Cha’yra Eddie defends clients in complex commercial litigation and business disputes, including recall, injunctive relief, breach of contract, and consumer class action matters. She uses her analytical background to support global manufacturers, suppliers, and automotive companies in supply chain and product-related litigation and other complex disputes.
Cha’yra has experience drafting successful motions and other legal memoranda, leading negotiations, conducting legal research, taking and defending depositions, and oral argument. Prior to law school, Cha’yra was a legal extern to the Hon. Mary L. Mikva at the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, First Division and was a legal intern to Karen Freeman-Wilson, former Indiana attorney general.
- Defeated a temporary restraining order on behalf of a global commercial manufacturing innovator.
- Representing clients in automotive manufacturing industry, including supply chain disputes and contract claims.
- Defending manufacturing clients in consumer class action matters.
- Litigating disputes on behalf of global automotive manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and industrial clients regarding recall, breach of contract, misrepresentation, and injunctive relief claims in arbitration and court proceedings.
Awards and Recognition
- The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 Chicago (2023)
- Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago Lawyer on the Rise (2023)
Affiliations
- Member, Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc.
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
- Officer, Young Lawyers Section, Chicago Bar Association
- Member, Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms
- Member, Cook County Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Volunteer, Digs with Dignity
- Mentor, Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program (DAPP)
- Volunteer and Coordinator, Lawyers in the Classroom