Aurora Abella-Austriaco is a Shareholder at Valentine Austriaco and Bueschel P.C.(VAB), an all women owned law firm. Prior to VAB, she was the sole shareholder of Austriaco and Associates Ltd. Austriaco has been in practice...

Tina Tchen heads Buckley LLP’s Chicago office, and draws on more than 30 years of experience at the highest levels of private practice and government service. She provides corporations, boards of directors, and individuals with...

Natalie Spears is a trial lawyer and trusted business advisor to major news, media, entertainment, sports and technology companies. She represents clients in high-stakes litigation across the US in a wide range of matters, including...

Cathy G. O’Kelly is a member of the Board of Directors of Vedder Price. As a member of the firm’s Investment Services group, her practice includes representation of mutual funds and their boards of directors,...

Jennifer Nijman is a founding partner of the environmental firm Nijman·Franzetti LLP. She was formerly a partner and chair of the environmental practice group at the Chicago office of Winston & Strawn. She concentrates her...

Jill Nicholson is a partner and trial lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP and chair of the firm’s national Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice. She concentrates her practice in commercial bankruptcy and insolvency matters, creditors’...

Practice Areas Compensation & Employment Law Practice Focus Employee benefits (single employer, multi-employer and multinational) and executive compensation legal practice. Practice Description Ms. McBreen designs and drafts tax-qualified retirement plans and addresses operational and fiduciary...

Terri L. Mascherin is a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, practicing in the Firm’s Litigation Department. She is a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, and Unfair Competition, False Advertising and Lanham...

Patricia Brown Holmes is the first African-American woman to lead and have her name on the door of a major law firm that is not women- or minority-owned. She is a highly respected and accomplished...

Cathy Birkeland is a global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Capital Markets Practice and the Office Managing Partner of the Chicago office. Ms. Birkeland’s practice focuses on capital marketstransactions, public company representation, corporate governance, and...