Foley & Lardner LLP is proud to announce that 23 of its Chicago attorneys have been named to the 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
Additionally, Partners Jill Nicholson and Lisa Noller were both named to the Top 100: 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers list.
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. Each year, only 5 percent of attorneys in the state are selected to the Super Lawyers list, and only 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state are named to the Rising Stars list. Illinois Top Lists recognize the attorneys who receive the highest point totals during this selection process.
2023 Illinois Super Lawyers
- Laura Bilas, Government Finance
- James Dasso, Business Litigation
- Patrick Daugherty, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Jeanne Gills, IP Litigation
- Geoffrey Goodman, Bankruptcy: Business
- David Goroff, Appellate
- Mark Hebbeln, Bankruptcy: Business
- James Hellige, Estate & Probate
- Harold Kaplan, Bankruptcy: Business
- William McKenna, Business Litigation
- Jill Nicholson, Bankruptcy: Business
- Lisa Noller, Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Wayne Osoba, Real Estate
- Susan Poll Klaessy, Bankruptcy: Business
- Michael Small, Bankruptcy: Business
2023 Illinois Rising Stars
- Stephanie Adamo, Business Litigation
- J. Michael Bresnahan, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Roberto Fernandez, IP
- Emil Khatchatourian, Bankruptcy: Business
- Ryan Lowry, Business Litigation
- Andrew McClain, Business Litigation
- Dan Pieringer, Real Estate
- Benjamin Schwab, Business/Corporate
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