Chiara Wrocinski is an accomplished leader with more than 20 years of experience in organizational and talent development. She is a recognized legal industry executive with a track record for innovation, attracting top talent, and...
Managing Partner, Jenner & Block, Chicago Melissa M. Root is a restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer. She has deep experience representing creditors, official committees, debtors, examiners and trustees in complex financial restructuring matters and high stakes...
Paulita is a partner in the Chicago office of Ropes & Gray LLP. Paulita represents mutual funds and their boards as well as investment advisers throughout the country. Some of the fund complexes with which...
Jeanne M. Gills is a partner and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. She also serves as vice chair of the firm’s national Intellectual Property...
Kristen Prinz is an employment lawyer, business counselor, and founder of The Prinz Law Firm. Ms. Prinz represents business owners, senior executives, lawyers, and physicians in matters ranging from employment agreements and non-competes to complex...
Jessica A. Garascia is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at AAR (NYSE: AIR), a leading aviation services provider to commercial and government customers worldwide. Joining AAR in February of 2020, Garascia oversees litigation, compliance,...
Judge Kendall serves as the Chief Judge of the Northern District of Illinois. She was appointed to the federal bench in January 2006. She served six years on the Judicial Conference of the United States’...
Mary Wilson is Managing Partner of Dentons US and a member of its Board. She is a national finance, health care law and tax-exempt organization lawyer. In her finance practice, she counsels and represents borrowers...
Aurora Abella-Austriaco is a Shareholder at Valentine Austriaco and Bueschel P.C., an all women owned law firm. Prior to that, she was the sole shareholder of Austriaco and Associates Ltd. Austriaco has been in practice...
TERESA WILTON HARMON is the managing partner of Sidley’s Chicago office and a partner in the firm’s Global Finance practice area, focusing on financial transactions and commercial law. Her financial transactions experience includes secured and...
