Margaret A. Connery

Steven L. Brenneman is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Employment Law - Management. Steven L. practices law in Chicago, Illinois Best Lawyers has recognized Steven L. Brenneman since 2013. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Steven L. Brenneman is held by other lawyers.

Head of the Securities practice group, Mark Wood is a highly skilled, pragmatic and client-focused practitioner with extensive experience representing public companies and investment banks in a wide variety of ongoing and transactional matters. These include IPOs and other public offerings of equity and debt securities, as well as mergers, acquisitions and other strategic transactions. Mark is also a leading advisor to institutional investors in highly structured private investment in public ...

Catherine (Cate) A. Battin represents clients in state and local tax controversies at the audit, administrative and judicial levels in numerous jurisdictions. She provides national state tax strategies for clients on a full range of state tax issues, including income tax apportionment, nexus, combination and sales tax characterization of products and services. She has defended numerous internet sellers in cases brought under the Illinois False Claims Act alleging fraudulent failures to collec...

Paul E. Bateman serves as counsel for both domestic and foreign companies, including manufacturers, retailers, and long-term care facilities, in all facets of labor and employment law. His practice includes representing and counseling employers in: Employment discrimination Wrongful discharge Wage and hour issues Traditional labor law matters Labor arbitrations Injunction proceedings With significant litigation experience at both the trial and appellate levels, Paul has appeared in federal an...

William R. Fahey is a Chicago, Illinois, lawyer with Cooney & Conway LLP whose practice focuses on Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, including asbestos litigation and mesothelioma claims. He received his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in 1980 and began his legal career as a prosecutor with the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office in Geneva, Illinois. During more than four years as a prosecutor, he handled serious felony cases and was named Prosecutor of the Yea...

Nathaniel Carden is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Tax Law. Nathaniel practices law in Chicago, Illinois Best Lawyers has recognized Nathaniel Carden since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Nathaniel Carden is held by other lawyers.

Andy is the chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He has extensive experience advising clients in commercial real estate transactions, including the formation of joint ventures and real estate opportunity funds (private equity LP and/or GP funds), acquisitions, developments, financings, sale-leasebacks and dispositions. Learn more about their practice.

Edward A. Mas II is a Shareholder at McAndrews, and has been described by his clients and peers as a “terrifically savvy litigator” who “routinely secures the best position for his clients.” As an advocate, he is “experienced, smart, aggressive, and effective.” For more than twenty years, Ed’s trial and appellate litigation practice has focused on complex patent and technology-related litigation. He has served as lead trial counsel in numerous patent ...

Ms. Mogul is a Partner with Grund & Leavitt. She has concentrated her practice in the field of family and matrimonial law, with a special emphasis in litigation.Ms. Mogul received her Juris Doctor, with honors, from the Chicago–Kent College of Law in 1998 with a certificate from the Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution program. Ms. Mogul actively taught trial advocacy at leading law schools in Chicago and has been invited to participate in the University of Chicago Law Scho...

James F. Botana is a principal in the Chicago, Illinois, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He represents management in employment cases in federal and state courts, and before administrative agencies in a variety of employment and labor-related claims. Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, he was a prosecutor and a senior attorney in the Employment Litigation Department of the Office of the Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago. He has successfully prosecuted and defended numerous civil and crimin...