Foley Chicago Attorneys Named 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
January 20, 2016
Foley & Lardner LLP announced that 23 of its Chicago office attorneys have been named 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers. In addition, 15 Chicago office attorneys have been named 2016 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 2016 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
- Mark Hebbeln, Bankruptcy
- 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
- Eley Thompson, Intellectual Property
The Chicago attorneys named 2016 Illinois Rising Stars and their primary practices are:
- Meredith Brooks, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Lisa Conmy, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Jonathan Garlough, Business Litigation
- Jami Gekas, Intellectual Property
- Joseph Janas, Intellectual Property
- Emil Khatchatourian, Bankruptcy
- John Litchfield, Employment & Labor
- Lauren Loew, Business Litigation
- Matthew Martin, Intellectual Property
- Galen Mason, Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Jeffrey Mikrut, Intellectual Property
- Aubrey Refuerzo, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Troy Smith, Intellectual Property
- Aaron Tantleff, Technology Transactions
- Christopher Ward, Employment & Labor
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