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Anthony E. Antognoli
Anthony E. Antognoli
Anthony E. Antognoliis a Partner with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses on the representation of large and mid-size clients in the areas of employee benefits, executive compensation, and tax law. He is recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Employee Benefits Law by Leading Lawyers magazine (2018 – present), and he has also served as an adjunct professor of tax law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law (2007 – present). Antognoli earned his B.S. from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he also received a Certificate in Tax Law.
Michael R. Booden
Michael R. Booden
Michael R. Booden is Senior Technology Counsel for HUB International Limited, in Chicago, where his practice is focused on technology agreements, cybersecurity, labor and employment litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. He is a Program Chair of the Association of Corporate Counsel’s (ACC) Employment & Labor Law Network, a past President and current board member of the Chicago chapter of the ACC, and a Certified Information Privacy Professional (in both U.S. and European law) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Booden served as a Judicial Law Clerk for Justice John J. Stamos of the Illinois Supreme Court. He is also an adjunct professor at The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law School. Booden earned his B.S. from Northern Illinois University and his J.D. from The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Lisa M. Burman
Lisa M. Burman
Lisa M. Burman is a Partner with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation. She is, and has for many years been recognized as, a Leading Lawyer in the area of Employee Benefits Law. Burman has previously served as Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Employee Benefits Committee and has also received the IRS Commissioner’s Award in the Great Lakes Tax-Exempt/Governmental Entities Division. Additionally, she received the American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in both Employee Benefits and Securities Law. Burman received her B.S. from Loyola University of Chicago and her J.D. and her LL.M. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. She is also a certified public accountant.
Margaret Curtiss Hannon
Margaret Curtiss Hannon
Margaret Curtiss Hannonis a Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she focuses on legal research and writing on labor and employment law. She has been recognized and awarded the Dean’s Teaching Award (2010) and the Dean’s Teaching Award Honorable Mention (2011). Hannon is the Co-Editor-in-Chief, Legal Communications and Rhetoric: JALWD, and she is also a member of the Advisory Board for Women Also Know Law. She earned her B.A. cum laude from Binghamton University and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as Note Editor and Associate Editor of the Michigan Law Review.
James Harbert
James Harbert
James Harbertis a Partner with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in employee plans counseling and litigation. He has served on the American Bar Association, Faculty for ERISA Basics National Institute (2013 – 2015). Harbert received the Big Shoulders Fund Director’s Award for his pro bono legal work in support of inner-city Chicago Catholic schools, and he was formerly the Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Chief Counsel to the Internal Revenue Service. He received his A.B. from the College of William and Mary and his J.D. from the University of Virginia.
Rachael E. Kohl
Rachael E. Kohl
Rachael E. Kohl is a Clinical Faculty Member at the University of Michigan Law School, in Ann Arbor, where she focuses on labor and employment, civil rights, litigation, and administrative law. She is a member of the Association of American Law Schools, the Clinical Legal Education Association, and the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Michigan State Bar. Ms. Kohl earned her B.A. with distinction from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from Wayne State University Law School.
Mary Nagel
Mary Nagel
Mary Nagel is a Visiting Professor and Director of Externships at The John Marshall Law School at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Nagle is a member of the American Bar Association, the Legal Writing Institute, and the Association of Legal Writing Directors. She earned her B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Michael C. Rosenblat
Michael C. Rosenblat
Michael C. Rosenblat, of Rosenblat Law, in Northbrook, concentrates his practice in healthcare fraud, False Claims Act litigation, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He is a member of the ABA’s Healthcare Fraud and Compliance List Committee, ISBA’s List Committees on Criminal Justice and Health Care Law, and he gave a seminar on Prosecuting and Defending Claims under the False Claims Act to the Chicago County Bar Association. Rosenblat received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Don R. Sampen
Don R. Sampen
Don R. Sampen is a Partner at Clausen Miller P.C. in Chicago, where he focuses on appellate work, insurance coverage litigation, and commercial litigation. He has taught as an adjunct professor at several Chicago-area law schools, including insurance law, trial practice, pretrial litigation, and other subjects. He is the former Chief of Special Litigation and former Chief of the Public Interest Division for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, where he concentrated on complex civil litigation. He is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is an Illinois Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage. He has argued appeals in the Illinois Supreme Court, all five Illinois appellate districts, four other state appellate courts, and six U.S. Courts of Appeals. Mr. Sampen received his J.D. magna cum laude from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Kent Sezer
Kent Sezer
Kent Sezer is a Partner with Neal & Leroy, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in labor and employment law. Prior to joining the firm, he was general counsel for the Illinois Human Rights Commission, where he provided legal advice to commissioners deciding claims of employment discrimination under the Illinois Human Rights Act. Mr. Sezer is a member of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, Employment Law Council, and the Chicago Bar Association, Labor and Employment Committee. He earned is J.D. order of the Coif from Washington University.
Todd D. Steenson
Todd D. Steenson
Todd D. Steenson serves as Assistant General Counsel for Exelon Business Services Corporation. He is a member of the American and Federal Bar Associations. Mr. Steenson earned his B.A. summa cum laude from Augsburg College and his J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Anthony E. Antognoli

Michael R. Booden

Lisa M. Burman

Margaret Curtiss Hannon

James Harbert

Rachael E. Kohl

Mary Nagel

Michael C. Rosenblat

Don R. Sampen

Kent Sezer

Todd D. Steenson

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