Our Women Attorneys

A partner in the Labor and Employment practice area, Hope's extensive labor and employment practice is bolstered by her experiences as an in-house attorney for more than ...

Aleksandra is in the Firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice Group.

Nicole is a seasoned legal advisor focusing on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulatory and policy matters on behalf of electric cooperatives, natural ...

Mariquita is an experienced and results-driven M&A and tax attorney who negotiates and closes complex transactions.

Talar offers innovative and cost-efficient solutions to help her clients achieve their project objectives, whether examining land agreements for retail and residential de...

Christina Berish is a deeply valued resource to clients as they interpret and enforce agreements.

Resa's work involves identifying actual and potential conflicts of interest between new and existing firm clients and Firm employees, and she works through any ethical is...

Tina Bird has extensive experience on a national level representing major clients in business, construction and real estate.

Bonnie advises and advocates for clients on wholesale electric market rules and transmission access and pricing issues.

Justine has extensive experience in the purchase and sale of all classes of distressed assets.

Cherie represents financial institutions and borrowers in various secured and unsecured lending transactions.

Mary has spent her  40-year career representing major corporations in high-stakes trials and arbitrations.

Glori is an associate in the Firm's business litigation practice.

A fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Ninette works closely with clients and their families to create comprehensive multi-generational estate plan...

Raquel focuses her practice on corporate and regulatory matters within the health care sector.

Eileen is a successful negotiator and strategist who focuses on her clients' goals while keeping an eye on the big picture.

Crystal has years of experience defending large corporations in civil litigation.

Clare is an associate in the Firm's business litigation practice group.

Libby assists clients with a wide variety of business litigation matters.

Sara assists clients in identifying, navigating and responding to environmental risks and liabilities.

Sarah helps individuals, families, and closely held businesses owners identify their goals with regards to safeguarding and transferring their assets and then develops an...

Adrienne represents clients in electric and natural gas pipeline matters, and counsels on compliance and enforcement.

Evelyn focuses on international trade and regulatory compliance to guide clients through federal law and regulations impacting domestic and international transactions.

Katie represents clients before bankruptcy courts, federal and state trial courts, arbitration panels and appellate courts nationwide.

Jenna is an associate in the Firm's Energy practice.

Sevil is an Associate in the banking and commercial finance group where she assists financial institutions in secured lending transactions.

Ariele represents clients in a variety of secured commercial lending transactions.

With previous experience in higher education and secondary school administration and a master's degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education, Stephanie is keenly awar...

Katie's practice encompasses a broad spectrum of intellectual property matters, including counterfeiting, patent and other trademark litigation for a wide range of client...

Cathy focuses her practice on employee benefits, taxation and closely-held businesses.

Laura represents clients in a variety of real estate transactions and financings.

Jayci is a member of the Litigation Group and represents clients in the areas of products liability, toxic torts, personal injury and railroad litigation.

Allyson is an associate in the Firm's Corporate and Securities Group.

Julianne is a passionate litigator who advocates for her clients with creativity and finesse.

Georgia serves as an estate planning advisor and personal general counsel to closely-held businesses, business leaders and other individuals.

Katherine is an associate in the business litigation group where she represents a broad array of clients in all phases of litigation at the state and federal level.

Ashton is a perceptive litigator with experience in health care litigation, tort and product liability, and complex commercial disputes.

Liz is an experienced labor and employment attorney who provides comprehensive counsel in all aspects of employment law.

Jackie's practice is focused on representation of individuals and families in the areas of estate planning and charitable giving and representation of nonprofit organizat...

Vidya Dindiyal focuses her practice on complex litigation.

Laura's practice is focused on all aspects of estate planning, including the preparation of estate planning documents, probate and tax law, tax planning and business succ...

Jenny is an experienced and strategic trial lawyer focusing her practice on health care, social justice, white-collar fraud and complex commercial litigation.

Misty represents companies facing litigation in high-risk venues across the Midwest.

Aya is an associate attorney in the Los Angeles office focusing on business litigation.

Over the last decade, Elizabeth has worked directly on several billion dollars in tax credit transactions and represented clients in a variety of complex real estate and ...

Catherine works with clients in a wide variety of corporate and securities matters and financings.

Janine represents debtors, creditors' committees, liquidating trustees and secured and unsecured creditors in complex corporate reorganizations, restructurings and liquid...

Susan is a versatile corporate attorney who represents public and private companies, portfolio companies, private equity funds, and individual and institutional investors...

Rachel is an associate in the labor and employment practice group, representing employers in a range of workplace issues and disputes.

Suzanne is a versatile litigator who finds creative solutions for clients facing difficult and protracted legal battles.

Sarah represents financial institutions in all aspects of commercial lending transactions.

Vicky is a versatile commercial finance attorney who represents banks, investors, and borrowers in a wide variety of financing transactions and investments.

Lindsay handles general commercial litigation matters, focusing on railroad litigation, product liability, and toxic torts.

For more than 30 years, Evan has served as a trusted advisor to hospitals, health care systems, long-term care facilities, health plans, physicians, and other businesses ...

Elise is an associate in the business litigation group where she represents a broad array of clients in all phases of litigation at the state and federal level.

Hospitals, health systems, physicians and other health care clients look to Milada, an attorney and registered nurse, for critical assistance on a range of complex regula...

April is counsel in the Firm's banking and commercial finance practice.

Taylor is an associate in the Firm's banking and commercial finance practice, where she primarily assists financial institutions in secured lending and asset-based lendin...

With her wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of electric transmission and generation, Jesse is a highly sought-after advisor for clients seeking to navigate t...

Ruthanne represents parties in complex commercial transactions, providing responsive advice on a variety of finance and sales matters.

Michelle is an Associate in the banking and commercial finance group where she assists financial institutions in secured lending transactions.

Viviana is a versatile litigator representing clients ranging from emerging businesses to national corporations.

Julie represents clients in mergers and acquisitions and sophisticated securities offerings, and offers advice on a wide range of corporate matters.

Joy advises health systems, health plans, group purchasing organizations, physician groups, and other health care entities on a wide range of health care legal issues.

Amanda is a litigator and highly experienced trial team leader for Fortune 500 companies facing class actions and complex business disputes.

Layla assists clients with a wide variety of business litigation matters including regulatory enforcement actions, business disputes, and toxic tort defense.

Nicole advises health care providers and health plans on structuring transactions and analyzes health care regulatory issues with an eye toward effective, proactive compl...

For more than 30 years, Lori has been helping clients solve some of the most challenging employee benefit problems.

Laura provides high-level strategic human resources counseling to executives and HR managers on the challenging legal questions that crop up during every phase of employm...

Haley supports a wide variety of clients with corporate and securities matters and financings.

Cheryl represents lenders and obligors in complex finance transactions, loan restructurings, and bankruptcy, receivership, foreclosure and other proceedings involving cre...

Crystal has 30+ years of national environmental experience and leads the transactional area of the Firm's environmental practice.

Fatima has practiced exclusively in the area of immigration and nationality law for nearly two decades, helping employers in a broad range of sectors address the immigrat...

Anne-Marie practices in the real estate and corporate sections in the firm with particular emphasis on real estate acquisitions and dispositions, financing and developmen...

As a former health care executive, April strongly connects to the complex issues facing health care clients.

Michele is Co-Chair of the Firm's Corporate and Securities Practice Group and serves on the Firm's Management Committee.

Courtney assists clients with a wide variety of business litigation matters in state and federal courts.

Sara is a trusted legal advisor to public entities, nonprofit borrowers, investment bankers and bankers in a wide variety of public financing and lending transactions.

Katie advises public transit agencies around the country on a variety of regulatory and compliance issues, including public sector procurement, project delivery, Buy Amer...

Suzanne is an associate in the Firm's Corporate & Securities practice.

Margie's practice spans more than 30 years representing borrowers, lenders, lessors, and lessees in structuring, negotiating, and closing financing transactions, includin...

Emma is an associate in the Firm's labor and employment practice group.

Sarah advises corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, corporate governance and general business counseling.

Genevieve is a highly experienced litigator and HR counselor who assists employers in a range of industries with employment litigation and the successful handling of loca...

Janette has over 30 years of experience practicing in all areas of state and local taxation, including representing clients before state and local taxing authorities in c...

Susan is a highly experienced employment law attorney who serves as a seamless extension of her clients' HR and in-house legal teams.

Allyn is a board certified labor and employment attorney, certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Krissa practices human resources law, focusing on the representation of employers in employment litigation and client counseling.

Hannah is an associate in the Firm's Labor & Employment department.

Sonette is a highly experienced litigator and business advisor who counsels corporate clients on all phases of commercial litigation in state and federal courts throughou...

As a member of the firm's mass tort litigation practice group, Allison has extensive experience in complex litigation, including tort claims, product liability, negligenc...

Katriina helps clients navigate challenging land use and zoning issues throughout the City of Chicago and surrounding suburbs, paving the way for successful developments.

Meg advises and represents municipally-owned utilities across the nation as a sought-after legal counsel on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) matters.

Sara represents lenders, community development entities and investors in tax credit and financing transactions.

Martha practices exclusively in the areas of immigration and nationality law focusing in employment-based and family-based immigration cases.

Gayle is a thoughtful and detail-oriented attorney valued by clients for her practical legal counsel.

In her labor and employment practice, Stephanie partners with clients to develop solutions to complex workforce challenges.

Brittney is an effective advocate for her clients in complex business disputes – implementing creative litigation strategies to help her clients achieve favorable outcome...

Lisa is an associate in the Firm's private client group.

Rachael is an associate in the Firm's business litigation practice.

Katherine's practice supports complex commercial and fiduciary litigation across the United States by assisting with case strategy, legal writing, client management, and ...

Clients have consistently praised Emily for her "practical, common sense solutions" and "natural instincts" for deal flow.

Meghan represents both national and regional real estate owners and developers in all aspects of purchase, sale, development and construction.

Elizabeth represents clients in high-stakes litigation across the country, involving commercial disputes, product defects claims, and consumer fraud, and securities fraud...

Shoko helps companies protect their valuable brands in markets around the world through strategic trademark counseling and enforcement.

Madelaine represents clients in a variety of business litigation matters in state and federal courts.

Kristin is a versatile commercial real estate and finance attorney, concentrating her practice in all aspects of commercial real estate finance and development.

Kym works with companies in their dealings and contractual relationships with Federal government agencies.

Amy is an employment law attorney focused on counseling in-house lawyers and HR professionals through both day-to-day and complex workplace issues.

Ann is a commercial litigator concentrating in complex matters involving the financial services, real estate, title insurance, and construction industries.

Janki is an associate in the Firm's business litigation practice where she represents clients in state and federal courts and in arbitrations in various complex matters, ...

Mona represents banks and other financial institutions in a variety of commercial finance transactions.

Emily is an experienced litigator representing companies, financial institutions, executives, officers, and individuals in a wide range of business issues, including cont...

Anna is in the Firm's Business Finance Practice Group and assists financial institutions in secured commercial lending transactions.

Jennifer serves as primary outside counsel to entrepreneurs, venture capital funds and operating companies with an emphasis on transactional and finance matters.

Melinda is a business immigration attorney who helps clients hire and retain foreign national workers in the United States and transfer employees between international of...

As Associate General Counsel and Senior Director of Risk Management for Thompson Coburn, Joyce serves as the point person for risk management and conflicts of interest qu...

Jennifer is an experienced real estate attorney who provides guidance on a variety of complicated real estate transactions, including purchase and sales, leasing, financi...

Caroline is a litigator resolving complex business and commercial litigation matters.

Ali is experienced in various types of tax-exempt and taxable financings as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel, disclosure counsel and bank counsel.

A dynamic litigator with a breadth of experience, Kacey creates and executes effective litigation strategies to address a variety of complex disputes.

Eileen is a seasoned corporate and securities attorney with extensive involvement with public company legal compliance, disclosure, governance, financings, and acquisitiv...

Liz assists clients with a wide variety of business litigation matters, including antitrust, false advertising, and trade regulation.

Diona represents financial institutions in commercial finance and secured transactions.

Brigitte represents financial institutions, corporations, fiduciaries, and individuals in a variety of state and federal court actions.

Tonya provides sensible, strategic and holistic guidance to health care clients related to health care regulatory and compliance issues, government investigations and tra...

Sharon develops and executes highly effective MDL  and class action defense strategies for major companies across a variety of sectors, including agriculture, transp...

Alexandra is an associate in the Firm's financial restructuring & bankruptcy practice group.

Monica assists clients in a wide range of corporate and securities matters, as well as banking and commercial financing matters.

Sarah represents clients in a diverse range of transactional and real estate finance matters, including acquisition and sales, development, financing, and leasing.

Allie represents investors, lenders and community development entities in transactions involving various forms of debt, equity and public financing, including federal and...

Debbie represents public entities, investment bankers, banks and developers in all types of public finance and development incentive transactions.

Jayna advises companies, transportation authorities, educational institutions, and other entities regarding their rights and obligations when doing business with or recei...

Kristen is a litigator representing corporations in sophisticated complex commercial disputes, multidistrict litigation, and class actions across the country.

Claire is a litigator focusing in health care fraud and abuse, False Claims Act litigation, and other complex white-collar litigation.

Christine assists clients in a variety of business litigation matters in state and federal courts.

Cathie is a business litigator defending clients in state and federal courts, in addition to state appellate courts, throughout Missouri and Illinois.

Lacey has extensive experience in all aspects of estate planning, estate and trust administration and charitable giving.

Linda advises companies that provide goods or services to the federal government; she also has extensive experience in business immigration matters.

Shannon represents property owners in real estate tax assessment proceedings in Cook County and throughout the state of Illinois.

Rebecca represents municipal and cooperative electric utilities in complex electric rate proceedings before FERC.

Kayla brings a keen insight to assess corporate transactions from an analytical and economic perspective.

Jeanne represents financial institutions in a wide range of complex business finance transactions, including commercial finance, factoring and structured finance.

Zoe is an associate in the Firm's Labor & Employment practice group.

Allie works on complex commercial litigation in state and federal court.

Amy advises employers on retirement plans, health and welfare plans, compensation packages and other benefits.

Jane serves as counsel to transit agencies across the country on a range of issues including funding, project development, and procurement.

Jerica is an associate in the Firm's Corporate & Securities and Public Finance practices, assisting clients across a range of corporate transaction and public finance...

Sherri is a trial attorney with experience in a wide variety of civil litigation in state and federal courts.

Cara is an associate in the labor and employment practice group.

Amanda is an associate in the Firm's private client and tax practices.

Rose assists clients with a wide variety of business litigation matters.

Rhonda is a public finance attorney who leads complex, large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients across the country.

Taylor counsels health care clients with respect to day-to-day regulatory and operational compliance, contracting, and transactional matters.

Sylvia is an associate in the Firm's intellectual property practice.

An attorney in the firm's corporate practice, Gia regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, corporate governance and general busin...

Danielle's practice focuses on the representation of unsecured creditors' committees, secured and unsecured creditors, liquidating trustees, lenders, and debtors in a bro...

Danielle is an associate in the Firm's banking & commercial finance practice.

Jennifer is a partner in the Firm's Intellectual Property and Media Law practice groups.

Sarah represents lenders, banks and borrowers in complex financing transactions and provides in-depth regulatory counsel to clients in two of the most heavily regulated i...

Lizzie is an associate in the real estate group where she represents both national and regional real estate owners and developers in all aspects of purchase, sale, d...

Jessica represents financial institutions in secured commercial lending transactions.

Throughout her career, Hope has always found ways to help public institutions achieve their goals.

Kelly is an associate in the Firm's business litigation practice.

Katie handles a wide variety of regulatory and transactional work for the nonprofit and for-profit higher education sector, including online education programs, and has e...

Jecoliah leverages her practical background in natural resource management to assist energy clients with a variety of regulatory issues.

Nicole is a highly experienced trial lawyer representing clients in matters involving antitrust, advertising, business divorces and disputes, fraud investigations and lit...

Riley is an associate in the business litigation group where she represents a broad array of clients in all phases of litigation at the state and federal level.

In an era of escalating pension liabilities and sweeping health care reforms, Trish serves as an employee benefits advisor to public and privately-owned businesses and go...

Jordan is an employment law attorney who counsels and litigates on behalf of employers in state and federal court.

Dawn defends major product manufacturers and chemical distributors in products liability and mass tort litigation.

Jasmine is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on high-stakes business litigation, employment law, and white collar criminal defense.

Yasmin is a dynamic and accomplished legal professional, bringing her knowledge to the forefront as an associate in the International Trade and Transportation, and Regula...

An experienced litigator, Maria defends clients in banking and fiduciary matters in Missouri state and federal courts, as well as courts around the country.