Foley Chicago Attorneys Named 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

20 January 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