Schiff Hardin LLP issued the following announcement on Jan. 19.
Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to have 81 attorneys named to the 2021 Leading Lawyers list. Leading Lawyers, a division of Law Bulletin Media, recognizes the top five percent of licensed attorneys in Illinois and Michigan.
Attorneys are selected through a four-step peer review process that surveys all licensed lawyers within the states of Illinois and Michigan, culminating in the Leading Lawyers Advisory Board making the final selections.
The Schiff attorneys named to the 2021 Leading Lawyers lists and their respective areas of recognition are as follows:
Thomas W. Abendroth - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Imron T. Aly - Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law
Susan T. Bart - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Lauralyn G. Bengel - Employee Benefits Law
Jack R. Bierig - Antitrust Law; Association & Non-Profit Law; Commercial Litigation; Federal Regulatory Law; Health Law
David C. Blickenstaff - Commercial Litigatio; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Chris L. Bollinger - Computer & Technology Law; Intellectual Property Law
Stephen J. Bonebrake - Environmental Law
Max G. Brittain Jr. - Employment Law: Management; Labor Law: Management
Harmon A. Brown - Tax Law: Individual; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Antony S. Burt - Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law; Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial
Everett J. Cygal - Commercial Litigation
Daniel J. Deeb - Environmental Law
Paul E. Dengel - Commercial Litigation
Stephen J. Dragich - Closely & Privately Held Business Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Public Finance Law
Marci A. Eisenstein - Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law
Joanne B. Faycurry - Tax Law: Business; Tax Law: Individual
J. Mark Fisher - Banking & Financial Institutions Law; Bankruptcy & Workout Law: Commercial
Matthew C. Galo - Closely & Privately Held Business Law; Corporate Finance Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
David C. Giles - Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Defense Law: Including Legal/Technical/Financial
Paul E. Greenwalt III - Commercial Litigation
David A. Grossberg - Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law; Real Estate Law: Commercial Real Estate Law: Finance
Lawrence H. Heftman - Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Commercial Litigation
Maggie Hickey - Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense Law: White Collar
David R. Hodgman - Tax Law: Business; Tax Law: Individual; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Allan Horwich - Securities & Venture Finance Law
Barry S. Hyman - Commercial Litigation; Public Utilities Law: Gas/Water/Electric
Steve E. Isaacs - Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Publicly Held Corporations Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Janet M. Johnson - Real Estate Law: Commercial; Real Estate Law: Finance
Thomas K. Juffernbruch - Corporate Finance Law; Secured Transactions Law
Jon K. Jurva - Real Estate Law: Finance; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Paula M. Ketcham - Employment Law: Management
Andrew A. Kling - Banking & Financial Institutions Law; Corporate Finance Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Kevin C. Knohl - Secured Transactions Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Aphrodit Kokolis - Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Commercial Litigation
Joseph J. Krasovec III - Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Defense Law
Katherin Levy - Employee Benefits Law; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Neil Lloyd - Civil Appellate Law
Paul M. Lurie - ADR Law: Commercial Litigation; ADR Law: Commercial Real Estate, Environmental & Construction; Construction Law
Francis X. Lyons - Environmental Law
Owen E. MacBride - Energy Law; Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying & Administrative Law; Public Utilities Law: Gas/Water/Electric; Telecommunications Law
Sean T. Maloney - Corporate Finance Law; Secured Transactions Law
Paul C. Marengo - Public Finance Law
David P. McHugh - Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law Publicly Held Corporations Law
Samuel J. McKim III - Tax Law: Business
Michael L. Meyer - Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Robert J. Minkus - Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Publicly Held Corporations Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Jane E. Montgomery - Environmental Law
Virgil R. Montgomery - Construction Law
Paula J. Morency - Antitrust Law; Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law; Commercial Litigation - Franchise & Dealership Law
Michael K. Moyers - Tax Law: Individual; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Kevin M. Nelson - Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law
Sailesh K. Patel - Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law
Charles H.R. Peters - Commercial Litigation
Scott E. Pickens - Banking & Financial Institutions Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Robert R. Pluth Jr. - Tax Law: Business
Matthew F. Prewitt - Commercial Litigation; Trade Secrets/Unfair Competition Law
Christine R.W. Quigley - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Thomas A. Rammer II - Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law
Gabriel M. Rodriguez - Environmental Law
Felice B. Rose - Real Estate Law: Commercial; Real Estate Law: Finance
Peter L. Rossiter - Banking & Financial Institutions Law; Corporate Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Publicly Held Corporations Law
David Sattelberger - Real Estate Law: Commercial
Russell B. Selman - Environmental Law
Sarah Kerr Severson - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Edward Spacapan Jr. - Employee Benefits Law
David M. Spector - Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law
Frederick J. Sperling - Advertising & Media Law; Arts, Entertainment & Sports Law; Civil Appellate Law; Civil Rights/Constitutional Law; Commercial Litigation
Julie F. Stahr - Employment Law: Management
Mark A. Sternberg - Corporate Finance Law
Debra L. Stetter - Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
Lynn J. Watkins - Corporate Finance Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Bruce P. Weisenthal - Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law: Commercial; Real Estate Law: Finance
Thomas P. White - Intellectual Property Law
Robert J. Wierenga - Antitrust Law; Class Action/Mass Tort Defense Law
Robert B. Wilcox Jr. - Intellectual Property Law
Jay Williams - Commercial Litigation
Alexander Young - Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
Mark C. Zaander - Corporate Finance Law
Jason Zgliniec - Banking & Financial Institutions Law; Closely & Privately Held Business Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Publicly Held Corporations Law; Securities & Venture Finance Law
William P. Ziegelmueller - Criminal Defense Law: Felonies & Misdemeanors; Criminal Defense Law: White Collar
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