Douglas M. Werman

Peter Sullivan practices in trial and litigation of complex professional liability and commercial litigation cases, including actions against accountants and attorneys, director and officer liability and coverage cases, consumer class action cases and breach of contract cases. Mr. Sullivan also focuses on lender liability suits, real estate litigation, UCC litigation, state and federal securities law claims, RICO claims, business tort litigation and common law fraud actions.

Devon Beane brings clarity and control to complex patent disputes, guiding clients with a strategist’s mindset and a trial lawyer’s precision. Clients rely on her to deliver results in trial, IPRs, and global IP strategy when the stakes are high. Devon helps companies protect their innovations and resolve complex patent disputes in forums where precision and preparation are critical. She has led litigation teams in federal courts across the country, as well as before the Internati...

Emily Nicklin has been lead trial counsel in both jury and bench trials, as well as arbitrations, in various state and federal venues including Arkansas, California, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Her practice includes cases (both individual and class actions) concerning professional liability for accountants and consultants, securities and common law fraud, contract, tort (including product ...

Brooke I. Golding has been exclusively practicing Family Law for more than 25 years. Ms. Golding has represented both spouses and children during the divorce process. Ms. Golding previously served as an approved member of the Cook County Domestic Relations Division’s List of Court Certified Mediators and as an approved member of the Child Representative List for both the Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Relations Division and the 19th Judicial Circuit of Lake County Family Division...

Jeremy D. Margolis is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Jeremy D., who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jeremy D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

As a partner in Barack Ferrazzano’s Real Estate group, Julie has extensive experience in a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions, representing both sponsors and investors in all facets of commercial real estate. She is recognized as an industry leader in matters pertaining to real estate development. Julie regularly advises clients in some of the largest and most complex projects in the U.S., from the predevelopment stage through asset stabilization and disposition. She wo...

Grant H. Peters is a partner in the Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg, a member of the Intellectual Property Department, co-chairman of the Climate Change Practice Group, a member of the Professional Responsibility Committee, and a member of the Internet and Technology Law, Advertising and Marketing, and Nanotechnology Practice Groups. Grant is an experienced attorney with a broad national and international practice focused on intellectual property development, management, protection, ...

Lisa M. Kaderabek focuses her practice on captive insurance, risk transfer, reinsurance and related matters for health care entities and other businesses. Other practice areas include health care transactions, including securities offerings, joint ventures, physician/hospital syndications, tax-exempt bond financings, mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, corporate governance and formation. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/kaderabek-lisa/

Chad Vance is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Insurance and Reinsurance Law. Chad, who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Chad is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Philip Harnett Corboy, Jr. was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1978 and worked in a small white-collar criminal defense firm before joining the criminal division of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office that same year. At the time of his resignation from that public office in 1985, he was a "first-chair" prosecutor - responsible for trying such felonies as murder, rape, armed robbery and kidnapping - in one of the major courtrooms at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building at 26th and Ca...