Practice Group Rankings

Band 1

• Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)

Band 2

• Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)
• Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance (Nationwide)

Band 3

• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)

Band 4

• Banking & Finance (Illinois)
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
• Labor & Employment (Illinois)
• Investment Funds: Registered Funds (Nationwide)

Band 5

• Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (Illinois)

Attorney Rankings

Band 1

• Dean N. Gerber – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
• Douglas J. Lipke – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
• Ronald Scheinberg – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
• Robert J. Stucker – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)

Band 2

• Thomas P. Desmond – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)
• Joshua D. Gentner – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
• Dean N. Gerber – Banking & Finance (Illinois)
• Blaine C. Kimrey – Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Illinois)
• Francis X. Nolan, III – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
• Cathy Gonzales O’Kelly – Investment Funds: Registered Funds (Nationwide)
• Jeffrey T. Veber – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)

Band 3

• Bradley C. Crawford – Banking & Finance (California)
• Michael M. Eidelman – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)
• Edward C. Jepson Jr. – Labor & Employment (Illinois)
• Geoffrey R. Kass – Transportation: Aviation: Finance (Nationwide)
• John T. McEnroe – Banking & Finance (Illinois)
• Michael A. Nemeroff – Corporate/M&A (Illinois)
• Richard W. Pearse – Construction (Illinois)
• Kenneth F. Sparks – Labor & Employment (Illinois)
• Kelly A. Starr – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation (Illinois)
• Junaid A. Zubairi – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Illinois)

Band 4

• David A. Sturms – Investment Funds: Registered Funds (Nationwide)

Associates to Watch

• Bryan Clark – Media & Entertainment: Litigation (Illinois)

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