Paras Shah

Rachel Brown is a partner in the Real Estate Group in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on finance, venture formation, acquisitions and dispositions, and development. She advises borrowers and lenders in all types of real estate based financing transactions including first mortgage loans, construction loans, mezzanine financings, credit facilities, subscription facilities and other structured financings. Rachel also represents clients on workouts, loan sales...

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

Shareholder Heidi Storz joined the firm in 1999 and has more than 20 years of experience in construction defect litigation. Prior to attending law school, Heidi served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Belize, Central America where she worked with young adults and children who had experienced physical or sexual abuse. While in Belize, Heidi traveled to every high school in the country to conduct the first ever study quantifying the incidence of child abuse. Before serving in the Peace Corps, Heid...

Steven M. Augspurger is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Workers' Compensation Law - Employers. Steven M., who practices law in Des Moines, Iowa, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Steven M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jason Teele is a Member of the Firm’s Creditors’ Rights/Bankruptcy Reorganization Practice Group, bringing more than two decades of experience. He represents an array of clients in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings and distressed situations throughout the United States. Mr. Teele also handles commercial litigation and transactional matters for clients, and provides actionable advice concerning corporate directors’ and officers’ fiduciary duties and strategies compa...

Victor Sherman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: General Practice. Victor, who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 1995. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Victor is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Attorney Anthony Naro, owner of Naro Law, is a criminal law and family law attorney with over 17 years of experience. His practice is focused on criminal defense, DWI defense, family law, and Supreme Court appeals. He also represents clients facing disciplinary action before professional boards for alleged criminal conduct and people who have been found responsible for abuse and neglect by DCYF and wish to pursue an administrative appeal. Attorney Naro has over a decade of experience helping ...

Rebecca McKelvey Castañeda is a Member of the firm in the Nashville and Franklin offices. She works exclusively in the practice known as Family Law with an emphasis in international family law, especially parental child abductions from country to country. She has significant experience with cases brought under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act. The United States has signed this particular H...

William P. Rose is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law. William P., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which William P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Kirk J. Goza is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Kirk J., who practices law in Overland Park, Kansas, has been recognized since 2001. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kirk J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.