Chicago Lawyers Named 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
CHICAGO (February 3, 2009) — McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that several 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.
Additionally several 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
Michael F. Anthony, Health Care
David A. Baker, Estate Planning & Probate
George W. Benson, Tax
John G. Bisbikis, Intellectual Property
Wilber H. Boies, Business Litigation
Thomas Borders, Tax
Michael L. Boykins, Banking
Bernadette M. Broccolo, Health Care
Joshua T. Buchman, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Joel G. Chefitz, Antitrust Litigation
Richard L. Dees, Estate Planning & Probate
Ralph E. DeJong, Health Care
Thomas H. Donohoe, Tax
Linda M. Doyle, Employment & Labor
David J. Duez, Tax
Margaret M. Duncan, Intellectual Property
Stephen D. Erf, Employment & Labor
Michael R. Fayhee, Tax
Fred I. Feinstein, Real Estate
Helen R. Friedli, Mergers & Acquisitions
Steven P. Handler, Civil Litigation Defense
Carol A. Harrington, Estate Planning & Probate
Q. George Heisler, Jr., Estate Planning & Probate
John P. Hendrickson, PC, Employee Benefits/ERISA
David A. Herpe, Estate Planning & Probate
Donald B. Hilliker, Legal Aid/Legal Services
Robert G. Hoban, Health Care
Thomas M. Jones, Tax
Kenneth J. Jurek, Intellectual Property Litigation
Dean A. Kant, Health Care
Jared Kaplan, Tax
Gary C. Karch, Tax
Andrea S. Kramer, Tax
Bernard S. Kramer, Securities & Corporate Finance
Richard A. Lang, Estate Planning & Probate
David Marx, Jr., Antitrust Litigation
Jane W. May, Tax
Judith W. McCue, Estate Planning & Probate
Robert J. McMenamin, Banking
Stanley H. Meadows, Mergers & Acquisitions
William W. Merten, Employee Benefits/ERISA
M. Read Moore, Estate Planning & Probate
Diane M. Morgenthaler, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Christopher M. Murphy, Class Action/Mass Torts
Alan D. Nesburg, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Gerald M. Offutt, Real Estate
Michael W. Peregrine, Health Care
Joan Polacheck, Health Care
William R. Pomierski, Tax
Michael A. Pope, Class Action/Mass Torts
Barry J. Quirke, Tax
Saundra L. Rice, Family Law
David S. Rosenbloom, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Nancy G. Ross, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., Estate Planning & Probate
Steven S. Scholes, Securities Litigation
William P. Schuman, Securities Litigation
William P. Smith, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Jeffrey E. Stone, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Domingo P. Such, III, Estate Planning & Probate
Douglas Whitney, Criminal Defense: White Collar
Lowell D. Yoder, Tax
Illinois Rising Stars
Catherine A. Battin, Tax
John M. Callahan, Mergers & Acquisitions/Health Care
Jared R. Cloud, Trust & Estate Litigation
Nathan F. Coco, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Ashley McKinney Fischer, Health Care
Aron J. Frakes, Class Action/Mass Torts
Ryan Harding, Estate Planning & Probate
Ryan D. Harris, Mergers & Acquisitions
Brent A. Hawkins, Intellectual Property
Elizabeth B. Herrington, Business Litigation
Neil T. Kawashima, Estate Planning & Probate
Amanda J. Metts, Business Litigation
Elizabeth A. Savard, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Geoffrey A. Vance, Civil Litigation Defense
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.
