Foley Chicago Attorneys Named 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
January 12, 2015
Foley & Lardner LLP announced that 21 of its Chicago office attorneys have been named 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers. In addition, 11 Chicago office attorneys have been named 2015 Illinois Rising Stars. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.
The Chicago attorneys named 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers and their primary practices are:
- Stephen Bedell, Securities Litigation
- Myles Berman, Government Relations
- Laura Bilas, Government Finance
- John Brooks, Estate & Trust Litigation
- James Dasso, Business Litigation
- Patrick Daugherty, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Bennett Epstein, Employment & Labor
- Craig Fochler, IP Litigation
- Jeanne Gills, IP Litigation
- Geoffrey Goodman, Bankruptcy
- David Goroff, Appellate
- James Hellige, Estate & Probate
- Jerold Jacover, IP Litigation
- Harold Kaplan, Bankruptcy
- William McKenna, Business Litigation
- Jill Nicholson, Bankruptcy
- Lisa Noller, Criminal Defense: White Collar
- John Palmer, III, Tax
- Mark Prager, Bankruptcy
- Donna Pugh, Land Use/Zoning
- Michael Small, Bankruptcy
The Chicago attorneys named 2015 Illinois Rising Stars and their primary practices are:
- Lisa Conmy, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Benjamin Folsom, Business Litigation
- Jonathan Garlough, Business Litigation
- Jami Gekas, Intellectual Property
- Rebecca Hanson, Business Litigation
- John Litchfield, Employment & Labor
- Matthew Martin, Intellectual Property
- Christopher Rasmussen, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Troy Smith, Intellectual Property
- Aaron Tantleff, Technology Transactions
- Christopher Ward, Employment & Labor
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