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Michael Terrence Egan Jr. is a lawyer with Cooney & Conway LLP in Chicago, Illinois. Before joining the firm as an associate in 2001, he served for nine years as a Police Officer for the City of Chicago. Mr. Egan earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois Chicago and graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois Chicago Law School in 2000. His practice includes civil trial matters involving asbestos litigation, product liability, medical malpractice, construction negligence, pr...

Lawrence Levin primarily represents public companies, private companies and investment banks on a wide range of regulatory, transactional and general corporate matters. He is the co-head of Katten's Corporate Securities practice in Chicago. Larry primarily advises publicly traded issuers on day-to-day federal securities law disclosure and compliance matters and board corporate governance. He also represents issuers and underwriters in offerings of equity, debt, Rule 144A high-yield offerings ...

David Zwaska is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Family Law, Family Law Arbitration and Family Law Mediation. David practices law in Chicago, Illinois Best Lawyers has recognized David Zwaska since 2025. 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 David Zwaska is held by other lawyers.

John O’Neil’s legal knowledge, business savvy, and leadership of complex transactions have earned him a reputation as a global leader in private equity fund matters. John heads the Investment Funds Practice Group, the Firm’s leading-edge global platform that provides innovative and bespoke legal strategies to sponsors and funds of all kinds. John is also a member of the Firm's Executive Committee. John has been recognized by Chamber’s Global, Chambers USA, IFLR 1000, L...

Robert J. Cooney, Jr. is a Chicago, Illinois trial lawyer with Cooney & Conway LLP. He earned his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in 1978 and his B.A. from Boston College in 1974. Before joining Cooney & Conway LLP in 1983, Mr. Cooney tried criminal cases as a member of the Homicide Task Force in the Cook County Public Defender’s Office. His practice includes personal injury, wrongful death, mass tort litigation, and plaintiff class actions. He has handled cases involv...

Christine E. Skoczylas is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Insurance Law. Christine E. practices law in Chicago, Illinois Best Lawyers has recognized Christine E. Skoczylas since 2025. 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 Christine E. Skoczylas is held by other lawyers.

Ed Wicks focuses his practice in the areas of real estate transactions and development, secured financings and workouts, leasing transactions and hospitality law. In his years of experience, he has: Represented public and private hospitality companies in the acquisition, management, financing, debt restructuring and disposition of domestic and foreign hotel and resort properties; Represented lenders, special servicers and borrowers in securitized financings, loan enforcement and workouts, and...

Gary Gassman focuses his practice in the areas of insurance coverage counseling and litigation and is co-chair of the firm’s Professional Liability Practice Group. For more than 20 years, his practice has been concentrated on management liability including directors and officers and entity liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, and various types of professional liability and commercial general liability coverage. He also has significant reinsurance experience. G...

Corey E. Light is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Corey E. practices law in Chicago, Illinois Best Lawyers has recognized Corey E. Light since 2016. 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 Corey E. Light is held by other lawyers.

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...