February 23, 2011

 

CHICAGO, ILL. – The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that twenty of its attorneys have been named by Illinois Super Lawyers^® magazine as among the top attorneys in Illinois for 2011. Among the top 100 are Robert L. Gamrath III and Peter A. Sarasek and among the top 50 Women Illinois Super Lawyers is Janice E. Rodgers. Seventeen Chicago-based attorneys have been named to the 2011 Illinois Rising Stars list as well.

Super Lawyers showcases outstanding attorneys who are recognized by their peers for professional accomplishments. Only five percent of lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers^® and no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list. In selecting 2011 honorees, candidates were evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Attorneys from the Firm’s Chicago office who were selected for inclusion in the 2011 Illinois Super Lawyers list are:

            Donald R. Cassling - Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Bankruptcy 
            & Creditor/Debtor Rights
            Thomas E. Chomicz - Non-Profit, Estate Planning & Probate, Closely Held Business
            Faye B. Feinstein - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business Litigation
            H. James Fox - Real Estate, Banking
            Robert L. Gamrath III - Real Estate, Land Use/Zoning
            James J. Gatziolis - Business/Corporate, Tax
            Mark J. Horne - Real Estate, Construction/Surety, Land Use/Zoning
            Janine M. Landow-Esser - Environmental, Insurance Coverage
            Thomas J. Magill - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business Litigation
            Adrianne C. Mazura - Employment Litigation: Defense, Employment & Labor
            Michael S. Mostow - Environmental, Insurance Coverage
            Janice E. Rodgers - Non-Profit 
            Peter A. Sarasek - Real Estate
            Leonard S. Shifflett - Business Litigation, Construction Litigation, Health Care
            Kathleen J. Swan - Securities & Corporate Finance, Business/Corporate
            John P. Vail - Business/Corporate, Non-Profit, Corporate Governance & Compliance
            Everett S. Ward - Real Estate
            D. Scott Watson - Employment & Labor
            Theodore I. Yi - Real Estate
            Richard W. Young - Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property

Quarles & Brady attorneys from the Firm’s Chicago office who were named to the 2011 Illinois Rising Stars list are:

            Meredith G. Cannon - Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
            Gary R. Clark - Employment & Labor
            Anneke A. Diem - Business/Corporate
            Eric J. Fuglsang - Real Estate
            Ellen Girard Georgiadis - Employment & Labor
            Amy M. Gulinson - Business/Corporate, Real Estate, Mergers & Acquisitions
            Matthew D. Heinke - Land Use/Zoning, Real Estate, Eminent Domain
            Steven V. Hunter - Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, General Litigation
            Norah L. Jones - Non-Profit
            Thomas A. McCarthy - Real Estate, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
            Nicole M. Murray - Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation
            Lauren N. Nachinson - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
            Donna L. Otis - Estate Planning & Probate
            Jodi Patt Pellettiere - Non-Profit
            Jacquelyn Pinnell Reed - Business Litigation
            T. Frank Shaw - Real Estate
            Anthony P. Steinike - Business Litigation

The selections for this esteemed list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of the Thomson Reuters, Legal division based in Eagan, Minn. Each year, the research team at Super Lawyers undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area and a good-standing and disciplinary check.

Super Lawyers can be found online at www.superlawyers.com, where lawyers can be searched by practice area and location.

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 and Tampa, Fla.; Milwaukee and Madison, Wis., and Shanghai, China. 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.