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 ...

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

Nicole advises electric utilities and cooperatives, natural gas companies and local distribution companies on a wide range of FERC regulatory and policy matters.

Robyn is an experienced patent litigator who represents clients in patent and trademark matters in federal courts.

Jennifer is a highly skilled labor and employment associate primarily focused on employment litigation.

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

Danielle represents commercial finance companies and financial institutions in complex civil litigation in state and federal courts.

Meredith provides strategic advice to clients in a wide variety of areas, including tax, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions.

Talar advocates for clients in land use, zoning and licensing matters throughout Chicago and its surrounding suburbs and represents them in commercial real estate sales a...

Christina Berish acts as a legal advisor and trial counsel in commercial matters.

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 nearly 40-year career representing major corporations in high-stakes trials and arbitrations across the region.

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.

Kim is a litigator and counselor based in St.

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.

Holly is an experienced litigator who has represented clients in a variety of high-stakes litigation and enforcement matters.

Alma leverages her extensive practical public health and health care background to support clients with a variety of transactional and regulatory health care matters.

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

Sara defends clients in a variety of environmental litigation and regulatory enforcement matters.

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

Renee provides strategic counseling to companies on their most pressing environmental concerns, from statutory and regulatory requirements and legislative approaches, to ...

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

Evelyn advocates for clients in civil litigation matters involving the federal government – including fraud investigations and administrative proceedings.

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

Sevil is a Law Clerk in the banking and commercial finance group.

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.

Heather draws on her extensive litigation experience defending product manufacturers to author Daubert and summary judgement briefs that have helped clients succ...

Christine advocates for clients in disputes against the federal government — in fraud investigations, challenging federal regulations, and administrative proceedings — an...

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

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

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

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...

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, strategic, trial lawyer who focuses her practice on health care, white-collar fraud and complex commercial litigation.

Misty represents companies facing litigation in high-risk venues across southern Illinois.

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 is a law clerk in the Firm's health care practice.

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...

Shelley is in the Firm's Litigation Practice Group assisting clients with various complex litigation issues.

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

Barbara draws on her extensive background in regional government to counsel clients on the financing, zoning, and tax credit issues that crop up in public-private develop...

Sarah's practice focuses on asset based financing transactions, and other secured lending.

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

Lindsay's practice encompasses railroad litigation, product liability, and toxic torts.

Melissa Gold is an experienced litigator who assists a diverse range of clients in all aspects of state and federal litigation.

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 ...

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...

With more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, Kristen helps develop tailored solutions for her clients.

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

Denise represents financial institutions in a variety of commercial financing transactions.

Jesse advises cooperatives and other clients as they navigate complex FERC proceedings and comply with FERC rules.

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

Rachel combines the precision of a technical writer with the advocacy of a plaintiff's attorney to help clients tackle complex legal problems.

Alana represents clients in business litigation matters, including fraud investigations and commercial disputes.

In both state and federal court, Viviana represents a wide range of clients.

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 a highly experienced litigation 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.

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

Christine is an associate in the Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy group.

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.

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...

Soyoon is an associate in the Firm's Banking & Commercial Finance practice.

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.

Katie advises families and helps them develop appropriate estate plans for their individual circumstances.

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.

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...

Hayley is an associate in the Business Litigation group.

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

Katie assists clients with litigation matters in both state and federal court.

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

Susan is an experienced and trusted employment law advisor who counsels employers at every stage of a personnel-related issue.

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 business litigation practice area, Allison has extensive experience in trial preparation and practice in both state and federal courts.

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 serves as an advisor and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) counsel to municipally-owned utilities around the country.

Pam is an experienced civil litigator who leads on issues of civil rights and equal justice under the law.

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.

Audrey focuses on complex commercial litigation.

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 workforce challenges so employers can focus on their businesses.

Chelsea is serving as Loss Prevention Counsel at the Firm.

Katherine is an associate in the Business Litigation group.

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, including 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.

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

Amy assists employers in various labor and employment matters, including litigation and human resources counseling.

Ann concentrates her practice in the areas of complex civil and commercial litigation, including real estate litigation, title insurance litigation, mechanics lien litiga...

Mona represents financial institutions in business finance transactions, including commercial finance, asset-based lending and domestic and cross-border acquisitions and ...

Emily is a litigation partner who represents companies, their executives and officers in a variety of business disputes.

Jennifer provides counsel to a broad range of clients in the health care and life sciences industries, including institutional providers, medical practices, health system...

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 a variety of individuals, institutions and companies, including entrepreneurs, venture capital firms and emerging companies,...

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 Director of Loss Prevention and Compliance for Thompson Coburn, Joyce serves as the point person for loss prevention and conflicts of interest questions for attorneys ...

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 represents a diverse group of clients in a variety of complex business and commercial litigation matters.

Elise has experience in both trials and appeals, representing clients across the country in complex commercial litigation, as well as government investigations.

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.

Erica guides clients and litigates in regulatory matters concerning natural gas and oil pipelines and electric utilities.

Clients look to Christina for practical solutions to their complex regulatory compliance problems.

Kacey practices in the Firm's Business Litigation and Labor and Employment groups, representing and counseling clients of varying size, from members of the Fortune 500 an...

As Loss Prevention Counsel, Catherine assists with new client openings, the conflicts process and helps implement effective loss prevention protocols across the Firm.

Liz is an associate in the business litigation practice group.

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 class action defense strategies for major companies across a variety of sectors, including transportation, telecommunication...

Monica is a Law Clerk in the Corporate and Securities group.

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 is a key legal advisor to public entities, investment bankers, banks and developers in all types of public finance and development incentive transactions.

Jayna advises companies, transportation authorities and other entities regarding their rights and obligations when doing business with the Federal Government.

Stacey is an associate in the Firm's financial restructuring and bankruptcy practice group.

Kristen litigates complex commercial disputes, class actions and state and local tax cases for companies in Missouri and across the country.

As a former Assistant United States Attorney, Claire advocates for clients in the areas of health care fraud and abuse, False Claims Act litigation and other complex whit...

Christine is an associate in the Business Litigation group.

Cathie defends clients in all types of business litigation in state and federal 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.

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

Ali represents financial institutions in the full range of commercial financing transactions.

Kelly uses her experience with US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the US Department of Labor and the US Department of State to gain compliance for employers with al...

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

Allie assists clients with litigation matters in both 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 from funding to project development to procurement.

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

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

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

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

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 is a Law Clerk in the banking and commercial finance group.

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

Beth supports health care clients in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters.

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...

Jessica represents financial institutions in secured commercial lending transactions.

Hope is a Law Clerk in the higher education group.

Kristi 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 who represents clients in matters involving antitrust, advertising, fraud investigations and litigation, RICO and class action...

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...

Kathy is a highly experienced litigator who has spent the majority of her career defending large corporations, including major auto manufacturers, in class actions across...

Rebecca is an associate in the Firm's corporate practice focusing on mergers and acquisitions and corporate and securities law.

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

Lesley is an experienced leader with a passion for the development and training of professionals and the creation of seamless integration programs that enable professiona...

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

As an experienced litigator in Missouri courts and beyond, Maria has worked for clients in the banking litigation and fiduciary litigation arenas.