January 21, 2009

 

CHICAGO, IL ─ The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP is pleased to announce that four new partners have joined its Chicago office.

Kevin Slaughter joins as a partner in the Corporate Services practice, Thomas Stiebel joins as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice, Everett Ward joins as a partner in the Real Estate practice and Cynthia Faur joins as a partner in the Environmental practice.

“Kevin, Thomas, Everett and Cynthia bring significant experience in their respective practice areas and we are delighted to welcome them to Quarles & Brady," said John W. Daniels, Chairman of Quarles & Brady. “Our Chicago office has grown considerably since its founding and these additions will significantly strengthen our experience and capabilities in these strategic areas as we continue to expand in this market.”

“We are excited to add this group of respected lawyers to our growing Chicago office,” added D. Scott Watson, Chicago Office Managing Partner for Quarles & Brady. “We look forward to the contributions that each of these attorneys will make at Quarles & Brady in Chicago as we strengthen our existing capabilities and identify new opportunities that are increasingly important to our client base in this region.”

Expanding Quarles & Brady’s Chicago Platform

The group’s arrival represents the latest significant addition to the Chicago office in recent months as the firm’s platform continues to attract a variety of distinguished attorneys from across the country.

In September, noted corporate healthcare attorney Rahsaan W. Thompson joined Quarles & Brady’s Chicago office from Abraxis BioScience, Inc. in Los Angeles, where he served as Associate General Counsel.

Quarles & Brady first opened its Chicago office in 1999 with the acquisition of Wilson & McIlvaine, a 28-lawyer Chicago firm, and has since grown to more than 60 lawyers. To accommodate this growth, in late March, the firm will move into 75,000 square feet of office space in the new skyscraper located at 300 N. LaSalle. This new space will allow the firm to expand to as many as 150 attorneys in Chicago.

About the Lawyers

Kevin Slaughter (Corporate Services): Mr. Slaughter possesses extensive experience in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, privacy, data security and e-commerce technology transactions. He represents issuers, underwriters and investors in a variety of public and private offerings of common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities and debt securities and has significant experience in initial public offerings. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Slaughter was of counsel with law firm Dykema.

Slaughter is licensed to practice law in Indiana and Illinois and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Choir Academy Charter School of Chicago, The Board of Directors for US Empowered, Inc., and the Board of Directors for the Muslim Bar Association. He received his law degree from Northwestern University School of Law and his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Hampton University.

Thomas Stiebel (Intellectual Property): Mr. Stiebel has extensive experience counseling clients on all aspects of intellectual property acquisition, protection and enforcement. He regularly advises clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and mechanical arts sectors on various intellectual property matters. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Stiebel was an equity partner at McCracken & Frank LLP.

Stiebel currently serves on the Panel of Arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, as well as an Arbitration Panel Member for the Wuhan Arbitration Commission. He received a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, a M.S. in Biology from St. Louis University and a B.A. from Southern Illinois University.

Everett Ward (Real Estate): Mr. Ward has practiced law in the area of commercial real estate and financing since 1986. He represents corporate, commercial and not-for-profit clients in the acquisition, disposition, development, financing and leasing of commercial, industrial and residential real property. Ward also represents clients in the formation and financing of real estate joint ventures on both stabilized assets and development projects. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Ward was a partner at Jenner & Block.

Ward is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), and a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, where he is the immediate past Chair of the Real Estate Investment Trust Committee. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and an A.B. from Princeton University.

Cynthia Faur (Environmental): Ms. Faur practices in the area of environmental regulation, including issues related to the Clean Air Act, solid and hazardous waste regulation, clean water, endangered species protection and the Superfund program.

Faur most recently served as Confidential Senior Policy Advisor to the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, where she assisted in enforcement of all federal environmental laws and regulations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. While at the U.S. EPA, she also assisted in the development of the Midwestern Governors’ Association’s Energy Security and Client Stewardship Platform for the Midwest and the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Accord.

Prior to her tenure at the U.S. EPA, Faur was a partner with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, working in its Environmental and Energy group.

Faur received a J.D. from the University of Chicago School of Law and a B.A., with High Distinction, from the University of Michigan.

The Chicago office of Quarles & Brady provides quality advice and representation in all segments of the law, with an emphasis on complex and high profile business & real estate transactions; tax and structural advice to business entities; comprehensive counseling to charitable foundations & other tax-exempt organizations; environmental representation in the regulatory, transaction and litigation contexts; representation in all types of business disputes; estate and tax planning for individuals; and labor & employment representation for management. The Chicago office also has a strong commitment to the community and is involved in a wide variety of community, civic and charitable initiatives, which include a number of local Chicago efforts in connection with its firmwide “Quarles Cares” volunteer program.

Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; Naples, Fla.; and Milwaukee and Madison, Wis. The firm offers an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients that range from small entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Additional information about the firm may be found at www.quarles.com.