Vedder Price is a general practice law firm of 265 attorneys with offices in Chicago, New York, Washington, DC and London. Vedder Price enjoys a world-class reputation in key practice areas and serves clients of all sizes in virtually all industries with a responsive, results-oriented and cost-effective approach.

Mr. Robert J. Stucker, Chairman of Vedder Price, heads a 15-person team of lawyers who advise the world’s leading companies, compensation committees and executives in analyzing, negotiating and documenting employment and compensation agreements for senior executives.

Mr. Michael A. Nemeroff, President of Vedder Price, is Chair of the firm’s Finance and Transactions practice group, which is comprised of more than 50 attorneys who concentrate in M&A, corporate finance, corporate reorganization, securities and general corporate reorganization. The members of this team counsel and advise the buyers and sellers of businesses, emerging growth and technology companies, financiers and lenders, venture capital and equity funds and investment banks and corporate issuers on a broad range of corporate transactions.

Mr. Jonathan H. Bogaard, Mr. Dean N. Gerber and Mr. Ronald Scheinberg lead the Global Transportation Finance team of more than 40 structured finance specialists who are consistently ranked among the top aircraft finance and maritime lawyers in the world. This group represents lessees, lessors, financiers and related parties in a broad range of equipment finance transactions, including those involving aircraft, railcars, vessels and marine terminals, computers, industrial equipment, satellites, cars and trucks.

Ms. Cathy Gonzales O’Kelly and Mr. David A. Sturms direct 20 attorneys in the firm’s Investment Services practice group. This group represents some of the world’s largest mutual funds, their managers and boards of directors. The group also represents the leading trade organization for the mutual fund industry, as well as leading investment advisers and broker-dealers.

The firm’s Financial Institutions Group, headed by Jim Kane, has been hailed as one of the top banking firms by the banking industry. This practice group represents public and private financial institutions ranging in size from de novo banks to those with more than $500 billion in assets.

Vedder Price is recognized as one of the premier Labor and Employment law firms, representing public and private sector management clients in all areas of labor and employment law in both counseling and litigating capacities. Integrated with our Labor and Employment practice is the firm’s Employee Benefits practice group, led by Mr. Paul F. Russell, Mr. Thomas P. Desmond and Mr. Phil L. Mowery. Members of this group handle the design, implementation and legal compliance of profit-sharing, pension, welfare and executive compensation programs of all types.

Our litigation attorneys have extensive experience handling client matters in trial and appellate courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration and comparable alternative dispute resolution settings. Vedder Price’s trial attorneys work closely with fellow attorneys throughout the firm in various substantive legal areas. While the general philosophy is to utilize minimal staffing at levels necessary to achieve effective and efficient results, the litigation practice area has the resources to staff the most complex litigation matters and has substantial experience in trying lengthy, multiparty cases involving computerized depositions, massive document management and sophisticated discovery and trial techniques.

The litigation practice group gives constant attention to providing cost-effective and efficient legal services regardless of the size of the matter and continuously updates clients with respect to estimated and actual expenses of litigation. Over the years, Vedder Price’s trial attorneys have been involved in a significant number of cases that have shaped the course of the law in various substantive areas.

Within the litigation practice, there are a number of industry-specific practice areas for which the firm is well known. These include Accounting Law, chaired by Dan L. Goldwasser in our New York office; and the Construction Law practice group, chaired by Ms. Karen P. Layng in the Chicago office. The firm’s Accounting Law practice group represents more than 100 accounting firms in professional liability matters. Members of the firm’s Construction Law practice group provide a complete range of services to the construction industry, including negotiating contracts and representing contractors in breach of contract, fraud, errors and omissions, delay damage and mechanics’ liens claims.

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Executive Committee

• Douglas M. Hambleton, Chairman of the Executive Committee
• Michael A. Nemeroff, President of Vedder Price
• Robert J. Stucker, Chairman of Vedder Price
• Dean N. Gerber , Vice Chair of the Executive Committee