In The News

• April 27, 2012
  'Denniston Switches Law Firms To Target Municipal Hardship'
  DBR Small Cap
  Karol K. Denniston
  This article describes the move by Karol Denniston to Schiff Hardin's San Francisco office. Ms. Denniston practices in the firm's Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors Rights Group, focusing on financially strained municipalities and alternative dispute resolution. Prior to joining the firm, she helped craft California legislation that encourages cities to negotiate with unions and bondholders to avoid Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
• April 12, 2012
  'Cuomo Acts to Advance Health Law in New York'
  The New York Times
  Peter J. Kiernan
  Peter Kiernan, of counsel in Schiff Hardin's Public Law and Public Finance Groups, is quoted in this article about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's establishment of a health insurance exchange in his state. Mr. Kiernan, chief counsel to the previous governor, comments that Governor Cuomo is within his legal rights to bypass the legislature in directing the Department of Health to establish the exchange.
• July 29, 2009
  'Schiff Hardin Gains Bond Group'
  Fulton County Daily Report
  Lewis C. Horne Jr., Sandra Z. Zayac
  This front-page story announces the arrival at Schiff Hardin's Atlanta office of three attorneys from Troutman Sanders LLP - Lewis C. Horne Jr., Han C. Choi and Sandra Z. Zayac. Michael K. Wolensky, leader of the Atlanta office, explains the value of augmenting the firm's public finance capability in the region.