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Jeanne Gills honors her father in name, intellect and determination to uplift others
Stephanie Scharf asks tough questions about gender and race in law, then finds answers
Before family law, Umberto Davi was there for the John Wayne Gacy trial
In 50 years, Flint Taylor has battled Nazis, the KKK, police and the FBI, and he’s still standing
How education attorney Darcy Kriha helped a blind immigrant gain citizenship
After 14 books and 40 years in the law, the bestselling author is still going strong
Inside Equip for Equality’s efforts to serve and protect people with disabilities
Foster care advocate Jay Paul Deratany fights injustice in the courtroom and on the stage
Kwabena Appenteng on crisps, fatherhood and his stellar Kwabena Appenteng impersonation
Personal injury lawyer Patrick A. Salvi is a powerhouse in the courtroom and as a ballclub owner
How civil rights lawyer Dana Kurtz used her legal skills to overcome a family tragedy
Larry Eppley helps clients transform historic buildings into high-end hotels
And other memories of the high court from eight former SCOTUS clerks
How IP attorney Brett A. August was knighted for enhancing relations between Paris and Chicago
Family law attorney Gemma Allen of Ladden & Allen on creative applications of the law, overcoming sexism and why it’s riskier for clients to dance on tables nowadays
Jim Franczek is a management-side bargainer, but he never forgets what life is like for working men and women
From rioting prisoners to Black Panthers to animal-rights defenders, Michael E. Deutsch has been on the front line of the fight for civil rights
An oral history of the investigation that took down a corrupt Cook County court system
Li-Hsien “Lily” Rin-Laures is an M.D., but these days she’s healing biotechs
The former broker fights back for victims of bad investment advice
The Chicago attorney says everyone makes mistakes—but there’s a time for accountability
Defense attorney Patrick Dowd learned the craft from his father’s generation of ‘Rat Pack’ lawyers
How Paula Litt’s sleuthing skills ignited the business litigator’s career
Michael Kanovitz accuses the former secretary of defense of condoning the torture of his clients
Loyola University Chicago School of Law’s Life After Innocence, the only program of its kind, opened its doors in 2009 for exonerated prisoners struggling to get back on their feet
Miles N. Beermann, with Beermann Pritikin Mirabelli Swerdlove, teaches splitting spouses how to be in the same room together
The intellectual property lawyer at Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson is not afraid to litigate
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
How the labor lawyer at Despres, Schwartz and Geoghegan almost broke the Watergate scandal
A minister’s son, Deere & Co.’s Jim Jenkins credits his father for his worldview
How Joseph Power and a “gotcha” moment caused George Ryan’s downfall
Six Illinois lawyers talk about the six stages of arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court
Philip Beck’s clients include Bayer, Merck, DuPont and, oh, the president of the United States
Dan K. Webb has been called the best defense attorney in the country; George Ryan hopes so
Joseph N. Welch II has a famous grandfather and a sense of decency
Kevin G. Burke moved from defending the big guys to defending those “with the smallest voice”
Burton Joseph represents Playboy, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and you
Thomas Geraghty and his students fight for truth, justice, but not necessarily the American way
Bob Clifford is a lamb who turns into a lion when he’s confronted by injustice
His clients — from Big Tobacco to nuclear weapons plants — aren’t always popular, but no matter: David Bernick knows how to win over a jury
Bill Schiller’s work in the former Yugoslavia helped the U.N. identify the bad guys