Camille A. Olson

Mark Kindelin is a veteran legal adviser in treasury management and payment products for the banking and financial services industry. He provides skilled legal counsel on the products and services financial institutions offer and on the complex laws that govern the industry. In addition, Mark provides broad corporate and transaction representation to businesses at all stages of growth, and he applies his many years of experience to support clients in realizing their commercial and transaction...

Bob Riley is a trial lawyer. He has tried a broad array of complex, high-stakes cases and has argued appeals in state and federal courts across the country. His practice focuses on product liability, mass torts, and environmental cases; class actions; and general commercial litigation. Bob’s appellate work has given rise to over forty reported decisions concerning trial consolidations, punitive damages, civil conspiracy, class certification, and constitutional interpretation. He litigat...

Janet Garetto is a partner in the IP group. Her practice spans the firm’s Trademarks & Copyrights, Patents and IP Litigation practice groups. Janet counsels clients on IP issues facing their brands. In addition, she counsels clients on patent protection and litigation prevention issues with a focus on chemical and mechanical technologies. Janet also serves as the Managing Partner of Nixon Peabody’s Chicago office. What do you focus on? I focus my practice on three main areas, ...

Karl Barnickol takes pride in providing practical litigation advice tailored to meet client-specific goals and counseling clients on best practices for business growth and litigation avoidance. His litigation practice focuses on defending complex mass tort and class action cases, including products and publisher liability matters, securities fraud and shareholder derivative litigation, and price-fixing and unfair competition claims. In particular, Karl has significant experience representing ...

Steve Sandler has spent more than 50 years counseling and advising developer and investor clients in the acquisition, disposition, leasing, development, financing and structuring of all types of real estate and real estate transactions. Steve's range of experience includes complex, high-stakes projects involving major office buildings, hotels, apartment buildings, industrial buildings and unimproved land. He has particular depth of skill in structuring transactions and all phases of financing...

Partner at McDermott Will & Emery -- 1991 - present Co-chairman at McDermott Will & Emery -- 2010-present Previously, head of Trial Department and head of White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group. Served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois from 1986-1991 focusing on the prosecution of white-collar crime.

Commercial real estate investors trust Kenneth Jacobson to guide them through high-dollar transactions in all kinds of economic environments. He helps capital providers like real estate investment trusts (REITs), commercial banks, insurance companies and investment funds invest in commercial real estate through a world of different product types and investment structures. Thanks to a rigorous focus on issues that matter, Ken executes deals with maximum efficiency. Ken has a well-honed ability...

As an advisor and counselor to entrepreneurs, closely held businesses, and wealthy families and their family offices, Steve Gustafson draws upon multiple disciplines to provide integrated tax, business and financial advice. Steve’s practice has a substantial emphasis in the areas of tax and financial transactions, including structuring corporate, joint venture, commercial and real estate transactions, as well as assisting family businesses with tax and financial planning matters. He als...

Jim Gaughan is a tough, talented, and experienced commercial litigator who has used his considerable experience and equanimity to successfully represent clients in a wide range of complex and challenging class action lawsuits in jurisdictions across the country. He is relentless about preparation and tactics, constantly weighing and analyzing the respective strengths of his clients, as well as their adversaries, in order to create the most effective and efficient legal strategies.

As a seasoned litigator with the added benefit of in-house experience, Maile takes pride in her in-depth understanding of her clients, their businesses, and their industries so she can anticipate their needs, their pain points, and the internal and external pressures they face. With over 20 years of experience litigating and counseling clients in all types of commercial litigation, Maile is meticulous, responsive, tough, and strategic. Since joining Barack Ferrazzano, Maile has represented cl...