Sonnenschein Announces 19 Promotions to Partner, Of Counsel
April 3, 2006
(CHICAGO, April 3, 2006)—Law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP has announced the election of 17 partners and two of counsel. The promotions, effective April 1, will help the firm meet demands for legal services in bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate and securities, health care, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and other practice areas.
The promotions are in six of Sonnenschein’s offices: eight in Chicago, two in Kansas City, one in Los Angeles, six in New York, one in San Francisco, and one in Washington, D.C.
The new partners are:
Rachel G. Balaban, New York. Practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration across a broad range of substantive areas, including business tort and contractual disputes, fraud, insurance, intellectual property, and labor and employment-related matters. New York University School of Law, J.D., 1999; Cornell University, B.S., 1996.
Leah R. Bruno, Chicago. Practice focuses on general litigation, including complex consumer class actions; complex insurance litigation; business torts; copyright, trademark, intellectual property; and franchise litigation. DePaul University College of Law, J.D., with highest honors, Order of the Coif, 1999, DePaul Law Review; Northwestern University, B.A., 1996; Trinity College, Oxford University, A.S., 1995.
Debra S. Clark, Chicago. Practices in the Banking & Finance practice group specializing in representing major U.S. and foreign banks and other financial institutions. University of Texas at Austin School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1979; Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., with highest honors, 1976.
Juliet A. Cox, Kansas City. Practices in the Litigation & Business Regulation Group, specializing in product liability and complex commercial and intellectual property lawsuits. University of Missouri-Columbia, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, Order of the Barristers, 1994, Missouri Law Review; University of Missouri-Columbia, B.A., 1991.
Mona E. Dajani, Chicago. Practices in the Real Estate Group, specializing in all aspects of construction transactional and dispute resolution matters. Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 1996; University of St. Thomas Cameron School of Business, M.B.A., with highest distinction, 1992; University of Illinois, B.A., magna cum laude, 1988.
Robert L. Fernandez, Chicago. Practice concentrates on commercial financing and real estate law. Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., Harold Washington Scholar, 1999, Journal of International Law and Business; DePaul University, B.A., with high honors, 1996.
Helise Harrington, New York. Sonnenschein’s firmwide diversity manager. New York University School of Law, J.D., 1981; Columbia University, M.A., 1971; Stanford University, B.A., cum laude, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1968.
Chunlin Leonhard, Chicago. Practices in the Asia Pacific and Litigation & Business Regulation groups. Boston University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1995; University of Nevada, Reno, M.A., 1992; Shanghai Foreign Language Institute, B.A., 1986.
Marci Rose Levine, Washington, D.C. Practice focuses on health care corporate and transactional matters. George Washington University Law School, J.D., with high honors, 1995; Washington University, B.A., with honors, 1992.
Patrick C. Maxcy, Chicago. Practices in the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group. University of Maine School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1999; University of Maine, B.A., with high distinction, 1993.
Steven L. Merouse, Chicago. Practice concentrates on commercial litigation and arbitration across a broad range of substantive areas, including intellectual property, partnership disputes, financial fraud, insurance and contract disputes. New York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1997, Environmental Law Journal; Augustana College, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1986.
Jane A. Meyer, New York. Practices in the Corporate & Securities and Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company groups. New York University School of Law, J.D., 1993; Wellesley College, B.A., cum laude, 1988.
Eric T. Mikkelson, Kansas City. Practices in the Corporate & Securities Group. University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1994, Kansas Law Review; Stanford University, A.B., 1990.
Christopher E. Prince, Los Angeles. Practice focuses on fraud investigation, insolvency, debtor-creditor relations and bankruptcy. UCLA School of Law, J.D., 1995; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., political science, and B.A., economics, 1992.
Deborah H. Renner, New York. Practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, specializing in class-action defense. Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1992; Princeton University, M.A., 1987; Johns Hopkins University, B.A., with honors, 1984.
Richard L. Sadowsky, New York. Practices in the Corporate & Securities Group, specializing in asset-based lending. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D.; Hampshire College, B.A.
Todd M. Stennes, Chicago. Practices in the Real Estate Group. University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, 1992; University of Illinois, B.S., with highest honors, 1989.
The newly named of counsel are:
Carole M. Bass, New York. Practice concentrates on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and estate and trust related litigation. Cornell Law School, J.D., 1996, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy; Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, M.S., 1991; State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., with honors, 1990.
David R. Simonton, San Francisco. Practice focuses on the representation of first- and third-party carriers in insurance coverage disputes, including coverage advice and defense of bad-faith litigation. UCLA School of Law, J.D., 1998; UCLA, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1995.
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