Elizabeth E. Babbitt
Elizabeth E. Babbitt
Elizabeth E. Babbitt is a Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, in Chicago, and focuses on commercial litigation. Babbitt is a member of the Judicial Evaluation Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. She earned her J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law and her B.S. cum laude from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Ruth A. Bahe-Jachna
Ruth A. Bahe-Jachna
Ruth A. Bahe-Jachna is a Principal Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in litigation. Bahe-Jachna is an Advisory Board Member of Leading Lawyers and is a member of the Litigation Section, Leadership, of the American Bar Association. She received the Illinois Lawyers Assistance Program’s Executive Director Award in 2019. Bahe-Jachna received her B.A. summa cum laude from Wartburg College and her J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where she was the Notes and Comment Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review and a Presidential Scholar.
Hugh S. Balsam
Hugh S. Balsam
Hugh S. Balsam is a Partner at Locke Lord LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in appellate law, business litigation and dispute resolution, IP pharmaceutical and biotechnology, and personal injury. He is a member of the Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association. Balsam received his B.A. from Lawrence University, his M.M. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and his J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the law review.
Karen F. Botterud
Karen F. Botterud
Karen F. Botterud is an attorney with Axiom Global Inc., in Chicago, where she focuses on commercial transactions and government contracting. She is a multifaceted lawyer with broad legal experience in institutional and entrepreneurial, in-house and law firm, and domestic and international settings. Botterud received her B.S. from Indiana University and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Michael Cedillos
Michael Cedillos
Michael Cedillos is a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, in Chicago, and concentrates in financial services litigation. Cedillos has been listed as an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers Network and an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star. Cedillos graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School and with distinction from the University of California Berkley. While at law school, Cedillos was the Executive Editor of First Impressions, Michigan Law Review’s online symposium forum, Volume 106; Associate Editor, Michigan Law Review, Volume 105; and recipient of Raymond K. and John R. Dykema Scholarship Award.
Paul J. Coogan
Paul J. Coogan
Paul J. Coogan is an associate at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, in Chicago, and concentrates on commercial litigation and appeal. Coogan received a B.A. from Marquette University and a J.D. cum laude from The John Marshall Law School. While in law school, Coogan served as the Student Publications Editor of The John Marshall Law Review.
William F. Cook VI
William F. Cook VI
William F. Cook VI is an associate with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on civil litigation. Cook is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and Celtic Legal Society of Chicago. He earned two B.A.s from John Carroll University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
T. Hudson Cross IV
T. Hudson Cross IV
T. Hudson Cross IV is an associate at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, in Chicago, and concentrates in commercial litigation. Cross graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and earned his B.S. from Indiana University-Bloomington. While in law school, Cross served on the Editorial Board of the UIC John Marshall Law Review as a Student Publications Editor.
Allison E. Czerniak
Allison E. Czerniak
Allison E. Czerniak is an associate at Vedder Price P.C., in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on commercial litigation. Czerniak has been honored as an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star and a Best Lawyers in America One to Watch. She received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and her J.D. summa cum laude from the University of St. Thomas School of Law.
Richard G. Douglass
Richard G. Douglass
Richard G. Douglass, of Douglass P.C., in Chicago,has over 20 years of experience representing clients in complex litigation and arbitration. Douglass received his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, where he was the Articles Editor of the University of Georgia Law Review, and received his B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh.
Michael D. Educate
Michael D. Educate
Michael D. Educate is a Partner at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, in Chicago, in the firm’s Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Tax & Business Planning Groups. Educate was selected as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2021 – 2022) and is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Scott Fintzen
Scott Fintzen
Scott Fintzen is a Partner at Gaido & Fintzen, in Chicago and St. Charles, and concentrates his practice in corporate, exempt organizations, employment, transactional, intellectual property, data privacy and security, and estate planning. Fintzen received his BSFS from Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, and his J.D. from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
Ellen M. Hemminger
Ellen M. Hemminger
Ellen M. Hemminger is an associate at Vedder Price P.C., in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on labor and employment. Hemminger is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She received her B.A. from Marquette University and her J.D. cum laude from DePaul University College of Law.
Howard K. Jeruchimowitz
Howard K. Jeruchimowitz
Howard K. Jeruchimowitz is a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, in Chicago, and concentrates his practice in commercial real estate, construction, and financial services litigation. Jeruchimowitz is the immediate former Cochair of the American Bar Association’s Real Estate, Condemnation & Trust Committee and now serves as a member of the ABA’s virtual board committee. He has been selected as a Leading Lawyer in real estate commercial litigation and real estate finance (2015 – 2022) and has been profiled in the Leading Lawyers magazine for the real estate, construction, and environmental edition. Jeruchimowitz received his B.A. cum laude from Brandeis University and his J.D. cum laude from Cornell Law School.
Justin Kanter
Justin Kanter
Justin Kanter is a Partner at Gaido & Fintzen, in Chicago, and focuses on advising businesses and commercial litigation. Kanter graduated from Tulane University and Washington University in St. Louis School of Law and was Editor of the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy.
Aaron S. Klein
Aaron S. Klein
Aaron S. Klein is an associate with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, in Chicago, and concentrates his practice on a range of commercial litigation matters in both state and federal court, including complex business litigation, financial services, real estate, and gaming matters. Klein also volunteers his time representing litigation clients through Lawyers for the Creative Arts, as well as pro se litigants with civil rights claims through the Northern District of Illinois. He received his B.A. from Michigan State University, James Madison College, and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief of the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Volume 47; and a Dean’s Fellow in Civil Procedure.
Lena A. Madison
Lena A. Madison
Lena A. Madison is an associate at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, in Chicago, and focuses her practice on finance. Madison received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina, where she was a Senior Staff Editor for the North Carolina Journal of International Law, and her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.
Mitchell L. Marinello
Mitchell L. Marinello
Mitchell L. Marinello is a Partner with Novack and Macey LLP, in Chicago, and has more than 30 years of experience in commercial litigation, arbitration, and trials. Marinello is a frequent author on issues relating to business law and arbitration. Marinello received his B.A. magna cum laude from Wesleyan University, was a fellow of the Thomas J. Watson Foundation (studying labor policy) in London, England, and received his J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Christopher S. Moore
Christopher S. Moore
Christopher S. Moore is the founder and principal of Chris Moore Law LLC, in Chicago, a commercial litigation firm. Prior to founding the firm, he was a Partner at Novack and Macey LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrated his practice in complex business litigation. Moore is a member of the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Leah G. Nolan
Leah G. Nolan
Leah G. Nolan is an associate at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in professional liability and tort litigation. Nolan loves the challenge of complex litigation and has worked on cases from inception through trial. Nolan received her J.D. summa cum laude from Northern Illinois University.
Tyler J. Pratt
Tyler J. Pratt
Tyler J. Pratt serves as General Counsel for Pavlov Media in Champaign. Pratt was previously a Partner at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Champaign, where he concentrated his practice in trucking, professional liability, and commercial litigation. Pratt has been named an Emerging Lawyer (2018 – 2022) and is a member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, Transportation Lawyers Association, and the Illinois State and Champaign County Bar Associations. He received his J.D. cum laude from the Valparaiso University School of Law and B.A. magna cum laude from the University of St. Francis.
Brandon C. Prosansky
Brandon C. Prosansky
Brandon C. Prosansky is a Partner at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, in Chicago, and focuses on commercial litigation and motor vehicle distribution. Prosansky has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America — Franchise Law (2023) and Emerging Lawyers Network (2015 – 2023) and is a member of the American Bar Association. He earned his J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law and a B.A. summa cum laude and B.S. summa cum laude from Miami University.
David S. Repking
David S. Repking
David S. Repking is an associate at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation. Repking has been listed as an Emerging Lawyer with the Leading Lawyers Network and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. He received his B.Mus. magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University, his M.M. from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and his J.D. summa cum laude from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was valedictorian, Order of the Coif, Executive Articles Editor for the Chicago-Kent Law Review, and the recipient of several CALI Awards.
Isabella Seeberg
Isabella Seeberg
Isabella Seeberg is an associate at Locke Lord LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice on civil litigation. Seeberg received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School and her B.A. from Miami University.
Matthew F. Singer
Matthew F. Singer
Matthew F. Singer is a Partner at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses on litigation and manufacturing, distribution, and franchising. Singer has been selected as an Illinois Rising Stars Super Lawyer (2014 – 2019) and was a Member of Rush University Medical Center Associates Board (2014 – 2021). He received his B.A. from Hanover College and his J.D. cum laude from Indiana University School of Law — Bloomington, where he was Senior Managing Editor of the India Law Journal and on the Moot Court Board.
Patrick H. Smith
Patrick H. Smith
Patrick H. Smith is a Partner at Douglass P.C., in Chicago, and concentrates on commercial litigation. Smith is coauthor of State Taxation of Pass-Through Entities and Their Owners, published by Warren, Gorham & Lamont, a division of Thomson Reuters and has authored articles for national publications on state taxation of multistate businesses, including constitutional treatment under the Due Process Clause and the Commerce Clause. Smith graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law and Harvard Business School.
Thomas R. Stilp
Thomas R. Stilp
Thomas R. Stilp is a Partner at Stilp Business Law, P.C., in Chicago, and focuses his practice on business litigation and real estate. Stilp is a 2019 recipient of an Award in Excellence and Public Interest and Pro Bono Service. He received his B.A. from Northwestern University, his MM/MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and his LLM from The John Marshall Law School.
Howard J. Swibel
Howard J. Swibel
Howard J. Swibel is a Senior Partner at Saul Ewing LLP in Chicago, where he has developed substantial expertise in both the corporate transactional and litigation areas over a legal career spanning nearly 50 years. He has spoken on a broad range of topics related to the corporate and litigation areas, including for the American and Chicago Bar Associations. He has served for many years as an Illinois Commissioner to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and as a Trustee of the Uniform Law Foundation. In 2007, he completed his service as president of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. He serves as an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers, hearing complex claims. He also serves as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Mr. Swibel received both his A.B. and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard University.
Anushi Trivedi
Anushi Trivedi
Anushi Trivedi is associate corporate counsel at Milhouse Engineering and Construction, Inc., in Chicago. Trivedi is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel. She received her J.D. cum laude from Northern Illinois University College of Law and her B.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she was a commencement speaker.

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Elizabeth E. Babbitt

Ruth A. Bahe-Jachna

Hugh S. Balsam

Karen F. Botterud

Michael Cedillos

Paul J. Coogan

William F. Cook VI

T. Hudson Cross IV

Allison E. Czerniak

Richard G. Douglass

Michael D. Educate

Scott Fintzen

Ellen M. Hemminger

Howard K. Jeruchimowitz

Justin Kanter

Aaron S. Klein

Lena A. Madison

Mitchell L. Marinello

Christopher S. Moore

Leah G. Nolan

Tyler J. Pratt

Brandon C. Prosansky

David S. Repking

Isabella Seeberg

Matthew F. Singer

Patrick H. Smith

Thomas R. Stilp

Howard J. Swibel

Anushi Trivedi

Contract Law 2023 Edition