Stephen J. Bonebrake
—Leading Lawyers Network
    January 2012

"I was hoping to meld those two, and I guess the combination of those two sets of events, learning about law school from those who were there and looking for how to use my interest in conservation in what I was doing on a day-to-day basis, influenced me."

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Tracy A. Campbell
— Law Bulletin Publishing Company
    October 2011

"Tracy A. Campbell, 36, is a powerful litigator and a renowned humanitarian. As a partner at Schiff Hardin, she concentrates her practice in insurance-related litigation and counseling, covering a wide variety of insurance coverage disputes."

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Debra L. Stetter
— Leading Lawyers Network
    October 2011

"For almost 20 years, Stetter has concentrated her practice on estate planning and federal
estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax planning. Her clients range from individuals and couples to large multi-generational families. And with each family and generation that she works with, she understands how vital it can be to tailor an estate or trust choice to the particular person or situational need."

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Regina Speed-Bost
— Profiles in Diversity Journal
    September/October 2011

"I practice in an area of the law that I find interesting at a firm I find supportive. Both my decision to practice energy law and my path to joining Schiff Hardin, LLP as a partner in its Energy and Public Utilities Practice Group reflect the value of mentorship at critical decision-making moments in my life, coupled with my faith and knowledge of who I am and what I was created to do in life. I carry the mentoring lessons I have learned with me in day-to-day practice."

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Leah Ward Sears
— Georgia Super Lawyers
    March 2011

Leah Ward Sears made history in judge's robes, but today she's wearing high-heeled boots and a pencil skirt.

"Women lawyers are often afraid to admit they like feminine things because, you know, that's not part of the tough image," says Sears, the first African-American woman chief justice of a state Supreme Court and now partner at the Atlanta office of Schiff Hardin, where she leads the national Appellate team. "But I like high tea at the Ritz, I like to go shopping and I do like nice clothes."

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Kevin Kolton
— Leading Lawyers Network
    January 2011

"Whether he is representing iconic sports legend Michael Jordan, a local concrete contractor, or a large utility, Kevin Kolton’s goal is always the same: cut to the heart of the issue and find a quick but fair resolution.

That clarity and the ability to quickly analyze complex issues have made Kolton one of the premier construction law attorneys in Illinois."

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    November 2010

"If a client wants Renee Cipriano to pick a fight with the opposing side first thing out of the gate, then he or she will be sadly disappointed.

That's not her style.

"We may eventually get to the fight, but I don't start with the fight," says the 47-year-old Schiff Hardin LLP partner."

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    2010 Diversity Issue

"For this year's Diversity Issue, we zeroed in on Atlanta's legal community. One firm in particular, Schiff Hardin LLP, stood out — not only because it is in the good graces of the honorable Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears (ret.), but because it has assembled a team of African-American litigators to helm one of the most formidable general practice law firms in the nation. Not as associates — but as partners. These are their stories."

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    August 2010

"Gabriel M. Rodriguez's career has been a steady course that established him as a leader in environmental litigation, a field he has been practicing in for over 25 years. An area of the law that once comprised a relatively small number of attorneys, it has expanded exponentially ever since he began his practice."

    February 2010

"Patricia Brown Holmes is a former judge and a top-flight litigator with a personality so magnetic that her 4-year-old niece once jumped from a moving car when she saw her in a Chuck E. Cheese's parking lot. But the first thing you should know about her is this:

"She directly, honestly, openly and literally looked death in the eye and said, 'You're not going to beat me,'" says Ron Safer, the managing partner at Schiff Hardin, who persuaded Holmes to leave the bench for private practice in 2005."

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    February 4, 2010

"While juggling his duties as managing partner of a large Chicago law firm, Ronald S. Safer finds time to represent clients whose liberty is at stake on a pro bono basis.

Safer, a former high-ranking federal prosecutor who is managing partner of Schiff Hardin LLP, led a team of lawyers who successfully defended Julie Rea Harper, a downstate mother prosecuted for the killing of her 10-year-old son."

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    January 2010

"Virgil Montgomery didn't take a traditional path to becoming a lawyer — but it's a path that has led to a career he thoroughly enjoys.

Montgomery, 53, divides his construction practice at Schiff Hardin LLP among procurement, project controls, and dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation. He draws on a lifetime of experience in the construction industry that predates and includes his practicing law."

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Harmon A. Brown
— Leading Lawyers Network
    December 2009 

"Four times a year — in January, April, July and October — Harmon Brown makes a trip most lawyers would envy. He boards a plane for Honolulu and checks into the Prince Hotel for two weeks. Brown, a trusts, wills and estates lawyer with Schiff Hardin LLP, divides his practice between the shores of Lake Michigan and the surf of the South Pacific. He’s licensed to practice law in both Illinois and Hawaii and has about 500 clients in each state."

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    October 2009

"Edward Casmere, 36, is known for keeping the interests of his clients ahead of his own.

The Schiff Hardin partner focuses his litigation and trial practice on mass tort and product liability defense. Casmere also has handled other commercial and general litigation matters including premises liability, personal injury, construction actions, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, contracts, civil conspiracy, and reinsurance and insurance coverage."

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Marci A. Eisenstein
— Leading Lawyers Network — Women's Edition
    July 2009

"Marci Eisenstein describes herself as a team builder—someone who knows how to bring the best people together to accomplish a client’s goals.

A partner at Schiff Hardin LLP, Eisenstein concentrates her practice on class action litigation defense. She has been at the firm since 1979 and has litigated more than 50 consumer-based class action challenges in federal and state courts throughout the country. She regularly represents insurers in nationwide and state class action challenges."

    January 2009

"Kenneth M. Roberts' typical business attire is blue jeans, a flannel shirt, and work boots.

"In that regard, I haven't gone that far from Clinton, Iowa," Roberts, a Schiff Hardin LLP partner, says of his birthplace.

Roberts is co-chair of Schiff Hardin's Construction Law Group and a member of the executive committee of the Chicago-based firm comprising nearly 400 lawyers."

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   January 2009

"Edward and Lise Spacapan share much more than just a last name. They are both top-notch attorneys who practice blocks from each other in downtown Chicago. Both represent a wide variety of Fortune 100 companies across the country and repeatedly help tackle some of their most complex legal problems. Both are leaders at their respective firms — Ed is deputy chair of Schiff Hardin's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice; Lise is chair of the Jenner & Block's Products Liability and Mass Tort Defense practice. And over the years, both have built a reputation for possessing an uncommon devotion to providing their clients with the highest level of service."

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    January 2009

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   January 2009

"I've had the good fortune to be involved in really any number of matters that have impacted the state over the last 20 years," says Weisenthal, a partner and member of the executive committee at Schiff Hardin LLP. "I worked initially on the proposal for a world's fair. I worked on the international terminal at O'Hare, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's plans for reconstructing the roads. I was heavily involved in the structuring and refinancing of Comiskey Park, now U.S. Cellular Field."

   October 2008

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   Consumer Edition 2008

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   January 2008

Berkeley, California, 1968: The University of California at Berkeley is a hotbed of student protest at the height of the Vietnam War. Gathering no headlines: The campus housing cooperative, the nation's largest group housing cooperative. The co-op's board president, David Grossberg wades into the basics of real estate development."

   September 2007

   September 2007

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   May 2007

   April 2006

"Chicago lawyer Frederick J. Sperling has represented indigent clients since the same week he became a licensed Illinois attorney in 1980.

For more than a quarter century, in addition to representing businesses and others, Sperling has also handled work for scores of individuals and groups who cannot afford to pay legal fees.

Sperling, 53, has worked for the Chicago law firm of Schiff Hardin LLP since 1980, and became a partner in the mid 1980s. Sperling said one reason he was drawn to the 350-lawyer firm was because of its commitment to pro bono work."

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