Mary Meg McCarthy is the executive director of Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), one of the nation’s leading immigrant and human rights advocacy organizations. Under her leadership, NIJC has grown to a staff...
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...
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...
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...
Priscilla A. (Pam) Walter is a partner in the Chicago office of Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP and the founder of its Cyberlaw and Intellectual Property practice, which is part of the Technology Department. The...
Justice Joy Virginia Cunningham was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court in 2022. She was elected to a full term in 2024. Prior to her judicial service Justice Cunningham served as Senior Vice President -General...
Sharon Hwang is a Shareholder at Buchanan. She practices in all areas of intellectual property law with a particular emphasis on patent litigation. She helps her clients maximize the value of their intellectual property and...
