Cathy G. O’Kelly is a member of the Board of Directors of Vedder Price. As a member of the firm’s Investment Services group, her practice includes representation of mutual funds and their boards of directors,...

Jennifer Nijman is a founding partner of the environmental firm Nijman·Franzetti LLP. She was formerly a partner and chair of the environmental practice group at the Chicago office of Winston & Strawn. She concentrates her...

Jill Nicholson is a partner and trial lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP and chair of the firm’s national Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice. She concentrates her practice in commercial bankruptcy and insolvency matters, creditors’...

Practice Areas Compensation & Employment Law Practice Focus Employee benefits (single employer, multi-employer and multinational) and executive compensation legal practice. Practice Description Ms. McBreen designs and drafts tax-qualified retirement plans and addresses operational and fiduciary...

Terri L. Mascherin is a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, practicing in the Firm’s Litigation Department. She is a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, and Unfair Competition, False Advertising and Lanham...

Patricia Brown Holmes is the first African-American woman to lead and have her name on the door of a major law firm that is not women- or minority-owned. She is a highly respected and accomplished...

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...

Cathy Birkeland is a global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Capital Markets Practice and the Office Managing Partner of the Chicago office. Ms. Birkeland’s practice focuses on capital marketstransactions, public company representation, corporate governance, and...

Christine Edwards is a partner in Winston & Strawn’s corporate practice group. Ms. Edwards focuses on the regulation of the financial services industry”? particularly the securities and banking industries”?as well as corporate governance and public...

Jessica Fairchild has established a reputation as a thoughtful, practical advisor who provides business-focused solutions for her clients. As the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Management Committee and partner at Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC,...