Illinois Super Lawyers Articles
Powerful Presence
Bruce Pfaff sways juries without raising his voice
Supremely Unflappable
How Kevin M. Forde cleared the way for Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral aspirations
Win-Win
Collaborative lawyer Sandra Crawford brings consensus to family law
Good Work
William Gibbs, Linda Coberly and Richard Levin believe in giving back
Crisis Management
Illinois attorneys fight for the family of 3 murder victims
Michael T. Reagan Makes His Case
The Ottawa appellate attorney is all about the details
The Peacemaker
Laurel Bellows won’t shy from a fight, but she’d rather work things out
Everybody Wants to See Joe Gagliardo
Why governors, mayors—and even Donald Trump—have consulted him
The Global View of H. Michael Hartmann
The IP attorney crosses borders to protect inventions
The Game Changer
Tim Cavanagh turns lost causes into courtroom victories
The Accidental Author
Steven J. Harper on law, letters and comedy
Crash Expert
Kevin Durkin cushions the blow for accident victims and their families
The Rights Stuff
Chicago attorney Matthew Piers is a big defender of the U.S. Constitution
How David C. Hilliard Got the Jacksonville Jaguars to Change Their Logo
The intellectual property lawyer at Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson is not afraid to litigate
The Don of Divorce
Donald Schiller is a gentleman in a volatile practice area
Indubitably Holmes
In Patricia Brown Holmes’ biggest victory, she beat death
The Heart of Being a Lawyer
Lorna Propes rode a wave of cultural change to become a lawyer—and the law’s gain is, well, the teaching profession’s gain, too
Hizzoner
The two terms of Steven M. Harris
Different Drummer
Antitrust attorney Amy Manning’s got the beat
Early Riser
Why Tim Carroll quit working for the president of the United States and got a real job
Q&A With Thomas Geoghegan
How the labor lawyer at Despres, Schwartz and Geoghegan almost broke the Watergate scandal
The Eternal Optimist
A minister’s son, Deere & Co.’s Jim Jenkins credits his father for his worldview
In Good Hands
Michele Coleman Mayes leads Allstate's legal team
The Everyman’s Lawyer
Thomas Demetrio studied the masters, then became one
Preparing the Cross (Examination)
Emily Nicklin keeps it simple, believable and fun
Family Man
Jack Butler Jr. adopts distressed companies
Patented Path to Success
The quick rise of Meredith Addy
Iron Man
Personal trainer Michael Rusin doesn't just talk the talk; he runs the run
The One-Firm U.N.
Judd Azulay lifts his lamp
The Wild Blue Yawn-der
Flying jets? For Robert Held, estate law is more exciting
Saper Lawyer
Daliah Saper arrived from Iran at age 6 and hasn't slowed down
America’s Two Favorite Pastimes
Where sports and business intersect, you'll find Adam Klein
The Big Cheese
McDonald's GC Gloria Santona has ketchup running through her veins
The Elder Statesman
Taking a measured view of things with Thomas P. Sullivan
Something He Mostly Liked
Dan Reidy on Operation Greylord and the needs of the client
Success By Design
The 3-dimensional career of intellectual property attorney Christopher Carani
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