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12-12-2005 San Francisco Office Wins 2005 Koko Challenge Award from the Bay Area General Counsel Group and the United Way of the Bay Area
This award recognizes our San Francisco office for going above and beyond in their United Way fundraising campaigns, excelling in total dollar results, innovation and enthusiasm.
12-08-2005 Sonnenschein Adds L. Robert Guenthner to Growing Health Care Practice
Guenthner’s practice includes the representation of public and private health care organizations (including hospitals and health systems), as well as non-health care entities, in a wide array of health care and general corporate matters.
11-29-2005 D. Louis Glaser Joins Sonnenschein's Expanding Health Care Group
Glaser is widely recognized as a national authority in transactional health care matters.
11-11-2005 Human Rights Watch Annual Report Acknowledges Sonnenschein's Exceptional Pro Bono Work
Our work for Human Rights Watch, which is led by Richard Zuckerman, now includes attorneys from three Sonnenschein offices: New York, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.
10-31-2005 Sonnenschein Names Carol Anne Been as New Head of Intellectual Property Practice
Been, a 17-year Sonnenschein veteran, most recently was the group’s vice-chair for copyright and trademark work.
10-28-2005 Former JPMorgan Chase Executive Penny Rostow Joins Sonnenschein's Public Law and Policy Strategies Group
Victoria “Penny” Rostow is the newest partner of the firm’s fast-growing Public Law & Policy Strategies Group. 
10-17-2005 Sonnenschein Continues Aggressive Expansion of West Coast Venture Technology Group
10-06-2005 Jim Klenk Presents Award on Behalf of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
Chicago partner Jim Klenk recently presented an award to Vice President and Editor Ann Marie Lipinski of the Chicago Tribune on behalf of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago (CRFC) at the Foundation's "Bill of Rights in Action Benefit" at the Union League Club of Chicago.
09-22-2005 Partner Harold Hirshman Leads Jury Trial Win for Experian
A Sonnenschein trial team led by Partner Harold Hirshman recently won a major victory for Experian, a global information solutions company, after a four-week jury trial in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas.
09-20-2005 Sonnenschein's D.C. Office Names Joshua G. Berman New Chair of Litigation & Business Regulation Practice
Berman’s expertise includes white-collar criminal litigation and investigations, SEC investigations and complex civil litigation.
09-12-2005 "Chicago Firms Head Back To School"
Sonnenschein and the Legacy Charter School were featured in the September 12, 2005 issue of Crain's Chicago Business
09-01-2005 Sonnenschein Successfully Defends Vivendi Universal Games and its Blizzard Subsidiary in Appeal of Landmark Anti-Piracy Decision
Partners Carol Anne Been and Stephen H. Rovak led the Sonnenschein trial team. 
08-23-2005 Former Illinois Commerce Commission General Counsel Joins Sonnenschein's Environmental and Energy Group in Chicago
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP today announced that Phillip A. Casey has joined the law firm as a partner in its Chicago office and member of the national Environmental & Energy Group.
08-09-2005 Barry Weissman Joins Sonnenschein's Insurance Group in Los Angeles
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP today announced that Barry Leigh Weissman has joined the law firm as a partner in its Los Angeles office and a member of the national Insurance Group. 
08-02-2005 "New School Gives its Kids a Head Start"
08-01-2005 Sonnenschein Charter School Opens On Chicago's West Side
Legacy Charter School opens its doors in Chicago's North Lawndale community today.
07-28-2005 Illinois Residents Sue State For Violating Americans With Disabilities Act, Failing To Provide Community Services.
Historic class-action lawsuit filed on 15th anniversary of the ADA seeks reform of state’s services for persons with developmental disabilities
07-25-2005 New Illinois Law Requires Notification of Off-Site Soil and Groundwater Contamination, Strengthens IEPA Power to Expedite Cleanups
07-13-2005 Sonnenschein's Corporate Group Adds Of Counsel Lars Johansson
Lars E. Johansson has joined the law firm as an of counsel in its San Francisco office and a member of the national Corporate and Securities Group.
06-22-2005 Bess, Potter Take New Management Positions at Sonnenschein
Law firm names new managing partner for Washington office, announces first vice chairman
06-21-2005 Mathew Lapinski Joins Sonnenschein in DC Office as Managing Director
Mathew Lapinski has joined the firm as a managing director in the Public Law & Policy Strategies (PL&PS) Group in Washington.
06-15-2005 Sonnenschein Named A "Best Place to Work in Greater Washington" 
Washington Business Journal names Sonnenschein as a  "Best Place to Work" in Greater DC.
06-14-2005 Sonnenschein Eyes Growth in IP Group
Over 17 years, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal has grown its intellectual property practice from four attorneys to 90. It has favored incremental growth, and has had the goal always of boasting a full-service IP practice with the advantages of general practice firm support.
06-13-2005 Sonnenschein's Health Care Groups Adds Five Clinical Research and Tax-Exempt Finance Attorneys
Law firm's fast-growing national health care practice now numbers more than 50 health law specialists.
06-13-2005 Leading Construction Lawyers Join Sonnenschein in St. Louis
Joseph A. Colagiovanni and John R. Haug have joined the law firm as partners in its St. Louis office and will be instrumental in building a national construction law practice.
05-25-2005 Different World: Firm Opens Public School on West Side
Chicago Lawyer profiles Sonnenschein's Legacy Charter School.
05-02-2005 James Hsu Joins Sonnenschein in Los Angeles
James Hsu has joined the law firm as a partner in its Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s national Corporate and Securities practice group.
05-01-2005 "Firm Commitment"
Chicago Magazine profiles Sonnenschein's Legacy Charter School, the first charter school ever in the nation to be operated by a law firm
04-26-2005 Darry Sragow Joins Sonnenschein's Public Law and Policy Strategies Team in California
Prominent political strategist and policy expert to spearhead growth of law firm’s public policy practice on West Coast
04-01-2005 Sonnenschein Announces 10 Promotions to Partner, Of Counsel
The election of seven partners and three of counsel will help the firm meet demands for legal services in corporate and securities, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, and other practice areas.
03-24-2005 "Celebration of Life" Held for Sonnenschein Partner Michael W. Ring
With sorrow, we note the passing of Sonnenschein Partner Michael W. Ring on February 23, 2005.
03-23-2005 Sonnenschein Adds Three More Lawyers in Kansas City
Yabo Lin has joined the law firm as a partner in its corporate and securities practice group, Karl Zobrist has joined the firm as a partner in the energy, telecommunications, and litigation and regulatory practice groups and  Donna Wilson has joined the firm in its real estate and public finance and government law practice groups. 
03-23-2005 Three Corporate Lawyers Join Sonnenschein in Los Angeles
The group includes one partner, Victor H. Sim, and two associates, Michael W. Chou and Lilly S. Kim. 
03-14-2005 Sonnenschein Partner Gary Hernandez Named a California "Lawyer of the Year"
Gary A. Hernandez, a partner in its San Francisco office, has been selected California’s leading transactional attorney by California Lawyer magazine.
03-14-2005 Sonnenschein Expands Environmental Practice in Los Angeles
Gary M. Roberts has joined the law firm as a partner in its Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s national Environmental practice group. 
03-01-2005 "Different World: Firm Opens Public School On West Side"
For most people, getting sent to the principal’s office doesn’t involve walking past paralegals or taking in the view out of the upper floors of the Sears Tower. Then again, it’s not often that a transactional lawyer at a major law firm puts his practice on hold to research curriculum options for second-graders.
02-28-2005 Sonnenschein Attorney Curtis Karnow Named San Francisco Superior Court Judge
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP today announced that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Curtis E.A. Karnow, a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, to a judgeship in San Francisco City and County Superior Court.
02-14-2005 Sonnenschein Adds Veteran Corporate Attorney Morris Withers
Morris K. Withers has joined the law firm as an of counsel in its Kansas City, Missouri, office and a member of the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice.
02-07-2005 "A Law Firm Goes Back To School -- By Starting One"
Sonnenschein is donating at least $1 million—and is even offering to help run bake sales—to establish a charter school in a downtrodden Chicago neighborhood.
02-04-2005 "Sonnenschein is the Latest to Pony Up Support for Schools"
The Chicago Board of Education last week approved the creation of Legacy Charter School, with Sonnenschein pledging $1 million over five years to fund the planning and creation of the elementary school in the city's economically distressed Lawndale neighborhood.
02-01-2005 Environmental Attorney Kevin Haroff Joins Sonnenschein
Kevin T. Haroff has joined the law firm as a partner in its San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s national Environmental practice group. 
01-31-2005 Mark S. Bryant Joins Sonnenschein
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP announced today that Mark S. Bryant has joined the law firm as a partner in its Kansas City, Missouri, office and a member of the firm’s Real Estate practice.
01-27-2005 Sonnenschein Charter School Application Approved by Chicago Board of Education
The elementary school, to be called Legacy Charter School, will open in August 2005 as part of the Chicago Public Schools’ Renaissance 2010 plan. 
01-10-2005 Communications Lawyer Joins Sonnenschein
Zenas Choi Joins Sonnenschein's D.C. Office
01-01-2005 National Venture Capital Association lists Sonnenschein as a Preferred Law Firm Provider
Sonnenschein is now listed as a preferred law firm on the National Venture Capital Association's website.