Goldman Ismail is pleased to announce that Sarah Reynolds has joined as managing partner. Ms. Reynolds joins from Mayer Brown LLP’s International Arbitration Practice. She received her JD from the University of Chicago. She represents technology and pharma companies before domestic and international arbitral bodies. Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has completed the Center for Conflict Resolution’s Mediation Training Program.

Les Schiefelbein, international arbitrator and mediator, and CEO of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center stated, “Sarah’s undoubted excellence in the technology sector, both as a litigation and arbitration counsel, makes her a perfect fit for Goldman Ismail.” Continued Schiefelbein, “Sarah is an impressive participant in the international arbitration community– she is smart, tenacious and a pleasure to work with, and her ability to manage and effectively coordinate the diverse range of business personnel, lawyers and other members of the global ADR community makes Sarah a top choice as counsel or arbitrator on complex commercial matters.”

Goldman Ismail founding partner, Tarek Ismail, added “we are thrilled to have Sarah join the firm as managing partner. This is an exciting time of growth for the firm. We undertook a search for more than a year to find the right person to help lead Goldman Ismail in the future and we identified Sarah as the ideal person for the role. Her experience in complex litigation within the pharmaceutical and technology sectors aligns closely with the firm’s practice while Sarah also will be a dynamic and visionary leader of our growing firm.”

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Congratulations Sarah!

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden picked his first federal judicial nominees on Tuesday, including a former federal public defender, Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, to be on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals based in Chicago.

He also nominated Tiffany Cunningham, an intellectual and patent attorney, who is a partner at Perkins Coie LLP in Chicago, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington.

Congratulations to Marlen Cortez Morris for her inclusion in the 2020 Lawyers of Color Nation’s Best list. This list highlights senior-level attorneys of color who have demonstrated a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, both within and outside of the firm.

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Nixon Peabody is proud to announce that nine attorneys have been elected into the firm’s partnership. This group of attorneys represents a wide range of practice areas, including Corporate Transactions and Mergers & Acquisitions, Government Investigations & White-collar Defense, Project Finance & Public Finance, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, and Trusts & Estates. The new partner promotions will take effect February 1, 2021. Nearly 60% of this year’s class are women and attorneys of color, aligning with Nixon Peabody’s deep commitment to moving the needle on diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

Fox Swibel is pleased to announce the promotion of Daniel Dorfman to Capital Partner. We are also pleased to announce the promotions of Tracy Katz Muhl, Tammy Lee, and David Ogles to Partner.

Barack Ferrazzano announces six attorneys have been promoted to the partnership level, effective January 1, 2021.

Congratulations Megan Ratia!

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Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP congratulates Partner Matthew B. Schiff for his rating by Martindale-Hubbell® as AV Preeminent™ for the past consecutive 25 years. Matt, who leads the Firm’s Labor and Employment group, has been named by his peers with the highest accolade conferred on attorneys for legal ability and adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, and reliability. The rating “Preeminent” recognizes attorneys ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communications skills, and ethical standards by their peers.”

Congratulations Matt!

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The national litigation boutique MoloLamken LLP is pleased to announce that Rémy Gerbay, Michelle Parthum, and Lauren Weinstein have been named partners in the firm, effective February 3, 2020.

Congratulations Michelle!

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Recent graduates of the University of Chicago Law School and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law have some of the highest earnings in the country, according to a Forbes analysis of data released last week by the U.S. Department of Education. The data show students at these top-tier Chicago law schools have annual median salaries of $170,500 and $171,900, respectively, one year after graduation.  The rest of the top 5 included Columbia Law School, New York University School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. 

Early last year I was talking with a friend who ran the derivatives trading desk for a major U.S. broker-dealer. He was fascinated to hear that one of the top law firms in the country was aggressively hiring for their bankruptcy and restructuring practice group.