar Foundation (Former President); Lloyd A. Fry Foundation (Board Chair). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Regent, Chair Charitable Planning and Exempt Organizations Committee. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel. Academician, International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. Recipient, Chicago Estate Planning Council's Austin Fleming Award for lifetime achievement. Author: "Charitable Trust Administration: Enforcing Donor Intent When the Ties That Bind Become Frayed," University of Miami 38th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (2004); "A Profession Under Siege - Ethical Decision Solutions To the Estate Planner's Dilemma," University of Miami 36th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (2002); "Planning and Drafting to Influence Behavior," University of Miami 34th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (2000); co-Author: "Trust Administration," IICLE (2002). Author, co-author and presenter of numerous other articles, speeches and books on charitable organizations, fiduciary litigation and estate planning topics. [U.S. Navy, Active Duty, 1972-1975]. Practice Areas: Tax Exempt Organizations; Trusts and Estates. Email: Howard M. McCue, III | | T. Mark McLaughlin (Partner) born Salem, Massachusetts, April 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits; 1992, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1978). Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust; Franchise Distribution. Email: T. Mark McLaughlin | | Patrick J. McNerney (Partner) born Oak Park, Illinois, July 24, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.S., 1979); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1982). Assistant States Attorney, Cook County States Attorney's Office, 1982-1989. Practice Areas: Real Property Tax Litigation; Personal Property Tax Litigation; Commercial Lease Litigation. Email: Patrick J. McNerney | | Jonathan C. Medow (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with distinction, 1978); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Member, Board of Editors, Harvard Law Review. Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, Northwestern University. Practice Areas: Accountants Liability; Securities Litigation; Class Action Defense. Email: Jonathan C. Medow | | Demetrios G. Metropoulos (Partner) born Saginaw, Michigan, May 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 1985); Stanford University (J.D., 1995). Author: "Constitutional Dimensions of the North American Free Trade Agreement," 27 Cornell Int'l L.J. 141 (1994); Note, "Human Rights, Incorporated: The European Community's New Line of Business," 29 Stan. J. Int'l Law 131 (1993); Note, "Son of COBRA: The Evolution of a Federal Malpractice Law," 45 Stan. L.Rev. 263 (1992). Co-author, "Putting Your Attorney on the Witness Stand and His Advice At Issue," in Attorney-Client Privilege in Civil Litigation 139 (Vincent S. Walkowiak ed., 1997). Reported Cases: Michigan Bell Tel. Co. v. Strand, 305 F.3d 580 (6th Cir. 2002)(briefed and argued). Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Litigation; Telecommunications Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Demetrios G. Metropoulos | | Paul Meyer (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, July 5, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois. Education: Creighton University (B.A., 1984); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1987). Email: Paul Meyer | | Britt M. Miller (Partner) born San Diego, California, September 29, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1995); Northwestern University (J.D., 1998). Dean's List. Order of the Coif. Member, Northwestern University Law Review. Author: "Requests to Admit," Illinois Practice - Civil Discovery, West Publishing, 2000. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Britt M. Miller | | Donna Evensen Morgan (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, February 28, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1979); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Co-author: "Illinois Estate Planning Forms and Commentary," I.I.C.L.E., 2002. Member: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation. Email: Donna Evensen Morgan | | John E. Muench (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, July 21, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits. Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B., honors, magna cum laude, 1970); Northwestern University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Northwestern University Law Review, 1975. Law Clerk to: Hon. Robert A. Spreobes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1976-1977; Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court, 1977-1978. Member: Appellate Lawyers Association (Director, 1999-2000). Email: John E. Muench | | J. Thomas Mullen (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, August 27, 1940; admitted to bar, 1967, Illinois. Education: Princeton University (B.S.E., 1963); University of California (1964); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1967). Practice Areas: Finance; Project Finance; International Transactions. Email: J. Thomas Mullen | | D. Michael Murray (Partner) born Freeport, Illinois, December 5, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: Northern Illinois University (B.S., 1994); DePaul University (J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1994. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law. Email: D. Michael Murray | | Lucia Nale (Partner) born 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.A.; J.D., 1989). Email: Lucia Nale | | David Narefsky (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, April 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., with honors, 1976); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Email: David Narefsky | | Michael T. Neidigh (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1991); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D. cum laude, 1998). Practice Areas: Securitization; Finance. Email: Michael T. Neidigh | | Philip J. Niehoff (Partner) born Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, December 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Wisconsin; 1991, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Securities Regulation, 1988). Contributing Author: Securities Law (Chapter on Public Securities Offerings), Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Securitization of Financial Assets (Chapter on Investment Companies), Jason Kravitt, Editor. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Philip J. Niehoff | | John W. Noell (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, August 4, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., cum laude, 1978); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Alpha Sigma Nu. Recipient, Chief Justice White Scholarship Award. Editor-in-Chief, Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal. Email: John W. Noell | | Lennine Occhino (Partner) born Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 29, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., with honors, 1978); DePaul University (J.D., with honors, 1982); Yale University (LL.M., 1987). Practice Areas: Private Investment Funds; ERISA. Email: Lennine Occhino | | Ger P. O'Donnell (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, May 23, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., Finance, highest honors, 1989; B.S. Accounting, highest honors, 1989); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Bronze Tablet. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois. Email: Ger P. O'Donnell | | Michele L. Odorizzi (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, July 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A, 1973); University of Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Law Clerk to: Hon. Philip W. Tone, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1976-1977; Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court, 1979-1980. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Class Action Defense; Securities Class Actions; Shareholder Derivative Actions. Email: Michele L. Odorizzi | | Lisa O'Keefe (Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.A., 1981); Loyola University (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Lisa O'Keefe | | Michael A. Olsen (Partner) born Hindsdale, Illinois, August 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1993); DePaul University (J.D., 1996). Email: Michael A. Olsen | | Anna M. O'Meara (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, August 11, 1947; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.S., cum laude, 1969; J.D., cum laude, 1984). Contributing Author: "Employee Benefits Law," Ill. Inst. for CLE, 1987, Supp. 1990. Email: Anna M. O'Meara | | Joseph B. Organ (Partner) born Oak Park, Illinois, October 28, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois. Education: Rollins College (B.A., 1973); Northwestern University (J.D., 1977); New York University (LL.M., Tax, 1983). Email: Joseph B. Organ | | Stanley J. Parzen (Partner) born New York, N.Y., February 6, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Earlham College (B.A., 1973); Harvard Law School (LL.B., cum laude, 1976). Law Clerk to Hon. Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1976-1977. Practice Areas: Accountants Liability; Securities; Commercial Litigation. Email: Stanley J. Parzen | | James P. Patti (Partner) born 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.B.A., 1989); University of Chicago (J.D., 1994). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Emerging Markets; Project Finance; Secured Lending. Email: James P. Patti | | George A. Pecoulas (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, October 30, 1949; admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.A., 1971); John Marshall Law School (J.D., with highest distinction, 1987). Languages: Greek. Email: George A. Pecoulas | | Bruce F. Perce (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, September 8, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Wisconsin and Illinois. Education: Colgate University (A.B., 1987); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., cum laude, 1990); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., with distinction, 1993). Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law. Email: Bruce F. Perce | | Brad L. Peterson (Partner) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 29, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University; University of Chicago (M.B.A., 1982); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1988). Author: "The Smart Way to Buy Information Technology: How to Maximize Value and Avoid Costly Pitfalls," (AMACOM Books 1998). Practice Areas: Information Technology Contracts; Outsourcing; Strategic Alliances. Email: Brad L. Peterson | | Matthew A. Posthuma (Partner) born Columbus, Ohio, June 13, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., summa cum laude, 1991); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Executive Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities Law; Commercial Law; Finance. Email: Matthew A. Posthuma | | Ashish S. Prasad (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, September 21, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1989); University of Chicago (J.D., 1993). Member, Law Review. Email: Ashish S. Prasad | | Kevin A. Rang (Partner) born Mt. Clemens, Michigan, May 27, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Michigan; 2001, Illinois. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1990); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Author: "E-Filing is Becoming a Virtual Reality," March 2000, Number 410. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Information Technology; Outsourcing. Email: Kevin A. Rang | | George A. Ranney, Jr. (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 11, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, Illinois. Education: Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1962); University of Chicago (J.D., 1966). Email: George A. Ranney, Jr. | | Elizabeth A. Raymond (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, July 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1988, Illinois. Education: Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1978); Clare College, Cambridge University, England (M.A., with honors, 1980); New York University (J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Securitization. Email: Elizabeth A. Raymond | | N. Neville Reid (Partner) 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). Publications: "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. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Litigation. Email: N. Neville Reid | | Patricia Anne Rexford (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, July 18, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Ninth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1989); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1993). Reported Cases: Riggs National Corp. v. Commissioner, _F.3d_, No. 01-1121 (D.C. Cir. 2002), rev'g and remanding T.C. Memo. 2001-12, 81 T.C.M. (CCH) 1023 (2001) ("Riggs II"), on remand from 163 F.3d 1363 (D.C. Cir. 1999), rev'g and remanding 107 T.C. 301 (1996) ("Riggs I"); The Limited, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 286 F.3d 324 (6th Cir. 2002), rev'g, 113 T.C. 169 (1999); The Boeing Company and Consolidated Subsidiaries v. United States of America, Supreme Court of the United States, No. 01-1209; Intel Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 76 F.3d 976 (9th Cir. 1995); Nissei Sangyo America, Ltd. v. United States, 95-2 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) ¶ 50,327 (N.D. Ill. 1995). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Patricia Anne Rexford | | Mary B. Richardson-Lowry (Partner) born June 26, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois. Education: University of San Francisco State (B.A., 1981); Texas Southern University (J.D., 1984). Building Commissioner City of Chicago, 1998-2002. Chairperson, Chicago Community Development Commission, 2003—. Practice Areas: Government Practice; Construction; Commercial Transactions; Contracts. Email: Mary B. Richardson-Lowry | | Daniel L. Ring (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, December 12, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1990); Loyola University (J.D., 1993). Email: Daniel L. Ring | | Howard J. Roin (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, August 28, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Amherst College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Chicago (J.D., honors, 1978). Email: Howard J. Roin | | Matthew A. Rooney (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, May 19, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1983, Trial Bar; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971); University of Chicago (J.D., honors, 1974). Law Clerk to the Hon. Philip W. Tone, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1974-1975. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Listed, Illinois SuperLawyer for Business Litigation, 2006. Listed among Best Lawyers in America for Biotechnology Law, 2007. Practice Areas: Trial Advocacy; Civil Litigation; Antitrust. Email: Matthew A. Rooney | | Leonard X Rosenberg (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., cum laude, 1989); Northwestern University (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Finance. Email: Leonard X Rosenberg | | Andrew S. Rosenman (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 12, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1996, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2007, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1991); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 1995). Order of the Coif. Note and Comment Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review, 1994-1995. Author: Note, "Babies Jessica, Richard and Emily: The Need for Legislative Reform of Adoption Laws," 70 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 1851, 1995. Law Clerk to the Honorable Steven D. Pepe, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, 1995-1996. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Andrew S. Rosenman | | Paul J.N. Roy (Partner) born Biddeford, Maine, April 16, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1978); Northwestern University (M.B.A., 1981); Loyola University (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Business and Technology Sourcing. Email: Paul J.N. Roy | | Stuart M. Rozen (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, May 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Corporate Reorganization; Bankruptcy. Email: Stuart M. Rozen | | Deborah Schavey Ruff (Partner) born Gary, Indiana, February 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Purdue University (B.S., Microbiology, 1981; Graduate Research Molecular Genetics, 1981-1982); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1986). Author: "Navigating Uncharted Waters - Taking Security Interests in U.S. Trademarks," International Financial Law Review Securitization Yearbook, 1999; "A Guide to Taking Security," Managing Intellectual Property Trademark Yearbook, 1998. Contributing Author: "How To Buy A U.S. Business --A Guide To Negotiated and Hostile Acquisitions", 1999 ;U.S. Correspondent for Intellectual Property Forum. U.S. Correspondent for the Intellectual Property Forum (periodical of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand). Attorney: Newman Williams Anderson & Olson, 1986-1991; Keck, Mahin & Cate, 1991-1996. Member, Regulatory Analysis Committee, 1993-1997, Public Relations Committee, 1998-2000, International Trademark Association. Email: Deborah Schavey Ruff | | Allan C. ("Kelly") Ryan, IV (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1995); Northwestern University (J.D., 1998). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Allan C. ("Kelly") Ryan, IV | | John R. Sagan (Partner) born Champaign, Illinois, July 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1983, Wisconsin; 1984, New York; 1988, Illinois. Education: Lawrence University (B.A., 1972); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Attorney, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, 1983-1986. Email: John R. Sagan | | Gail C. Saracco (Partner) born October 19, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois; 1992, District of Columbia. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1987); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Associate Editor, 1988-1989 and Contributing Editor, 1989-1990, Michigan Law Review. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Finance. Email: Gail C. Saracco | | Jeffrey W. Sarles (Partner) born Buffalo, New York, May 30, 1948; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1970); University of Chicago (M.A., 1971); Northwestern University (J.D., 1994). Adjunct Professor of Commercial Arbitration Law, Northwestern University, 1996—. Seventh Circuit Editor, American Bar Association's Appellate Practice Journal, 2001—. Editor-in-Chief, Northwestern University Law Review 1993-1994. Author: "Drafting Arbitration Clauses that Work for You," ReedLogic Video Leadership Seminar (2006); "Winning Legal Strategies for Alternative Dispute Resolution," ADR Best Practices (Aspatore 2006); "The Confidentiality Conundrum in International Arbitration," ADR and the Law (2002); "U.S. Courts Divided Over Enforceability of Arbitral Subpoenas to Non-Parties," Mealey's International Arbitration Report, January 2001; "International Business Disputes are Increasingly Resolved by Arbitration," BNA's Corporate Counsel Weekly, May 10, 2000; "Defamation Law," National Law Journal, September 8, 1997; "Court Decisions Alter the Arbitration Landscape," National Law Journal, August 19, 1996; "Supersedeas Bonds: A Crushing Burden," National Law Journal, November 13, 1995. Member: American Bar Association; Seventh Circuit Bar Association. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Arbitration; Antitrust; International Law. Email: Jeffrey W. Sarles | | William A. Schmalzl (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Tax Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: William A. Schmalzl | | John R. Schmidt (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Illinois. Education: Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1964; J.D., cum laude, 1967). Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1965-1967. Visiting Scholar, Northwestern Law School, 1997. Associate Attorney General of the United States, 1994-1997, Ambassador and Chief U.S. Negotiator for the Uruguay Round under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 1993-1994. Chairman, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, 1989-1994. Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard M. Daley, 1989. Chairman, Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, 1979-1981. President, Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1974-1976. Practice Areas: Government and Global Trade; Litigation. Email: John R. Schmidt | | Jason K. Schmitz (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, July 12, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1996); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 1999). ATLA Wolfe Scholarship Recipient. Articles and Notes Editor, DePaul Business Law Journal. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Jason K. Schmitz | | Edward J. Schneidman (Partner) born Quincy, Illinois, September 20, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1977); Duke University (J.D., with honors, 1980). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Edward J. Schneidman | | James C. Schroeder (Partner) born Madison, Wisconsin, July 5, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1988, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Tenth Circuits; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Beloit College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Co-Author: "Arguing for Changes in the Law," 25 Litigation 37, Winter 1999; "The Attorney's Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals," State Bar of Wisconsin, 1996. Senior Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1985-1988. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice. Email: James C. Schroeder | | David A. Schuette (Partner) born Oak Park, Illinois, October 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., cum laude, 1982); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Author: "Revised Insider Reporting and Short-Swing Liability Rules," International Company and Commercial Law Review, August 1991. Email: David A. Schuette | | Ami G. Scott (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S.B.A., 1994; M.B.A., 1994); University of Michigan (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Ami G. Scott | | Sean T. Scott (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Washington University (B.A. with College honors, 1997); University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D. magna cum laude, 2000). Articles Editor, Notre Dame Law Review. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Commercial Workouts. Email: Sean T. Scott | | Zaldwaynaka L. Scott (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, August 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1980); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Zaldwaynaka L. Scott | | Joseph Seliga (Partner) born Oak Lawn, Illinois, May 1, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1994); University of Leicester, England (M.A., with distinction, 1996); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Phi Beta Kappa; Marshall Scholar. Law Clerk, Hon. Danny J. Boggs, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2000-2001; Author, "Democratic Solutions to Urban Problems," 25 Hamline L. Rev. 1 (2001); "Gautreaux: A Generation Later," 94 N.W. U.L. Rev. 1049 (2000). Practice Areas: State Government Law; Local Government Law; Election Law. Email: Joseph Seliga | | Stephen M. Shapiro (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, May 3, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Illinois; 1972, California; 1991, District of Columbia; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1968; J.D., 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1970-1971. Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1971. Assistant to the Solicitor General, 1978-1980. Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, 1981-1983. Co-author with Robert L. Stern, Eugene Gressman and Kenneth S. Geller, "Supreme Court Practice," Bureau of National Affairs, 8th Ed., 2002; "Analysis of the 1997 Revisions of the Supreme Court Rules," Bureau of National Affairs, 1997; "Supreme Court Rules: the 1995 Revisions," Bureau of National Affairs, 1995; "Epitaph for Mandatory Jurisdiction," ABA Journal, December 1, 1988; "Supreme Court Rules: The 1990 Revisions," 58 U.S.L.W. 3555, 1990. Contributing Author: ABA "Appellate Practice Manual," 1992; "Litigation Manual: Special Problems and Appeals" (1999). Author: "Oral Argument in the Supreme Court of the United States," 33 Catholic U. L. Rev. 525 (1984). "Amicus Briefs in the Supreme Court," Litigation, Vol. 10, No. 3 (1984); "Oral Argument In the Supreme Court: The Felt Necessities Of the Time," Supreme Court Historical Society Yearbook (1985); "William Pinkney: The Supreme Court's Greatest Advocate," Litigation, May, 1987. "Rebels at the Supreme Court," Litigation, Winter, 1989; "Interview with Steve Shapiro," Litigation, Winter, 1997; with Wade H. McCree, "The Solicitor General and His Client," 59 Wash. U.L.Q. 337 (1981); "Questions, Answers and Prepared Remarks," Litigation, Spring 1989; "Significant Judicial Developments," 24th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, 1992; "The Lawgiver's Faltering Hand," September, 1986, Legal Bulletin 213. "Judicial Restraint on Bank Regulatory Issues," Rev. Financial Services Regulation, Vol. 3, No. 6, 1987; "Certiorari Practice: The Supreme Court's Shrinking Docket," Litigation, Spring 1998; "Interstate Banking In the 1980's," 17th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, 1985; "Breathing New Life into State Takeover Statutes," 19th PLI Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, 1987. Preface Author: "Collection of In-Chambers Opinions by The Justices of The Supreme Court of The United States" (2004). Member: American Law Institute (Life Member); American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; Institute of Judicial Administration (Member, Board of Directors). Reported Cases: Representative cases argued in the Supreme Court: Burton Kanter and Claude Ballard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 125 S. Ct. 1270 (2005); F. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Ltd. v. Empagran, S.A. 124 S. Ct. 2359 (2004). Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine 537 U.S. 51 (2003). Chevron v. Echazabal 536 U.S. 73 (2002). Amchem v. George Windsor 521 U.S. 591 (1997). Hartford Ins. v. State of Calif. 509 U.S. 764 (1993). Va. Bankshares v. Sandberg 501 U.S. 1083 (1991). Amer. Trucking Assn v. Scheiner 483 U.S. 266 (1987). Northeast Bancorp v. Bd of Governors of Fed. Res. System 472 U.S. 159 (1985). Keeton v. Hustler 465 U.S. 770 (1984). Falls City Ind. v. Vanco Beverages 460 U.S. 428 (1983). Fidelity Fed. Savings v. De La Cuesta 458 U.S. 141 (1982). Edgar v. MITE Corp. 457 U.S. 624 (1982). Arizona v. Maricopa Cty. Medical Society 457 U.S. 332 (1982). Amer. Society of Mech. Engrs v. Hydrolevel 456 U.S. 556 (1982). NBC, ABC and CBS v. FCC and Carter-Mondale Pres. Committee 453 U.S. 367 (1981). Bd. of Governors of Fed. Res. v. Investment Co. Institute 450 U.S. 46 (1981). Rubin v. U.S. 449 U.S. 424 (1981). Calif. v. U.S. 447 U.S. 1 (1980). Chiarella v. U.S. 445 U.S. 222 (1980). Roberts v. U.S. 445 U.S. 552 (1980). Perrin v. U.S. 444 U.S. 37 (1979). U.S. v. Naftalin 441 U.S. 768 (1979). Bd. of Governors of Fed. Res. System v. First Lincolnwood Corp. 439 U.S. 234 (1978). Practice Areas: Supreme Court Practice; Appellate Practice; Trial Practice; Telecommunications Law; Antitrust; Federal Securities; Tort Litigation; Constitutional Law; RICO Litigation; Regulatory Law; Products Liability; Employment Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Stephen M. Shapiro | | Richard W. Shepro (Partner) born Berwyn, Illinois, May 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois; 1981, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1975; J.D., cum laude, 1979); The London School of Economics (M.Sc., 1976). Author: Bidders and Targets: Mergers and Acquisitions in the U.S. (Oxford, England and Cambridge, Massachusetts: Basil Blackwell 1990) with Leo Herzel. Author or Co-author: "Corporate Law Affecting Changes in Control and Recapitalizations," I.I.C.L.E., 1996; "Next-to-last Word on Endangered Directors," 65 Harvard Business Review 38, 1987; "Negotiated Acquisitions: The Impact of Competition in the United States," The Business Lawyer, February 1989; "Setting the Boundaries for Disclosure," Securities Regulation Law Journal, Summer 1988; "Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: A Legal Analysis," IV Wisconsin International Law Journal 46, 1986. Lecturer: University of Chicago Law School; London Business School; The Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris. Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, 1978-1979. Law Clerk to the Honorable James R. Browning, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1979-1981. Correspondent on Business Law to the Financial Times, 1986-1991. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, 1981-1982. Member: American Law Institute. Email: Richard W. Shepro | | Timothy C. Sherck (Partner) born Hamilton, Ohio, February 27, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1977, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., with honors, 1971); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Timothy C. Sherck | | Jodi Ann Simala (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, August 28, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois. Education: Boston University (B.A., with distinction, Economics, summa cum laude, 1990; M.A., 1990); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Jodi Ann Simala | | Thomas V. Skinner (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois. Education: Lawrence University (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Northwestern University (J.D., 1987). Member, Northwestern University Law Review, 1985-1987. Judicial Clerk to the Hon. Charles P. Kocoras, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1987-1988. Acting Assistant Administrator for Enforcement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 2004-2005. Regional Administrator, Region 5, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2001-2004 and 2005-2006. Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 1999-2001. Former Chair, Air Committee, Environmental Council of the States. Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, 1991-1999 (Litigation and Regulatory Practice). Assistant to the Governor for Transportation and Economic Affairs, State of Illinois, 1988-1991. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Enforcement and Compliance; Corporate Counseling; Air Pollution; Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Criminal Defense; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Penalties; Environmental Permitting; Environmental Regulation; Property Remediation; Solid Waste; Water Pollution; Wetlands Regulation. Email: Thomas V. Skinner | | Marc F. Sperber (Partner) born New York, NY., January 10, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois. Education: University of Rochester (B.A. cum laude, 1986); Georgetown University (J.D. cum laude, 1992); The Robert Emmet McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University (M.B.A., 1992). Dean's List. Member, The Tax Lawyer, Georgetown University Law Center. Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, 1992-1998 and 1999—. Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Chicago, 1998-1999. Email: Marc F. Sperber | | Scott M. Stewart (Partner) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 5, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois; 1990, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Creighton University (B.S., 1983); Cornell University (M.B.A., 1986); Harvard University (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Tax Controversies; International Taxation. Email: Scott M. Stewart | | J. Robert Stoll (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1990, New York. Education: Haverford College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972); Columbia University (J.D., 1975). Email: J. Robert Stoll | | Mary M. Streett (Partner) born Russellville, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1998, Arkansas, 2000, New York; 2002, Illinois; 2008, District of Columbia. Education: University of Tulsa (B.S.B.A., 1991); Georgetown University Law Center; University of Arkansas (J.D., 1996). Special Assistant, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1993-1994. Agency Representative, NAFTA Office, The White House, 1993-1994. Special Counsel, 1998-2000 and Deputy General Counsel, 2000-2001, U.S. Department of Commerce. (Washington, D.C. Office). Practice Areas: Litigation; Government. Email: Mary M. Streett | | James E. Tancula (Partner) born Oak Park, Illinois, August 31, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1992, Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Marquette University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Chicago (J.D., 1982). Email: James E. Tancula | | Mark R. Ter Molen (Partner) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 27, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Cornell University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1984); University of Chicago (J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Litigation; Toxic Torts; Complex Environmental Litigation; Environmental Regulation. Email: Mark R. Ter Molen | | John J. Tharp, Jr. (Partner) born Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, September 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Duke University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); Northwestern University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to the Honorable Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1990-1991. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1992- 1997. Author: Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 84, 1990; March 2000: "Don't Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here: Thoughts on the Successful Defense of a Healthcare Fraud Prosecution," Health Law Digest. [Captain, USMC (1982-1987)]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Criminal Law. Email: John J. Tharp, Jr. | | Paul W. Theiss (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, April 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1982); University of Chicago (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law. Email: Paul W. Theiss | | Frederick B. Thomas (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, August 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971); University of Chicago (J.D., 1974). Law Clerk to Hon. John C. Godbold, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1974-1975. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Corporate Governance. Email: Frederick B. Thomas | | John M. Touhy (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 30, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., with honors and special honors, 1977); New York University (J.D., 1980). Email: John M. Touhy | | George J. Tzanetopoulos (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, March 30, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., with honors, 1982); University of Michigan (J.D., with honors, 1985). Email: George J. Tzanetopoulos | | Angela M. Ulum (Partner) born Wyandotte, Michigan, March 10, 1973; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1996). Email: Angela M. Ulum | | Jeffrey A. Usow (Partner) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1974); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Email: Jeffrey A. Usow | | Jon D. Van Gorp (Partner) born Denver, Colorado, June 12, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; 1998, Illinois; 2004, New York. Education: Calvin College (B.A., 1991); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Publications: "Impact of Regulation AB on Auto Loan and Lease Securitization," Journal of Structured Finance, Spring 2005; "Funding Mortgage Loans with Extendible Note Funding Facilities," Journal of Structured Finance, Fall 2004; "Collateral in Eastern Europe: Problems and Solutions," 29 International Lawyer 83 (1994). Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Securities. Email: Jon D. Van Gorp | | Edward H. Williams (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, July 20, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., with honors, 1989); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Commercial Transactions. Email: Edward H. Williams | | Joel V. Williamson (Partner) born Akron, Ohio, May 26, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Kentucky; 1972, U.S. Tax Court; 1986, Illinois and State of Illinois Supreme Court; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1967); University of Kentucky School of Law (J.D., 1970). Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Joel V. Williamson | | Craig A. Woods (Partner) born Bartlesville, Oklahoma, March 13, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois. Education: University of Kansas (B.S.E.E., 1991); Georgetown University (J.D., 1994). Email: Craig A. Woods | | Russell R. Young (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, March 22, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; 1997, U.S. Tax Court; 1999, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Sixth Circuits; 2000, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Seventh and District of Columbia Circuits; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington University (A.B., 1993); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Reported Cases: Commissioner v. Banks, 543 U.S. __, 2005 WL 123825 (Jan. 24, 2005); Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 355 F.3d 997 (7th Cir. 2004); Banks v. Commisioner, 345 F.3d 373 (6th Cir. 2003); Riggs Natl. Corp. v. Commissioner, 295 F.3d 16 (D.C. Cir. 2002); The Limited, Inc. v. Commissioner, 286 F.3d 324 (6th Cir. 2002), rev'g, 113 T.C. 169 (1999) (Subpart F, I.R.C. 956 "banking exception"). Practice Areas: Federal Tax Controversies; Appellate Practice. Email: Russell R. Young | | Joshua D. Yount (Partner) born Bloomington, Illinois, October 8, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.A., 1995); University of Chicago (J.D., 1998). Law Clerk to Hon. Ann C. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2000; Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1998-1999; Executive Editor, U. Chicago Legal F. 1997-1998; Author: "The Rule of Lenity and Environmental Crime," U. Chicago Legal F. 607, 1997. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation. Email: Joshua D. Yount | | Herbert L. Zarov (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1945; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1984, U.S. Tax Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1967); University of Chicago (M.A., 1968; LL.B., 1979). Practice Areas: Mass Torts; Securities Fraud; Class Actions. Email: Herbert L. Zarov | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Robert E. Curley (Senior Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, January 22, 1935; admitted to bar, 1959, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1956); University of Notre Dame (LL.B., 1959); Georgetown University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1964). Attorney-Advisor, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1961-1965. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law. Email: Robert E. Curley | | William E. Deitrick (Senior Counsel) born New York, N.Y., July 30, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1981, District of Columbia; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1999, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1967); Cornell University (J.D., 1971). Author: "Contractual Good Faith: Let the Contract, Not the Courts, Define the Bargain," 85 Illinois Bar Journal 120, 1997; "National Banks and Section 91: Protection from Judgment Creditors Pending Appeal," 112 Banking Law Journal 326, 1995; "The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine in Federal and Illinois Courts," 73 Illinois Bar Journal 448, 1985; "The Conflicting Policies Between Arbitration and Bankruptcy," 40 Business Lawyer 33, 1984; "Intervention in Illinois: The Requirements for Intervention of Right and Permissive Intervention, and Appealability of an Order Denying Intervention," 67 Illinois Bar Journal 168, 1978. Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Director of Litigation, Continental Bank N.A., 1985-1991. [With U.S. Army, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: William E. Deitrick | | James W. Gladden, Jr. (Senior Counsel) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1940; admitted to bar, 1964, Illinois; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: DePauw University (A.B., with high distinction, 1961); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1964). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: James W. Gladden, Jr. | | Harley Hutchins (Senior Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, November 16, 1942; admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1965); Northwestern University (J.D., 1973). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Harley Hutchins | | Thomas N. Jersild (Senior Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, December 12, 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1957; J.D., 1961). Email: Thomas N. Jersild | | Wayne S. Kaplan (Senior Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, July 13, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, U.S. Tax Court; 1976, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, Illinois; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1968); Harvard University (J.D., 1971). Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Wayne S. Kaplan | | Harvey Nixon (Senior Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, November 22, 1931; admitted to bar, 1960, Illinois. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., 1953); Harvard University (LL.B., 1960). Adjunct Professor of Law: Legal Ethics, Northwestern University Law School. Practice Areas: Professional Responsibility. Email: Harvey Nixon | | James S. Stanhaus (Senior Counsel) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, October 22, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Illinois; 1971, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1966); Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1970). Co-Author: "Gifts to Spouse During Life Can Save Estate Taxes and Leave More for Children," Estate Planning, March, 1979. Practice Areas: Tax; Estate Planning. Email: James S. Stanhaus | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Robert F. Hugi (Special Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, March 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1980); University of Chicago (J.D., 1986). Email: Robert F. Hugi | | Stanton A. Kessler (Special Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, March 27, 1934; admitted to bar, 1958, Illinois; 1964, District of Columbia. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1955); Harvard University (LL.B., 1958). Practice Areas: International Taxation; Tax Law; International Corporate Law. Email: Stanton A. Kessler | | COUNSEL | | Lisa M. An (Counsel) born Leyden, Illinois, October 27, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1992); The American University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1997). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Asset Based Finance; Secured Finance; Structured Finance. Email: Lisa M. An | | Robert A. Bloom (Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Pennsylvania; 1970, Michigan; 1993, Illinois. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1960); Villanova University School of Law (LL.B., 1963). Trustee, Highland Park Library, 1999—. President, Highland Park Public Library, 2002—. Board Of Managers, Equal Employment Advisory Council, 1986-1992. Chairman-Case Selection Committee, Equal Employment Advisory Council, l988-1992. Fellow, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 2001. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. | | Paul Chandler (Counsel) born Detroit, Michigan, July 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E.E., magna cum laude, 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1995); University of Illinois (M.S.E.E., 1989). Practice Areas: Information Technology Outsourcing; Intellectual Property. Email: Paul Chandler | | Victoria R. Collado (Counsel) born 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois. Education: Duke University (A.B.); University of Texas (J.D., 1990). Email: Victoria R. Collado | | Richard C. Cummings, Jr. (Counsel) born Evanston, Illinois, May 28, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1975); Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1978). Senior Attorney in Corporate and Regulatory Division of Law Department, Continental Bank. Languages: Spanish. Email: Richard C. Cummings, Jr. | | Frederick R. Dempsey (Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, 1956; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois. Education: Loyola University (A.B., with honors, 1978); Northwestern University (J.D., 1989). Licensed, Real Estate Broker, Illinois. Registered Title Insurance Agent. Member, Executive Committee and Secretary, Board of Directors, Institute on Religious Life. Member, Knight of the Equestrian Order, Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Granted by the Holy See. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Property Taxation; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Transactions. Email: Frederick R. Dempsey | | Jack Edelbrock (Counsel) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, October 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois; 1995, Colorado. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., Mathematics, high honors, 1973); Northwestern University (M.A., Economics, University Fellowship, 1974); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., high honors, 1989). Order of the Coif. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance. Email: Jack Edelbrock | | Patricia V. Gentry (Counsel) born Butler, Missouri, July 16, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Oklahoma; 1990, Illinois. Education: University of Missouri-Columbia (B.S., cum laude, 1976); University of Denver (J.D., 1980). Email: Patricia V. Gentry | | Kara K. Gibney (Counsel) born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 2, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Iowa; 1999, Illinois. Education: Coe College (B.A., 1992); Drake University (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Litigation; Public Utility Regulation. Email: Kara K. Gibney | | Jeffrey A. Goldman (Counsel) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1992, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1997, U.S. Tax Court; 1999, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1987); Boston College; University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1990). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Justice Charles Levin, Michigan Supreme Court, 1990-1991. Practice Areas: Federal Tax Controversies; International Tax Controversies; Insurance. Email: Jeffrey A. Goldman | | Erika Gosker (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., magna cum laude, 1990; M.B.A., 1999; J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Harno Fellow. Author: "The Marketing of Gambling to the Elderly," Elder L.J. 185, 1999. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; ERISA. Email: Erika Gosker | | Karen F. R. Grotberg (Counsel) born Ridgewood, New Jersey, August 16, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: Kalamazoo College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits. Email: Karen F. R. Grotberg | | Frederic L. Hahn (Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Illinois. Education: Cornell University (A.B., with distinction in all subjects, 1962; M.B.A., with distinction, 1963); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1966). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois (Gold Medal), 1963. Practice Areas: Financial Law; Accountants Malpractice; Tax Controversies. Email: Frederic L. Hahn | | Jaimy Levine Hamburg (Counsel) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 6, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Minnesota; 1996, District of Columbia; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1999, Illinois. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1991); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Order of the Coif. Comment Editor & Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1993-1995. Author, "Join The Sierra Club!": Imposition of Ideology as a Condition of Probation, 142 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1841 (1994). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: Jaimy Levine Hamburg | | Marian C. Haney (Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1982; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1979, U. S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Education: Loyola University of Chicago (B.S., 1966; M.B.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Executive Editor, Loyola Law Journal, 1973-1974. Law Clerk to Honorable Edwin A. Robson, Northern District of Illinois, 1974-1976. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Marian C. Haney | | Heather A. Harlan (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1997, New York; 2000, California. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1987); Columbia University (M.A., 1992); University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Heather A. Harlan | | Chadwick A. Hoyt (Counsel) born Illinois, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., with highest distinction, 1993); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1996). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Email: Chadwick A. Hoyt | | Diane M. Huff (Counsel) born Greenville, Mississippi, July 29, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois. Education: Augustana College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); University of Illinois (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Diane M. Huff | | Gary A. Isaac (Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, June 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Connecticut; 1986, Illinois. Education: Columbia College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); Yale University (J.D., 1985). Email: Gary A. Isaac | | Maritoni D. Kane (Counsel) born Urbana, Illinois, December 25, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Fourth and Sixth Circuits; 1998, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1986); DePaul University (J.D., 1993). Article and Note Editor, DePaul Law Review. Editor, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP Labor & Employment Newsletter. Reported Cases: Dunn v. United Airlines, Inc. 1998 WL 142400 (N.D.Ill. 1998); Pinkston v. University of Chicago, 2001 WL 1609395 (N.D.Ill. 2001); Woods and McGee v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 2002 WL 475182 (N.D.Ill. 2002); Wright and Martin v. Sears Roebuck and Co., 81 Fed.Appx. 37 (6th Cir. 2003); Nowak v. Oce-USA, Inc., 2004 WL 2967432 (N.D.Ill. 2004). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Occupational Safety and Health; Litigation. Email: Maritoni D. Kane | | Roger J. Kiley, Jr. (Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, February 9, 1937; admitted to bar, 1966, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1958); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1966). General Counsel, City Colleges of Chicago, 1969-1971; Private law practice, 1971-1976; Judge, Circuit Court Cook County, 1976-1989; Partner, Mayer Brown, 1989-1995, 1997-2008; Chief of Staff, Mayor Richard M. Daley, 1995-1996; Senior Vice Present, General Counsel, SBC-midwest, 2001-2008. [Pilot, U.C.M.C., 1958-1962; Pilot, U.S.M.C.R., 1962-1967]. (Also Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, SBC-midwest). Practice Areas: Government; Telecommunications. Email: Roger J. Kiley, Jr. | | Beverley J. Klein (Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, February 22, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana (B.A., cum laude, 1970) Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi; Loyola University of Chicago School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Member, Editorial Board, Loyola Law Journal, 1974-1975. Law Clerk to The Honorable Frank J. McGarr, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1975-1977. Partner, Mayer Brown & Platt 1983-1992. General Counsel, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, May, 1992-December, 1994. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Beverley J. Klein | | Lawrence M. Knowles (Counsel) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 14, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois; 2001, District of Columbia. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1978); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Lawrence M. Knowles | | Kim A. Leffert (Counsel) born Rochester, New York, May 25, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar); U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1983); University of Chicago (J.D., 1986). Member: Chicago Bar Association (Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1990-1991). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Kim A. Leffert | | Marjorie M. Margolies (Counsel) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 30, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1990, U.S. Tax Court; 1992, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Brown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Michigan (J.D., 1988). Languages: French, Spanish, Hebrew. Email: Marjorie M. Margolies | | Kevin C. McDonald (Counsel) born New York, N.Y., November 11, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (A.B., 1977); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1980). Practice Areas: Finance; Leases and Leasing. Email: Kevin C. McDonald | | Donald C. Morris (Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, December 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., with honors, 1971); DePaul University (J.D., 1978). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation. Email: Donald C. Morris | | Richard M. Newman (Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, December 21, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Illinois. Education: Columbia College, Columbia University (A.B., 1965); Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1968). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Secured Finance; Unsecured Finance. Email: Richard M. Newman | | Rosaria Vivo Owen (Counsel) born Naples, Italy, August 8, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1985); Loyola University, Chicago (J.D., 1991). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Mediation. Email: Rosaria Vivo Owen | | Rex A. Palmer (Counsel) born Iowa City, Iowa, December 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1978; J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Rex A. Palmer | | James A. Parker (Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, May 14, 1946; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Midwestern University (B.A., cum laude, 1972); Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., with honors, 1977). Member, IIT/Chicago-Kent Law Review, 1975-1977. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: James A. Parker | | Edward A. Pionke (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1988); DePaul University (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: ERISA. Email: Edward A. Pionke | | Dennis M. Quinn (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972); University of Kansas (M.A., 1974); University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 1979). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Dennis M. Quinn | | Charles F. Regan, Jr. (Conflicts Attorney) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Chicago (A.B., 1981); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Managing Editor, Northwestern University Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. Marvin E. Aspen, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1988-1989. Reported Cases: Mattis v. State Universities Retirement System, 212 Ill. 2d 58, 816 N.E.2d 303 (2004); Bosco v. Chicago Transit Authority, 164 F. Supp. 2d 1040 (N.D. Ill 2001); In re Sears Retiree Life Insurance Litigation, 90 F. Supp. 2d 940 (N.D. Ill. 2000). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; ERISA Class Actions; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Email: Charles F. Regan, Jr. | | Craig E. Reimer (Counsel) born 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois. Education: Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Workouts; International Insolvencies. Email: Craig E. Reimer | | Laura D. Richman (Counsel) born New York, N.Y., February 23, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Yale College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Chicago (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Limited Liability Company Law. Email: Laura D. Richman | | Cecilia A. Roth (Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, March 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (A.B., 1976); University of Michigan (J.D., 1983). Email: Cecilia A. Roth | | Jeffrey M. Strauss (Counsel) born Buffalo, New York, October 15, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar, 1986; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Chicago (A.B., with honors, 1977) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Chicago School of Law (J.D., 1981). Email: Jeffrey M. Strauss | | Michael T. Sullivan (Counsel) born New London, Connecticut, October, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Duke University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1990); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Practice Areas: Litigation; Telecommunications Regulation; Communications Law. Email: Michael T. Sullivan | | Richard J. Timmel (Counsel) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 25, 1955; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (D.S.M., 1980); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Email: Richard J. Timmel | | Lorraine M. Tyson (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A.); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Government; Public Finance; Tax Controversies. Email: Lorraine M. Tyson | | John J. Voorhees, Jr. (Counsel) born 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1988); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Law Clerk to Chief Judge John D. Schwartz, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1991-1992. Reported Cases: In re: Handy Andy Home Improvement Centers, Inc., 144 F.3d 1125 (7th Cir. 1998); Spartan Mills v. Bank of America Illinois, 112 F.3d 1251 (4th Cir. 1997). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Workouts; Bankruptcy Reorganization. | | Seth J. Weinberger (Counsel) born Jersey City, New Jersey, March 8, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey; 1982, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., with high honors, 1977; J.D., cum laude, 1979). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Information Technology; Venture Capital. Email: Seth J. Weinberger | | Daniel P. Whitmore (Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, June 23, 1955; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: University of Redlands (B.A., 1977), Phi Beta Kappa; University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1984); DePaul University (J.D., 1996). Email: Daniel P. Whitmore | | Richard G. Ziegler (Counsel) born Rockville Centre, New York, March 15, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Michigan; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1992, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1981); University of Illinois (M.A., 1983); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Financial Restructuring; Structured Finance. Email: Richard G. Ziegler | | ASSOCIATES | | K. Robin Abraham (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Wisconsin and Illinois; 2002, District of Columbia. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1997; M.S., 2000; J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Finance; Banking Law. Email: K. Robin Abraham | | Michael D. Adams (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.A., 1998); DePaul University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: International Intellectual Property; International Business Transactions; Commercial Contracts. Email: Michael D. Adams | | Heather W. Adkerson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Heather W. Adkerson | | Katherine E. Agonis (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia; 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., magna cum laude); The George Washington University School of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Katherine E. Agonis | | Maria A. Alevras-Chen (Associate) born Libertyville, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001; M.A., summa cum laude, 2002); University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Languages: Spanish, Portuguese and Greek. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Maria A. Alevras-Chen | | Rachel S. Allport (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Rachel S. Allport | | Courtney L. Anderson (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 28, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Courtney L. Anderson | | Michael F. Anderson (Associate) born Tustin, California, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, North Carolina; 2008, Illinois. Education: Davidson College (B.A., Political Science, cum laude, with honors, 2002); University of North Carolina Law School (J.D., with honors, 2007). Dean's List. Head Honors Writing Scholar, University of North Carolina School of Law. W.H. Terry Scholar. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael F. Anderson | | Diana S. Andsager (Associate) born Oak Park, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Beloit College (B.A., 1998); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation. Email: Diana S. Andsager | | Melissa A. Anyetei (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., Industrial Engineering, 2002); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Melissa A. Anyetei | | Albert J. Arbogast (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 2003); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2008); University of Chicago Divinity School (M.A., 2008). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Albert J. Arbogast | | Sarah B. Armstrong (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Drake University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); College of William & Mary School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Sarah B. Armstrong | | Erik K. Axelson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 2003); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Erik K. Axelson | | Amanda L. Baker (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); Loyola University Chicago Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Amanda L. Baker | | David Bamlango (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (Graduat in Law, 1999); Universite Lille II (Licence in Law, 2001); Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne (Masters Degree in Law, 2003); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 2007). Languages: French, Swahili, Lingala and Kinande. Practice Areas: Finance; Debt Finance; Securitization. Email: David Bamlango | | Zachary K. Barnett (Associate) born Murphysboro, Illinois, June 12, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: Elmhurst College (B.S., 1998); Northwestern University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Finance. Email: Zachary K. Barnett | | Courtney R. Barth-Green (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: DePaul University (B.A., 1997); Georgetown University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Courtney R. Barth-Green | | Brent A. Batzer (Associate) born Elmhurst, Illinois, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.S.Eng., magna cum laude, 2001); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Brent A. Batzer | | Bruce A. Bedwell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois; 2005, District of Columbia. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1994); The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Government and Global Trade. Email: Bruce A. Bedwell | | Susan E. Bell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Wisconsin; 2003, New York; 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., with distinction, 1995; J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Susan E. Bell | | Gregory L. Berlowitz (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Hampshire College (B.A., 1993); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Dean's List. Recipient, CALI Award for Environmental Law and Public Policy. Book Review Editor, University of Illinois Law Review, 2006. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Gregory L. Berlowitz | | Catherine A. Bernard (Associate) born New York, April 23, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, California; 2004, District of Columbia; 2005, Illinois. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1995); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Law Clerk to Hon. John P. Wiese, United States Court of Federal Claims, 2002-2003. Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of California; District of Columbia Bar; Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Email: Catherine A. Bernard | | Douglas J. Berndt (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, College of Business (B.S., 2005); University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; Executive Compensation. Email: Douglas J. Berndt | | Samuel C. Bernstein (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (B.S., 2001); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 2008). Dean's List. Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Samuel C. Bernstein | | Lindsay Blohm (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2003); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Lindsay Blohm | | Linda Boachie-Ansah (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 2002); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Linda Boachie-Ansah | | John P. Boelter (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1998; J.D., cum laude, 2002). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: John P. Boelter | | Michael H. Bornhorst (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1995); Cornell Law School (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael H. Bornhorst | | Stacey Braybrook (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: DePaul University (B.A., 2004); University of Minnesota (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Stacey Braybrook | | Jennifer L. Bruni (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1994); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Jennifer L. Bruni | | Daniel C. Buhrfiend (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1998); Creighton University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005); Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Daniel C. Buhrfiend | | Tricia Renze Buhrfiend (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Tax Transactions. Email: Tricia Renze Buhrfiend | | Scott T. Buser (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Michigan, Ross School of Business (B.B.A., 1998); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Scott T. Buser | | K. Erin Canavan (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2003); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: K. Erin Canavan | | Eileen M. Candia (Associate) born Perth Amboy, New Jersey, June 30, 1969; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2005, Illinois; 2008, New York. Education: Point Park College (B.A., 1991); University of Pittsburgh (M.L.S., 1996); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Law Clerk to Hon. Ronald Buckwalter, U.S. Dist. Court for the E. D. Pa., 2001-2002. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Eileen M. Candia | | Jeromy S. Cannon (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Truman State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Jeromy S. Cannon | | Ellen M. Carey (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, June 17, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Loyola University, Chicago School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Author: "Affirmative Recovery Under the FTC Holder Rule," 13 Loy. Consumer L.Rev. 129, 2001. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability; Construction Law; Employment Litigation. Email: Ellen M. Carey | | Zachary A. Carrier (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Colorado State University (B.S., 1999); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Zachary A. Carrier | | Keonna D. Carter (Associate) born Washington, D.C.; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 2003); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Keonna D. Carter | | William J. Cassin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 2000); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: William J. Cassin | | Rachelle D. Cassman (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Arizona (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 2003); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Rachelle D. Cassman | | Emily L. Cauble (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Tax Transactions. Email: Emily L. Cauble | | Kamran A. Chaudri (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 2002); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 2008). Languages: Urdu. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Kamran A. Chaudri | | Song K. Cheng (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Purdue University (B.S., 1998); Northwestern University (J.D., 2002; LL.M., 2003). Languages: Chinese and French. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Song K. Cheng | | Sujata Barai Chugh (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Princeton University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); London School of Economics (M.Sc., 1999); Harvard University (J.D., 2003). Fulbright Scholar. Languages: Gujarati. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Finance. Email: Sujata Barai Chugh | | John A. Cise (Associate) born Illinois, March 29, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 2005); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., with honors, 2008). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: John A. Cise | | David K. Cole, III (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: Clark Atlanta University (B.A., 1998); Loyola University, Chicago School of Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: David K. Cole, III | | Daniel A. Cook (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Carleton College (B.A., 2000); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2004); Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M., 2005). Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Daniel A. Cook | | Lacey Donovan Cordero (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Loyola University, Chicago (B.B.A., magna cum laude, with honors, 2002); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with high distinction, 2006). Dean's List. Member, Iowa Law Review. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Lacey Donovan Cordero | | Benjamin W. Creamer (Associate) born Hancock, Wisconsin, October 5, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois and Wisconsin. Education: St. Norbert College (B.A., cum laude, 2004); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Benjamin W. Creamer | | Katherine M. Cunningham (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Wisconsin; 2003, Illinois. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Northwestern University (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning. Email: Katherine M. Cunningham | | Corie D'Angelo (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (B.A., 2004); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Corie D'Angelo | | Seema V. Dargar (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, September 22, 1975; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1998; B.A., 2002); University of Chicago (M.P.P., 2005); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Seema V. Dargar | | Rebecca C. Davenport (Associate) born 1971; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Northern Illinois University (B.S., with Honors, 2000; JD., summa cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: ERISA. Email: Rebecca C. Davenport | | Jerami Davidson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Miami University (B.S., cum laude, 2002); The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Securitization. Email: Jerami Davidson | | Anne De Geest (Associate) born Gent, Belgium; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2007). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Student Writer, Iowa Law Review, 2007. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Anne De Geest | | Katherine G. Deibert (Associate) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, April 26, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., with high distinction, 2001); University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Minnesota Law Review, 2002-2004. Member: American Bar Association. (Frankfurt/Main, Germany Office). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Banking; Finance. Email: Katherine G. Deibert | | Mark C. Dempsey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1993); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Mark C. Dempsey | | Diana M. Devot-Miltimore (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Pepperdine University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Diana M. Devot-Miltimore | | Clare E. Diefenbach (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., cum laude, 2002); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Clare E. Diefenbach | | Chad A. Diehl (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Iowa (Phar.D., 2000); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property. Email: Chad A. Diehl | | Gina M. Diomedi (Associate) born Ypsilanti, Michigan, January 25, 1969; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1991); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Gina M. Diomedi | | Michelle V. Dohra (Associate) born Rota, Spain, June 24, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, California; 1996, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1992); University of California at Davis, School of Law (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate Taxation. Email: Michelle V. Dohra | | Heather Lewis Donnell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois and New York. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Yale Divinity School (M. Div., 2001); Yale University Law School (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Heather Lewis Donnell | | Catherine Doyle (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Guilford College (A.B., with honors, 1999); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Toxic Torts. Email: Catherine Doyle | | David B. Dreher (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.S., 1997); Yale University (J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. Richard D. Cudahy, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2000-2001. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: David B. Dreher | | Elizabeth Dyer (Associate) (Admission pending). Education: Kenyon College (B.A., with distinction, 2002); DePaul University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Compensation; Employee Benefits. Email: Elizabeth Dyer | | Christopher B. Ellis (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Millikin University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); University of Illinois College of Law - Urbana (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Christopher B. Ellis | | Emily M. Emerson (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois; 2008, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Macalester College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 2007). Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, Cornell International Law Journal, 2007. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Emily M. Emerson | | Michael R. Emerson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., 2005). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1999. Practice Areas: Tax Controversy. Email: Michael R. Emerson | | Robert E. Entwisle (Associate) born Taylor, Michigan, January 11, 1978; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Eastern Michigan University (B.S., magna cum laude); University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Robert E. Entwisle | | Frank A. Falbo (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1999); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Frank A. Falbo | | Leila Farrahi (Associate) born Columbia, Missouri; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Tulane University (B.A., cum laude, 2004); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Leila Farrahi | | Shantell R. Feeser (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., cum laude, 2001; J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Shantell R. Feeser | | Jessica L. Felker (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 2003); Cornell University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Jessica L. Felker | | Nina L. Flax (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Duke University (B.A., 2002); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Nina L. Flax | | Jason B. Fliegel (Associate) born New York, N.Y., July 23, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1996); University of Chicago (J.D., 1999). Email: Jason B. Fliegel | | Victoria Friedman (Associate) born Kiev, Ukraine, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: DePaul University (B.A., cum laude, 2000); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2003). Member, Review of Intellectual Property Law. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Languages: Russian and Ukrainian. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation. Email: Victoria Friedman | | Michael D. Frisch (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism (B.S., 2004); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael D. Frisch | | Shauna L. Fulbright-Paxton (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 2000); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Shauna L. Fulbright-Paxton | | Nathan B. Galer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Languages: German, Spanish. Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Nathan B. Galer | | Carrie M. Gallagher (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois, October 17, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois; 2004, Arizona. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., with honors, 1998); Washington University (J.D., with honors, 2001). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: ERISA; Pension Fund Investments; Private Investment Funds. Email: Carrie M. Gallagher | | Wendy Dodson Gallegos (Associate) born 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1993); University of Illinois (J.D., summa cum laude, 2001). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Wendy Dodson Gallegos | | Steven D. Garden (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Hebrew Theological College (B.A., with high honors, 2002); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with honors, 2006); Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, with honors, 2007). Dean's List. Senior Associate, Chicago-Kent Law Review, 2006. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Steven D. Garden | | Erin G. Gladney (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: New York University (B.A., 2000); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Editor-in-Chief, Northwestern University School of Law Journal of Law and Social Policy, 2006-2007. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Erin G. Gladney | | Andrew Glanzman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A., with high distinction, 2000); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Andrew Glanzman | | Andrew T. Gorman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: The University of Texas at Austin McCombs Graduate School of Business (B.B.A., 2003; Master in Professional Accounting, 2003); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Andrew T. Gorman | | Kavi Grace (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, New York. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Portland State University (B.Sc., 2001); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2006). Associate Managing Editor, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 2005-2006. Member: Corporate and Securities Group; Technology and Sourcing Group. Web Development Consultant and Software Engineer. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Transactions: Represented a publicly traded master limited partnership in proposed $5.2 billion leveraged buyout of a publicly traded automobile interiors manufacturer; Represented a multinational consulting company in connection with $150 million bid to provide U.S. and overseas outsourcing services; Represented an Irish asset management company in acquisition of a multinational temporary corporate housing business; Represented a multinational consulting company in global restructuring involving 14 non-U.S. jurisdictions. Languages: English, Japanese and German. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Kavi Grace | | Benjamin Gray (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business (B.S., 2004); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Dean's List. Alpha Sigma Nu. Member, Loyola Law Journal. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Benjamin Gray | | Ryan Green (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, May 22, 1981; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Emory University (B.A., Economics and Political Science, 2002); University of Chicago (J.D., 2005). Member: Cook County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Ryan Green | | Brian Greene (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Princeton University (B.A., cum laude, 2002); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Brian Greene | | David A. Greenfield (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1998; M.Eng., 2000); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: David A. Greenfield | | J. Bishop Grewell (Associate) born Billings, Montana; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1997); Yale University (Master of Environmental Management, 2003); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Dean's List. Order of the Coif. Recipient, Raoul Berger Prize. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: J. Bishop Grewell | | Gabriela A. Grinblat (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Emory University (B.A., 2004); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Phi Beta Kappa. Senior Editor, Journal of International Economic Law. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Gabriela A. Grinblat | | Peter T. Gruszka (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: Duke University (B.A.); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Finance; Asset Securitization. Email: Peter T. Gruszka | | Haukur Gudmundsson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with highest distinction, 2003); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Languages: Icelandic. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Haukur Gudmundsson | | Ruth Xiaoyi Guo (Associate) born Shanghai, China, December 16, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (B.S., 2002); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (LL.M., with honors, 2006; J.D., 2008). Dean's List. Journal of International and Comparative Law. Languages: English, Chinese and Shanghainese. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Ruth Xiaoyi Guo | | Kerry E. Gustafson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: Truman State University (B.A., with Honors, 1997); University of Illinois, College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Practice Areas: Banking; Finance. Email: Kerry E. Gustafson | | Joseph J. Hable (Associate) born Brookfield, Wisconsin, September 14, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois and Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., with distinction, 2005); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Joseph J. Hable | | Ranjit J. Hakim (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A.; M.A., 2002); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2005). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Ranjit J. Hakim | | Nathaniel Hamstra (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 2001); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2005). Email: Nathaniel Hamstra | | Andrew L. Hananel (Associate) born New York, New York, June 3, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Duke University (B.S., 2001); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Order of the Coif. Recipient, CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Tax I, 2004. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Andrew L. Hananel | | Kara E. Harchuck (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 2000); Northwestern University (J.D., 2003). Northwestern University Law Review, 2002. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Kara E. Harchuck | | Charles E. Harris, II (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 1996); North Carolina Central University (M.S., summa cum laude, 2000); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Charles E. Harris, II | | Shennan Harris (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Wittenberg University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); The University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Shennan Harris | | James V. Hart (Associate) born Albert Lea, Minnesota, May 17, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Macalester College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: James V. Hart | | Shannon Hartzler (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Goshen College (B.A., 1997); The Boston Conservatory (Masters of Music in Musical Theater, 1999); Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wealth and Management. Email: Shannon Hartzler | | Andrew E. Harwel (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., high honors, 2002); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2005). Email: Andrew E. Harwel | | Ethan A. Hastert (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 2000); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Ethan A. Hastert | | Jeanny Haw (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1994); Northwestern University (J.D., 2001). Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Information Technology; Intellectual Property; Corporate; Commercial Law; Corporate Law. Email: Jeanny Haw | | Daniel O. Herrera (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 2004); University of Illinois Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., 2008); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 2008). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Daniel O. Herrera | | Nicole J. Highland (Associate) born Winfield, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 2001); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). James' Scholar. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Nicole J. Highland | | Katrina A. Hochstetler (Associate) born Humboldt, Iowa, July 12, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Boston University (B.A., 2002); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy. Email: Katrina A. Hochstetler | | Andrew D. Hollenbeck (Associate) born Valparaiso, Indiana, March 31, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Indiana; 2005, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 2001); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Finance. Email: Andrew D. Hollenbeck | | Mitchell D. Holzrichter (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., with honors, 2005); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Government; International Trade. Email: Mitchell D. Holzrichter | | Daniel L. Horwood (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: Connecticut College (B.A., 1996); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1999). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Daniel L. Horwood | | Benjamin A. Householder (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 2004); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Order of the Coif. Notes and Comments Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review, 2007. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Benjamin A. Householder | | Robert T. Howell, III (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois and Massachusetts. Education: Williams College (B.A., 2000); Northwestern University (J.D., 2005). Editor, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 2004-2005. Member: Boston, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Robert T. Howell, III | | Shoufen Hu (Associate) born Taipei, Taiwan, August 18, 1973; admitted to bar, 1997, New York; 1999, District of Columbia; 2003, Illinois. Education: National Taiwan University (LL.B., 1995); Tulane Law School (LL.M., 1996; J.D., cum laude, 1998). Author: "WTO and New Opportunities in Ghina - Financial Services Industries," MBP Financial Services Regulatory Report; "WTO and New Opportunities in China - Telecommunications and Internet Industries," MBP Financial Services Regulatory Report. Contributor: Investment Product Deskbook: Banking Rules and Regulations (1995/Supp. 2001) (Chapter 13 - Ancillary Issues). Languages: Mandarin Chinese. Practice Areas: Finance; Securitization. Email: Shoufen Hu | | Lindsay Hulme (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, England and Wales. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: University of Cambridge (B.A., Law); Guildford College of Law (L.P.C.). Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Lindsay Hulme | | Jonathan L. Hunt (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Western Michigan University (B.A.; B.B.A., summa cum laude, 2005); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Jonathan L. Hunt | | Melissa J. Hunt (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2007. Languages: French and Italian. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Finance. Email: Melissa J. Hunt | | William J. Hutchens (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 2003); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: William J. Hutchens | | Andrea C. Hutchison (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Andrea C. Hutchison | | Erika R.M. Ituassu (Associate) born Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil, June 9, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Denver (B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 2005); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Dean's List. Languages: Portuguese. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Erika R.M. Ituassu | | Katherine Ivancevich (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Wittenberg University (B.A., 2000); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Katherine Ivancevich | | Aric S. Jacover (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois, August 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.Mus., 1997); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Email: Aric S. Jacover | | George J. Jurynec (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois; 2005, New York. Education: University of Illinois at Chicago (B.A., 1997); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2001). Languages: Russian and Ukrainian. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Finance. Email: George J. Jurynec | | Sagit Kaufman (Associate) born Ramat-Gan, Israel, August 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Israel; 2007, Illinois. Education: Tel Aviv University Law School (LL.M., 2001); Interdisciplinary Centre, Herzliya, Law School (LL.B., summa cum laude, 1998). Faculty Member and Teaching Assistant, Property Law and Criminal Law, Interdisciplinary Centre. Member: Israel Bar. Email: Sagit Kaufman | | Shannon N. Kelly (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: DePaul University (B.A., 2001); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Government and Global Trade. Email: Shannon N. Kelly | | Erica S. Khalili (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., with honors, 2004); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., with high honors, 2007). Dean's List. Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Erica S. Khalili | | Rajeev Khurana (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, February 6, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., 2005); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., with high honors, 2008). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Rajeev Khurana | | Jonathan H. Kim (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 1992); Rush University (Ph.D., 1999); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Jonathan H. Kim | | Mina Kim (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 2000); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Mina Kim | | Nathan T. Kipp (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois and Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 2001); University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Senior Managing Editor, Wisconsin Law Review, 2004-2005. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Nathan T. Kipp | | Brian W. Kittle (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, New York; 2005, U.S. Tax Court. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: University of New England (B.S., cum laude, 1998); State University of New York at Buffalo Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2003); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation, with distinction, 2004). Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Brian W. Kittle | | Nadav C. Klugman (Associate) born Jerusalem, Israel; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Nadav C. Klugman | | Kerry E. Kolodziej (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., with honors, 2002); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Kerry E. Kolodziej | | Jennifer A. Kratochvil (Associate) born Kearney, Nebraska, September 8, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois and Wisconsin. Education: Creighton University (B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 2005) Dean's List; Marquette University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008) Dean's List. Editor in Chief, Marquette Law Review, 2007-2008. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Jennifer A. Kratochvil | | Richard E. Kurkowski (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Marquette University (B.S., cum laude, 2001); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Member, DePaul University Law Review. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies. Email: Richard E. Kurkowski | | Ryan R. Lawrence (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 2002); The John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Ryan R. Lawrence | | Emily Petrovic Li (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., summa cum laude, 1999); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Emily Petrovic Li | | James J. Lisak (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business (B.A.; B.B.A., high distinction, 2005); Loyola University, Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: James J. Lisak | | Denise Lopez (Associate) born San Antonio, Texas; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., with honors, 1999; M.P.A., with honors, 1999); Cornell University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Certified Public Accountant. Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Denise Lopez | | David M. Lundeen (Associate) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., Classical Studies and Philosophy, with honors, 1999); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Order of the Coif. Executive Articles Editor, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 2003-2004. Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: David M. Lundeen | | Christopher C. Mackey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2003); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Dean's List. Order of the Coif. Notes and Comments Editor, Indiana Law Journal, 2007. Registered Mediator, Family and Children Mediation Clinic. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Christopher C. Mackey | | Tiffany Madigan (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 2000); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Tiffany Madigan | | Ajay K. Mago (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New York; 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business (B.B.A., 1997); University of Texas at Austin, IC Institute (M.S., 1999); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2004). Languages: Hindi. Practice Areas: Cross Border Finance; Securitization; Finance; International Finance; International Investment; Mergers and Acquisitions Finance. Email: Ajay K. Mago | | Sajida Mahdi Ali (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, August 5, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2002). Senior Manuscript Editor, Northwestern Law Review, 2000-2001. Author, "Gateway to Arbitration: Issues of Contract Formation in Standard Form Contracts Shipped With Goods," Northwestern University Law Review, Fall 2000. Email: Sajida Mahdi Ali | | Melissa E. Manning (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Fordham University (B.A., cum laude, 2002); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Melissa E. Manning | | Gregory A. Manter (Associate) born May 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, New York. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 2000); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 2003; LL.M., International Law, 2003). Practice Areas: Corporate; Information Technology; Outsourcing. Email: Gregory A. Manter | | Joy L. Mathew (Associate) born Pasadena, California; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Tax Litigation. Email: Joy L. Mathew | | Christine S. Matott (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 2000); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation. Email: Christine S. Matott | | Justin A. McCarty (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: St. Olaf College (B.A., 2003); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Senior Note and Comment Editor, Iowa Law Review, 2007. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Justin A. McCarty | | Matthew A. McDonald (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2003); University of Florida (Masters in Accountancy, 2004); University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Registered Certified Public Accountant in Illinois. Practice Areas: Tax Planning. Email: Matthew A. McDonald | | Thomas M. McGrath (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Manhattan College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Thomas M. McGrath | | Mary C. Meixner (Associate) born Owatonna, Minnesota, December 12, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2005); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008) Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: ERISA. Email: Mary C. Meixner | | R. Martin Mellican (Associate) born Massachusetts, 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1997); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: R. Martin Mellican | | Tiffany L. Metz (Associate) born Tucson, Arizona, March 31, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Michigan. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Siena Heights College (B.A., 1993); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1997). 1997 National Mock Trial Team. Co-Author, "Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors" and "Receiverships," both published in The Michigan Business Law Journal, Volume XIX, Number 3, 1999. Editorial Board of the Federal Bar Association's periodical), The Federal Lawyer, 1999—. Email: Tiffany L. Metz | | Vazantha Meyers (Associate) born Seattle, Washington, September 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 2000); Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Vazantha Meyers | | Melissa A. Mickey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 2001); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy. Email: Melissa A. Mickey | | Sucheta Misra (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 2002); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Sucheta Misra | | Steven Moeller (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (B.A., Philosophy and Political Science, with honors and high distinction); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with high distinction, 2006). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Steven Moeller | | Lee Morlock (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: McGill University (B.Com., 2001); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Tax Transactions. Email: Lee Morlock | | Amber M. Morris (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 2002); Loyola University, Chicago School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Amber M. Morris | | Maureen Mulvihill (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 2003); Loyola University, Chicago (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Maureen Mulvihill | | Vera A. Nackovic (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: St. Mary's College (B.S., 2000); Valparaiso University (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Vera A. Nackovic | | Jade Earl Newburn (Associate) born Sioux City, Iowa, September 18, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1997); Balliol College, University of Oxford (B.A., 2000); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Phi Beta Kappa; Marshall Scholar, 1997. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Jade Earl Newburn | | Chuoh B. Ngeh (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 2005); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Chuoh B. Ngeh | | Lauren Frank Noll (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Miami University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1997); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Law Clerk to: Hon. Kenneth F. Ripple, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2000-2001; Hon. Robin E. Hudson, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2002-2003. Author, "Ethical Responsibilities and the International Lawyer: Mind the Gaps," 2000 University of Illinois Law Review Rev. 957. Adjunct Professor, Appellate Advocacy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2003—. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Lauren Frank Noll | | Leigh P. Notestein (Associate) born Dallas, Texas; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Union College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); The George Washington University Law School (J.D., with honors, 2007). Member, Moot Court Board. Thurgood Marshall Scholar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Leigh P. Notestein | | Angela D. O'Brien (Associate) born Ft. Rucker, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1998, Indiana; 2000, Illinois. Education: University of Houston (B.A., 1994); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., 1998).. Practice Areas: Telecommunications Regulation; Regulated Industries. Email: Angela D. O'Brien | | Claire K. O'Connor (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., Social Policy, 2002); John Marshall Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Dean's List. Member, The John Marshall Law Review. Member: Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Claire K. O'Connor | | John M. Olsen (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, August 14, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 2005); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Languages: French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: John M. Olsen | | Lindsay M. O'Neil (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 2003); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Lindsay M. O'Neil | | Jumoke Onibokun (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Northern Illinois University (B.S., cum laude, 2000); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Jumoke Onibokun | | Mark A. Oram (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Rutgers University (B.S., 1997); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Managing Editor, Federal Communications Law Journal. Practice Areas: Business and Technology Sourcing; E-Commerce. Email: Mark A. Oram | | Michael W. Ott (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 2003); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Dean's Honors. Order of the Coif. Quarterfinalist, Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, 2005-2006. Senior Managing Editor, Indiana Law Journal, 2007. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Workouts. Email: Michael W. Ott | | Bobby L. Owens (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 2004); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Bobby L. Owens | | Michael S. Paik (Associate) born December 3, 1977; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1999); Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management (M.B.A., 2008); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael S. Paik | | Erick J. Palmer (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, May 3, 1975; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., summa cum laude, 1997); The Ohio State University (Ph.D., 2005); Capital University Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Erick J. Palmer | | Thomas V. Panoff (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 2000); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2004); Cambridge University (Master of Laws, 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Thomas V. Panoff | | Jessica L. Panza (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Illinois Business Law Journal. Symposium Editor, University of Illinois Law Review, 2007. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Jessica L. Panza | | Rajeev M.A. Patel (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Columbia University (A.B., cum laude, 2003); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2006). Languages: Gujarati, Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Rajeev M.A. Patel | | Joseph M. Pennell (Associate) born August 30, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., with high honors, 2004); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Business and Technology Sourcing. Email: Joseph M. Pennell | | Marie-Anne Perlia (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1986; M.A., 1994); Northwestern University (M.A., 1990); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Symposium Articles Editor and Associate Editor, Loyola University Chicago International Law Review, 2002-2004. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Finance. Email: Marie-Anne Perlia | | Jennifer M. Peters (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, College of Commerce and Business Administration (B.S., with honors, 2002); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Jennifer M. Peters | | Austin F. Peterson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Kansas (B.S.B.A., 2004); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Austin F. Peterson | | Dean F. Pettinga (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Calvin College (B.A., 2003); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Order of the Coif. Executive Articles Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review, 2007. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Dean F. Pettinga | | Jamila A. Piracci (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, New York. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1995); Johnson School of Management (M.B.A., 1999); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Banking; Finance. Email: Jamila A. Piracci | | Rachel A. Ponton (Associate) born Jasper, Indiana, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Rachel A. Ponton | | David D. Pope (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois, December 20, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Colorado College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); University of Chicago (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: David D. Pope | | Claire Gibson Ragen (Associate) born Winona, Minnesota, July 30, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2003, Minnesota. Education: St. Mary's College of Indiana (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); Washington University, St. Louis (J.D., 2000). Law Clerk to the Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Claire Gibson Ragen | | Jennifer L. Rakstad (Career Development Attorney) admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Augustana College (B.A. summa cum laude, 1992); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Languages: Spanish. Email: Jennifer L. Rakstad | | Sarah Rauh (Associate) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 2004); Harvard University (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Sarah Rauh | | Sarah E. Reynolds (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Colorado-Boulder (B.A., 1998); University of Illinois at Chicago (M.A., 2000); University of Chicago, The Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Sarah E. Reynolds | | Jessica K. Ring (Associate) born Rockford, Illinois, September 6, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois and Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., with distinction, 2005); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Jessica K. Ring | | Jane S. Ro (Associate) born Ashtabula, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 2002); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Jane S. Ro | | Travis Rojakovick (Associate) born Oak Park, Illinois, January 12, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 2001); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy. Email: Travis Rojakovick | | Jamie L. Romick (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Duke University (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Jamie L. Romick | | Kristin M. Rylko (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Chicago (B.A., with highest distinction, 2002); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Kristin M. Rylko | | Diane Renae Sabol (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, June 28, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1999); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2002). Email: Diane Renae Sabol | | Maria G. Sakamoto (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Columbia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Languages: French, Spanish. Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Maria G. Sakamoto | | Steve Sanders (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1984); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Steve Sanders | | Rebekah C. Scheinfeld (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Brown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008); Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management (M.B.A., with distinction, 2008). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Government; International Trade. Email: Rebekah C. Scheinfeld | | Matthew D. Schimka (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.A., cum laude, 2003); Loyola University, Chicago School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Tax Planning. Email: Matthew D. Schimka | | Susannah L. Schmid (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois, December 30, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, New York and New Jersey. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Duke University (B.A., 2002); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Structured Finance. Email: Susannah L. Schmid | | Peter Schultz (Associate) born Watseka, Illinois, April 19, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1990); Harvard University (J.D., 1994). Email: Peter Schultz | | Gunter Alan Schwandt García (Associate) born Mexico City, Mexico, July 15, 1976; admitted to bar, 1999, Mexico (Not admitted in the United States). Education: Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico (Attorney at Law, with honors, 1998); Northwestern University (Master of Laws, with honors, 2002); Kellogg School of Management (Certificate in Business Administration, 2002). Member: Mexican Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Cross Border Investment; Secured Transactions. | | Michael A. Serafini (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: University of Dayton (B.S., 1996); University of Michigan (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Michael A. Serafini | | Louis Shansky (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Western Michigan University (B.S., 2000); DePaul University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Louis Shansky | | Rajesh Sharma (Associate) born New Delhi, India, 1968; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A./M.P.A., Accounting, 1992); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Certified Public Accountant. (Houston, Texas Office). Languages: Hindi. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Rajesh Sharma | | Alexandra E. Shea (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois, March 13, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Earlham College (B.A., 2004); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008); University of Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (M.S., 2008). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Alexandra E. Shea | | Lei Shen (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., high honors, 2001); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Languages: Chinese. Practice Areas: Information Technology; Outsourcing; Corporate. Email: Lei Shen | | Ryan T. Sherer (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: University of Texas (B.A., 2001); University of Missouri School of Law (J.D., 2004); Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M., with honors, 2005). Practice Areas: Tax Controversy. Email: Ryan T. Sherer | | Kevin A. Shields (Associate) born Peoria, Illinois, December 29, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: St. Louis University (B.S., 2005); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; Executive Compensation. Email: Kevin A. Shields | | David T. Shin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, North Carolina; 2005, Illinois. Education: Occidental College (B.A., cum laude, with distinction, 1998, Phi Beta Kappa); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2003). Member, Vanderbilt Law Review. Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Recipient, Raymonde I. Paul Scholarship. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Fund Formation. Email: David T. Shin | | Kristin W. Silverman (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., cum laude, 2003); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2008). Order of the Coif. Chicago-Kent Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Kristin W. Silverman | | Jennifer A. Simon (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia; 2008, Illinois. Education: Williams College (B.A., 2002); Columbia University (J.D., 2005). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Jennifer A. Simon | | Julia H. Irick Skubis (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 2001); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Tax Transactions. Email: Julia H. Irick Skubis | | Matthew C. Sostrin (Associate) born Park Ridge, Illinois, September 29, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 2000); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2003). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Matthew C. Sostrin | | Rachel J. Spehler (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Rachel J. Spehler | | Geeta Kharkar Stack (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, September 6, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2008). Dean's List. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Geeta Kharkar Stack | | Bradford C. Stanley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 2001); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Bradford C. Stanley | | Paul Joseph Stanukinas (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); DePaul University (J.D., with honors, 2001). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Paul Joseph Stanukinas | | Andrew W. Steigleder (Associate) born Omaha, Nebraska, November 7, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.B.A., 1997); Creighton University (J.D., 2002; M.B.A. cum laude, 2002); Northwestern University (LL.M. in Taxation, 2003). Email: Andrew W. Steigleder | | Scott Steiner (Associate) born Fort Wayne, Indiana; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., Finance and Accounting, 1999); Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Finance; Securitization. Email: Scott Steiner | | Jan C. Stewart (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., cum laude, 2001); Loyola University Chicago Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Jan C. Stewart | | Jamie L. Stilson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 2000); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Jamie L. Stilson | | Daniel K. Storino (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Daniel K. Storino | | Sarah E. Streicker (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., highest distinction, 2001); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Sarah E. Streicker | | Fradyn Suarez (Associate) born Miami, Florida, November 14, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Florida. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Smith College (B.A., with highest honors in Government, 1998); University of Florida, Levin College of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: The Florida Bar; Dade County, American and Cuban-American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Fradyn Suarez | | Benjamin Swoboda (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., cum laude, 2003); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Benjamin Swoboda | | James R. Terpstra (Associate) born Saint John, Indiana; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., Finance, 2003); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: James R. Terpstra | | Jerry Thomas (Associate) born Ravenna, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Akron (B.A., 2004); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Jerry Thomas | | Michael T. Torres (Associate) born Morrisville, Vermont, April 26, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Washington University (B.A., 2004); St. Thomas University (M.S., 2008); St. Thomas University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). St. Thomas University Law Review. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Michael T. Torres | | Gary K. Wachtel (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; 2005, Connecticut. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.A., 1995); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2003). Order of John Marshall. Morrissey Scholar. Practice Areas: Finance; Banking. Email: Gary K. Wachtel | | Jason P. Wagenmaker (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Jason P. Wagenmaker | | Jeremiah Wagner (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1999); Carlson School of Management (M.B.A., 2004); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Finance. Email: Jeremiah Wagner | | Stephanie D. Wagner (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008); Georgetown Public Policy Institute (Master of Public Policy, 2008). Dean's List. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Government; International Trade. Email: Stephanie D. Wagner | | Matthew V. Wargin (Associate) born Illinois, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, New York. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1999); New York University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Workouts and Reorganization. Email: Matthew V. Wargin | | Lyman C. Welch (Associate) admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois; 2000, California. Education: Colgate University (A.B., 1990); Northwestern University (J.D., 1993). Email: Lyman C. Welch | | Roberta M. Wertman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Bryn Mawr College (B.A., 1999); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Roberta M. Wertman | | Bradley W. West (Associate) born 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.B.A., with distinction, 2005); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Dean's List. Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Bradley W. West | | Jason L. White (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 2004); DePaul University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Jason L. White | | Todd C. Whitehead (Associate) born Winfield, Illinois, April 30, 1978; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 2000); Loyola University, Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Todd C. Whitehead | | Elizabeth C. Wolicki (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 2004); University of Chicago (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Elizabeth C. Wolicki | | Tamela M. Woods (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Spelman College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities. Email: Tamela M. Woods | | Michael J. Word (Associate) born La Grange, Illinois, February 11, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 2002; M.S., 2004); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks. Email: Michael J. Word | | Lance E. Workman (Associate) born Milford, Delaware, February 28, 1976; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Delaware (B.S.B.A., 1998); Northern Illinois University (M.S., 2000); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 2008). Chartered Financial Analyst, 2002. Certified Public Accountant, New Hampshire, 2006. Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Lance E. Workman | | Charles Qiong Wu (Associate) born Shenyang, People's Republic of China, April 9, 1972; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (M.U.P., 2000); Univesity of Chicago (J.D., 2003). Languages: Chinese. Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Charles Qiong Wu | | Chae Uk Yi (Associate) born Seoul, South Korea, October 17, 1969; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1991); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Banking and Finance. Email: Chae Uk Yi | | Lori A. Zahalka (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: DePaul University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Lori A. Zahalka | | Bryan H. Zair (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2004, Michigan; 2008, Illinois. Education: Wayne State University (B.S., Corporate Finance, summa cum laude, 2001; J.D., 2004). Order of the Coif. Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities. Email: Bryan H. Zair | | Kimberly M. Zielinski (Associate) born Jacksonville, Florida, May 31, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Lake Forest College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1997); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., with high honors, 2004). Phi Beta Kappa. Valedictorian, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2004. Executive Articles Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review, 2003-2004. Member: American Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: ERISA. Email: Kimberly M. Zielinski | | Zachary Ziliak (Associate) born Berne, Indiana; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S.B.A., 1994); University of Oxford (1995-1998); University of Chicago (M.B.A, 2002); Loyola University, Chicago (J.D., 2006). Rhodes Scholar. Languages: German and Japanese. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Zachary Ziliak | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Bangkok, Thailand Office: 28th Floor, Q. House Lumpini Building, 1 South Sathorn Road, Tungmahamek, Sathorn, 10120. Telephone: +66-2 677 7555. Fax: +66-2 677 7599.
Beijing, China Office: Suite 1102, Tower 2, China Central Place, 79 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, 100025. Telephone: +86-10 659 9200. Fax: +86-10 6598 9266/77.
Berlin, Germany Office: Potsdamer Platz 8, 10117. Telephone: +49-30 20 67 30-0. Fax: +49-30 20 67 30-100.
Brussels, Belgium Office: Avenue des Arts 52, B-1000. Telephone: +011-32 2 502 55 17. Facsimile: +011-32 2 502 54 21.
Charlotte, North Carolina Office: 214 N. Tryon Street, Suite 3800. Telephone: (704) 444-3500. Fax: (704) 377-2033.
Cologne, Germany Office: KölnTurm Im Mediapark 8, 50670. Telephone: +49-221-577-1100. Facsimile: +49-221-577-1199.
Frankfurt am Main, Germany Office: Bockenheimer Landstraße 98-100, D-60323. Telephone: 011-49-69 79 41-0. Facsimile: 011-49-69 79 41-100.
Hanoi, Vietnam Office: 3rd Floor, 27 Ly Thai To Street. Telephone: +84-4 824-4316/7/8. Fax: +84-4 824-4319.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Office: 17th Floor, Saigon Tower, 29 Le Duan Street, District 1. Telephone: +84-8 822 8860. Fax: +84-8 822 8864.
Hong Kong, China Office: 7th Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road Central. Telephone: +852 3763 7000. Fax: +852 3763 7500.
Other Hong Kong, China Office: 16th-19th Floors, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Central. Telephone: +852 28432211. Facsimile: +852 28459121. Telex: 75107 MASTA HX.
Houston, Texas Office: 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 3400, 77002-2730. Telephone: (713) 238-3000. Facsimile: (713) 238-4888. Telex: 775809. Cable: LEMAYHOU.
London, England Office: 11 Pilgrim Street, London EC4V 6RW. Telephone: 011-44-207-248-4282. Facsimile: 011-44-207-248-2009.
Los Angeles, California Office: 350 South Grand Avenue, 25th Floor, 90071-1503. Telephone: (213) 229-9500. Facsimile: (213) 625-0248. Telex: 188089. Cable: LEMAYLA.
New York, New York Office: 1675 Broadway, 10019-5820. Telephone: (212) 506-2500. Facsimile: (212) 262-1910. Telex: 701842. Cable: LEMAYEN.
Palo Alto, California Office: Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 300, 94306. Telephone: (650) 331-2000. Facsimile: (650) 331-2060.
Paris, France Office: 20 Avenue Hoche, 75008. Telephone: 011-33-1-53-53-43-43. Facsimile: 011-33-1-53-96-03-83.
São Paulo, Brazil Office: Rua do Rócio 291, 04552-000. Telephone: +55-11-2167- 4850. Fax: +55 11 2167 4851.
Shanghai, China Office: Suite 2301, Tower II, Plaza 66, 1366, Nan Jing Road West, 200040. Telephone: +86-21 6120 1066. Fax: +86-21 6120 1068/69.
Washington, D.C. Office: 1909 K Street, N.W., 20006-1101. Telephone: (202) 263-3000. Facsimile: (202) 263-3300. Telex: 892603. Cable: LEMAYDC.
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