Liisa Thomas is the Office Managing Partner of the Chicago office of Sheppard Mullin, where she supports the firm’s Chicago strategy, growth, and operations. She works closely with firm leadership and with Chicago’s business and...

Jessica A. Garascia is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary at AAR (NYSE: AIR), a leading aviation services provider to commercial and government customers worldwide. Joining AAR in February of 2020,...

Mary Ann Hynes was appointed as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Corn Products International, Inc., in 2006. She came to Corn Products with a wealth of experience in the role of vice...

Nida Ghaffar is a trusted real estate attorney and the Office Managing Partner for the Husch Blackwell LLP Chicago office. Nida focuses her practice on real estate acquisitions and dispositions, retail, industrial, and office leasing...

Tanya Jaeger de Foras joined Ingredion as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, November 29, 2021. Tanya is a member of the Executive Leadership Team reporting directly to...

Laurel Bellows, a principal of The Bellows Law Group, P.C., represents executives, in the United States and internationally. Laurel is an experienced business lawyer counseling senior executives and corporations on employment matters, employment and severance...

Managing Partner, Jenner & Block, ChicagoMelissa M. Root is a restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer. She has deep experience representing creditors, official committees, debtors, examiners and trustees in complex financial restructuring matters and high stakes bankruptcy...

Linda is a business litigator and appellate lawyer and leads the firm’s celebrated Litigation Department. She is known for her strong business sense, clear briefs, and compelling oral advocacy. She has argued more than 70...

Cardelle is the managing partner of Winston’s Chicago office. Over her 20-year career as an employment litigator and advisor, Cardelle has concentrated her practice on employment relations litigation and counseling matters. She has significant experience...

Jennifer Kenedy is a Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, a newly combined AmLaw 30 international law firm with over 1,600 attorneys. Prior to taking on her new role at Troutman...