Chicago Lawyers Named Illinois Super Lawyers and Illinois Rising Stars 2010

CHICAGO (March 12, 2010) — McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that more than 60 of its Chicago lawyers have been named Illinois Super Lawyers by Law & Politics.  Illinois Super Lawyers identified the top five percent of the lawyers in Illinois based on a survey and research conducted by Law & Politics.  Three McDermott partners, Michael Pope, David Rosenbloom and Jeffrey Stone were named among the Top 100 Lawyers in Illinois.  Three women partners, Carol Harrington, Andrea Kramer and Nancy Ross, were named among the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Illinois. 

Additionally more than 10 of McDermott Will & Emery's partners have been recognized as Illinois Rising Stars by Law & Politics.  Rising Stars are lawyers under the age of 40 that have been in practice for 10 years or less and are chosen as a result of surveys completed by recently recognized Super Lawyers.

Illinois Super Lawyers
 
Fred M. Ackerson, Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions
Michael F. Anthony, Health Care, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance & Compliance
David A. Baker, Estate Planning & Probate
George W. Benson, Tax
John G. Bisbikis, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation
Wilber H. Boies, Business Litigation, Class Actions/Mass Torts, Employee Benefits, ERISA
Thomas Borders, Tax, Professional Liability: Defense, Criminal Defense: White Collar
Michael L. Boykins, Banking, Securities & Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions
Bernadette M. Broccolo, Health Care, Information Technology/Outsourcing
Joshua T. Buchman, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Business Litigation, Corporate Governance & Compliance
Joel G. Chefitz, Antitrust Litigation, Business Litigation
Nathan F. Coco, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business/Corporate, Business Litigation
Richard L. Dees, Estate Planning & Probate, Closely Held Business, Tax
Thomas H. Donohoe, Tax
Linda M. Doyle, Employment & Labor, Business Litigation, Employment Litigation: Defense
Margaret M. Duncan, Intellectual Property
Stephen D. Erf, Employment & Labor, Civil Rights/First Amendment, Employment Litigation: Defense
Michael R. Fayhee, Tax
Kevin J. Feeley, Tax
Fred I. Feinstein, Real Estate, Environmental, Business Litigation
Helen R. Friedli, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance, Business/Corporate
Steven P. Handler, Civil Litigation Defense, Class Action/Mass Torts, Securities Litigation
Carol A. Harrington, Estate Planning & Probate, Estate & Trust Litigation
Q. George Heisler, Jr., Estate Planning & Probate, Closely Held Business, Tax
John P. Hendrickson, PC, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Mergers & Acquisitions
David A. Herpe, Estate Planning & Probate
Donald B. Hilliker, Legal Aid/Legal Services, Business Litigation
Robert G. Hoban, Health Care
Thomas M. Jones, Tax
Kenneth J. Jurek, Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation, Anitrust Litigation
Dean A. Kant, Health Care
Jared Kaplan, Tax, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Securities & Corporate Finance
Gary C. Karch, Tax
Andrea S. Kramer, Tax, Banking, Business/Corporate
Bernard S. Kramer, Securities & Corporate Finance, Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
Richard A. Lang, Estate Planning & Probate, Tax, Closely Held Business
David Marx, Jr., Antitrust Litigation
Jane W. May, Tax
Judith W. McCue, Estate Planning & Probate
Andrew W. McCune, Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance
Stanley H. Meadows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance
William W. Merten, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Mergers & Acquisitions
Stephen R. Miller, Employee Benefits/ERISA
M. Read Moore, Estate Planning & Probate
Christopher M. Murphy, Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation
Alan D. Nesburg, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Michael W. Peregrine, Health Care
Joan Polacheck, Health Care
William R. Pomierski, Tax
Michael A. Pope, Class Action/Mass Torts, General Litigation
Barry J. Quirke, Tax, International
Lazar Raynal, Business Litigation, Estate & Trust Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar,
David S. Rosenbloom, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, General Litigation
Nancy G. Ross, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., Estate Planning & Probate, Closely Held Business, Tax
Steven S. Scholes, Securities Litigation, Business Litigation
William P. Schuman, Securities Litigation, Civil Litigation Defense, Business Litigation
William P. Smith, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Jeffrey E. Stone, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Business Litigation, Health Care
Domingo P. Such, III, Estate Planning & Probate, Business/Corporate
Neal J. White, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance, Closely Held Business
Lowell D. Yoder, Tax, International

Illinois Rising Stars

Mark J. Altschul, General Litigation
Jennifer A. Diver, Antitrust Litigation
Ashley McKinney Fischer, Health Care
Aron J. Frakes, Class Action/Mass Torts, Construction Litigation, Business Litigation
Ryan Harding, Estate Planning & Probate, Family Law, Estate & Trust Litigation
Ryan D. Harris, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance, Business/Corporate
Elizabeth B. Herrington, Business Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts
Neil T. Kawashima, Estate Planning & Probate
Amanda J. Metts, Business Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar
Elizabeth A. Savard, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Geoffrey A. Vance, Civil Litigation Defense, Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation
Jamie A. Weyeneth, Employee Benefits/ERISA

The goal of Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of lawyers to be used as a resource to assist lawyers and sophisticated consumers in the search for legal counsel.  For more information visit www.superlawyers.com.

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