MEMBERS OF FIRM
Richard A. Sugar (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., with honors, 1968) Beta Gamma Sigma; University of Chicago (J.D., 1972).. Practice Areas: Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Labor and Employment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate; Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate.Email: Richard A. Sugar
Steven A. Felsenthal (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (A.B., with high honors, 1971); Harvard University (J.D., 1974) Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Partnership Law; Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Estate Administration.Email: Steven A. Felsenthal
Jonathan L. Mills (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1970); University of Chicago (J.D., 1977). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Litigation; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate.Email: Jonathan L. Mills
Howard M. Helsinger (Member) born New York, N.Y., 1940; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois. Education: Haverford College (B.A., 1962); Princeton University (Ph.D., 1970); University of Chicago (J.D., 1978). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Contested Trusts and Estates; Contested Wills; Trust Litigation; Charitable Gift Planning; Estate and Gift Taxation; Marital Agreements.Email: Howard M. Helsinger
Martin M. Weinstein (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, 1943; admitted to bar, 1974, Maryland, 1975, District of Columbia; 1981, Illinois. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., 1967); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1974). Certified Public Accountant: Maryland, 1978; Illinois, 1983. Practice Areas: Taxation; State Taxation; Low Income Housing; Tax Exempt Entities.Email: Martin M. Weinstein
Etahn M. Cohen (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Harvard University (Ph.D., 1981); University of Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Finance; Internet Law; Investments; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities.Email: Etahn M. Cohen
William F. McGuinn (Member) born Oak Park, Illinois, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois. Education: Northern Illinois University (B.S., cum laude, 1990); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1990. Practice Areas: Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Real Estate.Email: William F. McGuinn
Adam J. Grais (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1990); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Business Law; Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Closely Held Business Law; Partnership Law.Email: Adam J. Grais
Brett N. Cagan (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1992); Valparaiso University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Estate Settlements.Email: Brett N. Cagan
Leland H. Chait (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1991, Illinois; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Class Action Defense; Health Care Litigation; Litigation.Email: Leland H. Chait
Michelle M. Huhnke (Member) born Staten Island, New York, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia; 1996, District of Columbia; 2005, Maryland; 2007, Illinois. Education: Barnard College(B.A., 1989); George Washington University (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Generation Skipping Tax; Estate Administration; Probate; Trust Administration; Trust Law; Family Law; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Income Tax; Charitable Giving; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Private Foundations; Tax Exempt Organizations.Email: Michelle M. Huhnke
Scott A. Browdy (Member) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1988); Northwestern University (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; State Taxation; Local Taxation.Email: Scott A. Browdy
ASSOCIATE
Andrew J. Abrams (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois-Urbana (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Chicago (J.D., 2000) Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Debtor and Creditor; Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation.Email: Andrew J. Abrams
OF COUNSEL
Michele M. Smith (Of Counsel) born 1955; (Admission pending). Education: University of Chicago Law School. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Law.Email: Michele M. Smith