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Jeffrey Goodfried is a commercial litigator who focuses on cases involving real estate disputes, creditor's rights, breach of contract, and commercial landlord/tenant law, as well as business torts, including fraud, unfair competition and interference with economic advantage. Although based in Los...

Jeryll Cohen is the co-chair of the firm's Trusts & Estates Group. She advises clients on complex trust and estate administration and estate and business succession planning as well as multi-faceted litigation and alternative dispute resolution with regard to trusts and estates, family business...

Matthew Baker handles trust and estate litigation, with a focus on advocating for the rights of beneficiaries and fiduciaries’ conduct in trust and estate matters. Whether it is contesting the validity of a trust or will or representing a fiduciary in a breach of trust claim, Matthew is equipped to...

Thomas Aikin represents both fiduciaries and beneficiaries of trusts, estates and charitable trusts in contested matters, as well as administration. He places a particular emphasis on representing charities, universities, and other non-profit organizations. He has successfully represented clients...

Bill Adams draws on 30 years of legal experience in his work as a trial lawyer who represents businesses, lenders and municipalities in commercial and real estate disputes. He works with both plaintiffs and defendants through verdicts and appeals in jury trials and court trials in both state and...

Counsel From the Earliest Stage of Development Through Disposition of Projects Throughout the continuum of financing, acquiring, developing, leasing and selling real estate are a multitude of complexities to address and challenges to overcome—from regulatory hurdles and shifting capital stacks to...

Elizabeth Witmer advises natural gas companies, public and private utilities and commercial developers about interstate pipeline development, eminent domain/condemnations, land use matters and appellate litigation. Through her more than 25 years of service to these clients, Elizabeth has become well...

Francelina Perdomo Klukosky’s practice and experience involve brand management, trademark prosecution, licensing, and a wide variety of entertainment transactions. Fran's work extends to deals involving video games, esports, live and recorded music, digital media and streaming, digital marketing and...

Fanta Freeman focuses her practice on litigation, particularly matters involving colleges and universities and K-12 schools. Fanta assists these institutional clients when they are facing claims of discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct and retaliation, and supports them in conducting...

Tom Laser is an experienced trial attorney with a focus on general litigation. Businesses, municipalities, colleges and universities, and individuals in Illinois and across the country look to him for representation in consumer financial services litigation (including class actions), appeals, tax...

With approximately 90 percent of the world’s international trade moving by ship, the maritime industry plays an essential role in the global economy. However, challenges such as port congestion, equipment scarcity and labor shortages, all of which were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, continue...

Casey Grabenstein handles complex commercial litigation for clients nationwide across an array of industries. His litigation experience includes class actions involving securities, consumer fraud, and ERISA, including defeating class certification in multiple cases for a leading insurance company...

Jacob Tosti is a litigator and employment lawyer with broad experience representing businesses, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and high-level executives involved in complex commercial disputes and labor and employment issues. His practice includes the defense of high-exposure...

Minjae Kim maintains a broad civil litigation practice, assisting clients from pre-litigation investigation through appeal in complex commercial, intellectual property, and tax disputes. She has experience drafting dispositive motions, appellate briefs, and critical pleadings in state and federal...

Jillian Postal is a member of the Litigation Department in the firm’s Miami office. She maintains a general litigation practice and assists clients with resolving cases involving contract disputes, real estate transactions and intellectual property issues. Her experience includes arbitrating...

Matthew Smith represents clients facing complex commercial litigation and has experience handling cases from the earliest stages of litigation through to jury trials, non-jury trials, and arbitration. He also has experience navigating lawsuits at the appellate level in Pennsylvania. In his Higher...

Joseph Holmes represents employers in employment litigation, including cases related to harassment, discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract and fraud. His litigation experience ranges from preparing briefs and motions and arguing and defending discovery motions, to participating in oral...

Jennifer Becnel-Guzzo draws on 20 years of litigation and in-house experience to provide strategic legal advice to clients, including institutions of higher education and other entities. Jennifer’s former role as associate vice president and deputy general counsel at a major research university...

Peter Zlotnick is a complex corporate and commercial, real estate, construction and health care litigator. He has more than 25 years of legal experience advocating on behalf of and advising high net worth individuals, as well as public and private business entities, private equity firms and...

James Chou is a litigator and trial lawyer with nearly three decades of experience representing clients in commercial and business litigation matters. Clients including hedge funds, private equity firms, independent investment banks, insurance carriers, manufacturers and distributors of consumer...