Brent R. Austin
Brent R. Austin
Brent R. Austin is a Partner at Eimer Stahl LLP in Chicago, where he focuses on complex commercial litigation, class action and multidistrict litigation, antitrust, insurance industry business practices, securities and banking litigation, contract and commercial disputes, environmental, products liability and toxic torts, trademark, false advertising, and franchisor litigation. Mr. Austin received his B.A. summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
Wilber H. Boies
Wilber H. Boies
Wilber H. Boies is Senior Counsel with McDermott Will & Emery, in Chicago, concentrating his practice in business litigation, including defense of class actions involving securities, employee benefits, and consumer fraud claims. Mr. Boies is the author of numerous articles on federal court litigation. He served as 1991 – 1992 Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Class Litigation Committee. Mr. Boies received his A.B. from Brown University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Michael T. Brody
Michael T. Brody
Michael T. Brody is a Partner with Jenner & Block LLP, in Chicago, concentrating his practice in commercial litigation and class action. He is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School, Chair of the Seventh Circuit Bar Foundation, a Past President of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association (2015 – 2016), and Past Chair of the Evanston Community Foundation (2015 – 2017). Mr. Brody has received the Award for Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Interest Service (U.S. District Court, Northern District, Ill.) (2015); the Family Defense Center, Major Litigation Award (2013); and the Jenner & Block LLP Jerald S. Solovy Award for Public Service (2015). Mr. Brody received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Following law school, he clerked for Antonin Scalia, then a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Daniel R. Campbell
Daniel R. Campbell
Daniel R. Campbell is a Partner with McDermott Will & Emery in Chicago, where he focuses on litigation, trials, class actions, and commercial disputes. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar. He has been named an Illinois Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Mr. Campbell received his B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Missouri and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Matthew R. Devine
Matthew R. Devine
Matthew R. Devine is a Partner with Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where he focuses on class action practice, complex commercial litigation, and consumer law litigation. He has served on the Loyola University Chicago School of Law Alumni Board of Governors and as Past President of the Evanston Youth Hockey Association Board of Directors. He has been recognized as a Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers. He received his B.A. from University of Iowa and his J.D. cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Vincent P. Formica, Jr.
Vincent P. Formica, Jr.
Vincent P. Formica, Jr., is an associate at Fuksa Khorshid, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses on commercial litigation. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Formica received his B.A. from Miami University and his J.D. magna cum laude from The University of Akron School of Law.
Alexander N. Ghantous
Alexander N. Ghantous
Alexander N. Ghantous is a staff attorney at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago where he concentrates his practice in litigation. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Ghantous received his B.A. with honors from Columbia College Chicago and his J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School, where he received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Remedies and was recognized on the Dean’s List for the Spring and Fall of 2011.
Thomas A. Haine
Thomas A. Haine
Thomas A. Haine is an associate at HeplerBloom, LLC, in Edwardsville where he concentrates on complex commercial litigation. He is a recipient of the Missouri Bar Foundation’s 2019 W. Oliver Rasch Award for outstanding articles. He is a member of the Order of the Coif of Washington University School of Law, and he served as Clerk for the Honorable Raymond P. Gruender, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Mr. Haine received his B.A. cum laude from Princeton University, his J.D. magna cum laude from Washington University School of Law, and his LL.M. from Catolica Global School of Law.
Matthew T. Heffner
Matthew T. Heffner
Matthew T. Heffner is a Partner at Heffner Hurst in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on class action litigation. Mr. Heffner is an active member of the Northern District of Illinois Federal Trial Bar, for which he received the 2012 Northern District of Illinois Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service. He is a past co-chair of the Rule 23 subcommittee for the American Bar Association’s Class Action and Derivative Suit committee. Mr. Heffner received his B.A. from Indiana University, where he was an Arthur R. Metz Scholar, and his J.D. from University of Texas School of Law, where he was a Charles and Elizabeth Tigar Endowed Presidential Scholar.
Aphrodite Kokolis
Aphrodite Kokolis
Aphrodite Kokolis is Counsel to Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in litigation with an emphasis on class action defense and appellate litigation. She is a member of the American, Chicago, and Seventh Circuit Bar Associations. Ms. Kokolis received her B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her J.D. Order of the Coif from Northwestern Illinois University, where she also served as Managing Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review.
Clinton “Clint” A. Krislov
Clinton “Clint” A. Krislov
Clint Krislov is the Founder and Senior Partner of Krislov Law: Krislov & Associates, Ltd., in Chicago. He is an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Founder and Director of Chicago-Kent’s Center for Open Government; he is also the creator and CEO of ConfirmDocs.com, a digital security site. He has been awarded the Legal Eagle Award: Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization (2001) and the Amicus Curiae Award, presented by the Illinois Judges Association, and has served as counsel in over 200 reported decisions. He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations, serving multiple terms as Chair and Vice Chair of the CBA Class Litigation Committee; the Decalogue Society; and the Rotary (Rotary/One Chicago, Paul Harris Fellow). Mr. Krislov received his B.A. from Northwestern University Phi Beta Kappa and his J.D. from Cornell University Law School.
Christina T. Lopez
Christina T. Lopez
Christina T. Lopez is an associate at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where she concentrates in litigation. Ms. Lopez received her B.A. summa cum laude from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is listed on the Bronze Tablets for University Honors and was recognized as a Robert H. Bierma Scholar, and her J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law, where she was a recipient of the Harold Washington Leadership Award and served as notes editor of the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property.
Kevin R. Malloy
Kevin R. Malloy
Kevin R. Malloy is a Partner at Forde & O’Meara LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation. He is a member of the Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association, as well as a member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Committee. Mr. Malloy received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. cum laude from the American University Washington College of Law.
William E. Meyer, Jr.
William E. Meyer, Jr.
William E. Meyer, Jr., is Of Counsel to Fuksa Khorshid LLC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice in general commercial litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State and Lake County Bar Associations. He received his A.B. from Harvard College, his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and his M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Thomas E. Quinn
Thomas E. Quinn
Thomas E. Quinn is an associate at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where he focuses on commodities and derivatives litigation, regulatory defense, and antitrust litigation. He is admitted to the U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit. Mr. Quinn received his B.A. with honors from Haverford College and his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was an associate editor of Stanford Law & Policy Review.
W. Jason Rankin
W. Jason Rankin
W. Jason Rankin is a Partner at HeplerBloom LLC in Edwardsville, where he focuses his practice on class actions and pharmaceutical and medical device defense. He is a Past Chair of the DRI Class Action Specialized Litigation Group, a Past Program Chair of the DRI Class Actions Seminar on Latest Developments in Law and Practice, and a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Mr. Rankin received his B.A. magna cum laude from Drake University and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law, where he was associate editor of the Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law.
Paul B. Rietema
Paul B. Rietema
Paul B. Rietema is a Partner at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago, where his practice is focused on complex commercial litigation and class actions. He regularly publishes on topics concerning class action litigation, securities litigation, and commercial litigation strategy. He has been recognized for his pro bono service in 2014 and 2016. Mr. Rietema received his B.A. with honors from Calvin College and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable E. Grady Jolly, a district judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Adam Safer
Adam Safer
Adam Safer is an associate at McDermott Will & Emery in Chicago, where he concentrates on litigation. He clerked for the Honorable Sara L. Ellis, a judge on the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. He received his B.A. from Denison University and his J.D. from The New York University School of Law.
Howard S. Suskin
Howard S. Suskin
Howard S. Suskin is a Partner with Jenner & Block LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on securities litigation and class action defense. He was recognized by Chambers USA for his work in securities litigation (2020), by Best Lawyers in America for Commercial and Securities Litigation (2013 – 2020), and in Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers (2007 – 2010, 2014 – 2018). Mr. Suskin received his B.A. with distinction from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. with honors from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was Editor of the Michigan Law Review.
Charles R. Watkins
Charles R. Watkins
Charles R. Watkins is Of Counsel to Guin, Stokes & Evans, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice on litigation and class actions. He is a member of the Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois and is admitted to practice law in Illinois and Michigan; the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois; the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; the Southern District of Indiana; the United States Courts of Appeal for the Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits; and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Watkins received his B.A. with high honors from Michigan State University and his J.D. cum laudefrom the University of Michigan Law School.

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Brent R. Austin

Wilber H. Boies

Michael T. Brody

Daniel R. Campbell

Matthew R. Devine

Vincent P. Formica, Jr.

Alexander N. Ghantous

Thomas A. Haine

Matthew T. Heffner

Aphrodite Kokolis

Clinton “Clint” A. Krislov

Christina T. Lopez

Kevin R. Malloy

William E. Meyer, Jr.

Thomas E. Quinn

W. Jason Rankin

Paul B. Rietema

Adam Safer

Howard S. Suskin

Charles R. Watkins

Class Actions 2020 Edition