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Katten is a firm of first choice for clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services in the United States and abroad. Our nationally recognized practices include commercial finance, corporate, environmental, financial services, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, and trusts and estates. Our approximately 650 attorneys serve public and private companies, including one-third of the Fortune 100, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals. We provide full-service legal advice from locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai.

We forge partnerships with our clients based on our uniquely flexible and entrepreneurial culture. Knowing the law is not enough: we understand our clients’ business objectives and address their legal needs in a manner that is consistent with the “big picture.” Our clients see us as trusted advisors and we demonstrate our value every day in the successful results we earn.

Katten is deeply committed to diversity and we are frequently honored for our diversity program. We value the talents and perspectives of our diverse teams of attorneys, building stronger solutions for our clients and a better workplace for everyone.

Through our pro bono program, our attorneys and other legal professionals give their time, resources and talent to serve individuals and organizations in need, to engage in important national litigation and to partner with local legal service providers to ensure access to the justice system. We understand that by enriching the lives of those around us, we grow as a firm and as individuals. With our Katten Cares program, we have invested millions of dollars and thousands of hours in making a positive impact on our communities through sponsorship of local community service programs and the charitable activities of our attorneys and staff.

Katten is intensely focused on ensuring that we offer the best services to our clients and, in turn, sharing our support with community organizations.

 

Partner and Co Chair, Broker-Dealer Regulation
Leveraging considerable experience, Wayne Aaron helps broker-dealers, other market participants and their management stay ahead of ever-changing financial services regulatory requirements.…
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Partner
Kristin J. Achterhof concentrates her practice in the area of intellectual property litigation and counseling. She is a first-chair trial attorney in matters pending in federal and state…
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Partner
Matthew S. Brown is head of Katten’s Entrepreneurial Ventures practice and represents a wide range of businesses, entrepreneurs and investors in mergers and acquisitions, venture and angel…
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Partner
Alan Brudner has more than 25 years of experience representing institutions and individual clients in government and regulatory investigations, as well as internal investigations and…
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Associate
Brandon Bucio advises clients in corporate finance transactions ranging from multibillion-dollar public securities offerings to Rule 144A offerings to discrete private placements. He…
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Partner
Vlad Bulkin understands the unique needs of business development companies (BDCs) and registered closed-end funds (CEFs). From fund formation to capital raising activities, he brings…
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Partner
Christina Burgess works with issuers, underwriters and lenders on asset-backed and mortgage-backed structured finance transactions. With a focus on automobile and equipment loan, lease and…
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Associate
Diane B. Burks concentrates her practice in corporate and trusts and estates matters. Her practice focuses on estate planning, estate administration, and gift, estate and generation-…
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Of Counsel
Lawrence B. Buttenwieser concentrates his practice in trusts and estates law, with a focus in estate planning and administration law.  
Education:  

JD, Yale Law School 
MA, The University…
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Partner
Jonathan Byer concentrates his practice in estate and tax planning for individuals and families, the representation of fiduciaries and the administration of estates and trusts. He…
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Partner
Dan Collins is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who represents clients in complex litigation matters. An award-winning former federal prosecutor, Dan regularly defends clients in…
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Associate
Nancy Allred Collins helps her clients with tax planning. Individuals and companies rely on her to help them structure their investments and develop strategies so they can invest in their…
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Our Corporate Practice provides sophisticated transactional representation and business counseling to national and global companies in a wide range of industries. Attorneys in the practice…
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Associate
Christina L. Costley focuses her practice on complex business litigation. She represents public corporations and their officers and directors in securities class actions, shareholder…
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Partner
David A. Crichlow represents large companies in some of their most important litigation in federal and state courts, administrative agencies and arbitration tribunals throughout the country…
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Partner
Tanya L. Curtis is the national co-chair of the Technology practice and focuses on intellectual property, information technology, privacy, and e-business and other Internet-related matters…
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Associate
Chad R. Doobay concentrates his practice in public finance.
Chad has broad experience representing issuers, underwriters, borrowers and banks in financings related to nonprofit hospitals,…
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Staff Attorney
Joshua Druckerman is a staff attorney in the Intellectual Property practice. 
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Partner
Stewart Herman represents clients in commercial- and business-aircraft transactions. With more than 30 years' experience structuring, negotiating, and documenting transactions for aircraft…
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Partner
Kelly Hine helps businesses resolve disputes both in and out of court. When going to court, Kelly goes to win as a first-chair trial lawyer with more than 20 years of litigation experience…
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Partner
Christopher Hitchins focuses his practice on the full range of employment law issues, acting for employers or senior individuals in a wide range of sectors, with a particular focus on the…
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Partner and Co-Chair, ESG Risk and Investigations

Johnjerica Hodge helps her clients navigate difficult issues as they arise, whether in litigation or otherwise, and establish the policies and procedures needed to reduce the wide range of…
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Associate
Dominique Hodgson advises across the full spectrum of insolvency and restructuring matters, both contentious and non-contentious, in the UK and cross-border. Dominique works with her…
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Associate
Matthew M. Holub concentrates his practice on resolving intellectual property disputes, including complex patent litigation involving the Hatch-Waxman Act and Abbreviated New Drug…
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Associate
Success in real estate requires a high level of responsiveness and skill at solving problems. As an associate in Katten's Real Estate practice, Scott Hovanyetz delivers on that need through…
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Associate
Jennifer Howard primarily represents business development companies (BDCs) and registered closed-end funds (CEFs) in connection with their efforts to raise capital and launch market…
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Special Counsel
Matthew Hubenschmidt develops creative solutions for the tax issues associated with capital market or financial endeavors. He provides advice on a wide range of corporate and partnership…
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Partner
For more than 25 years, Daniel Huffenus has represented sophisticated real estate capital markets lenders in the origination of commercial mortgage loans. Active since the early days of…
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Associate
Laura Krcmaric represents clients in the financial services industry, focusing on regulatory and compliance work. Prior to joining Katten, Laura served as counsel for Credit Suisse, where…
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Associate
Michael G. Melzer concentrates his practice in public finance matters serving in project finance and regulatory capacities as bank counsel, bond counsel, borrowers’ counsel, disclosure…
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Associate
Jeremy Merkel counsels businesses and organizations across a range of industries on privacy and data security matters. Combining his knowledge of the cybersecurity landscape with his…
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Partner
Ryan Meyer defends companies and executives in government investigations, civil enforcement actions and criminal proceedings typically involving allegations of securities fraud and health…
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Associate
Elise Michael represents clients in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Katten, Elise was at J.P. Morgan Chase, where she supported the Private Bank’s advisory and…
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Associate
Associate Anna Mikulski concentrates her practice in litigation matters.
During law school, Anna worked in Northwestern University's Bluhm Legal Clinic Center on Wrongful Convictions. She…
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Associate
Bernard Miller concentrates his health care practice on a broad range of regulatory, transactional and corporate governance matters. He excels at providing guidance, conducting research and…
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Partner
Glenn Miller brings a creative, problem-solving approach to the tax issues present in a wide range of domestic and international transactions and controversies, including taxable and tax-…
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Associate
Sean Miller is an associate in the Financial Services practice.
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Associate
Tegan Miller-McCormack helps both UK and international clients in matters of intellectual property, general commercial and data protection law. She has previous experience working for a…
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Associate
Tenley Mochizuki concentrates her practice in litigation and dispute resolution matters.
While attending law school, Tenley participated in the Advocacy for the Elderly Clinic and worked on…
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Partner
The value of data as an asset has increased substantially in today's global digital economy. In the high-stakes environment of global intellectual property and technology services,…
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Partner
There’s a reason why so many major developers in New York City rely on Martin Siroka for assistance with financing mixed-income and affordable residential developments in the New York metro…
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Associate
Andrew R. Skowronski concentrates his practice in employee benefits and executive compensation matters. He counsels and advises buyers, sellers and management in the context of corporate…
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Of Counsel
Robert Smith has more than 40 years of experience litigating complex commercial and business matters of all kinds, including in the areas of securities, accountants’ liability, shareholder…
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Associate
Robert T. Smith’s practice includes complex civil and criminal appeals, environmental enforcement and regulation, white collar criminal matters and internal investigations. He is as…
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Partner
Over his career, Lance Soderstrom has litigated hundreds of patents relating to a range of technologies, from pharmaceutical compounds to medical devices to computer software programs.…
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Partner
Brian Sodikoff advises clients on patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret matters. He devotes a significant part of his practice to complex patent litigation and has worked on all…
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Managing Partner
Gil M. Soffer is managing partner of Katten's Chicago office and national co-head of the White Collar Defense, Internal Investigations and Compliance practice. He also serves as hiring…
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Associate
Leah Solomon focuses her practice on entertainment and media litigation.
Litigation in the entertainment industry takes real talent
Leah advises and represents both individual and entity…
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Managing Partner
When private equity firms and business owners need an attorney who can command the respect of a room and cut through roadblocks to achieve their goals, they call on Mark Solomon. Mark,…
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Partner
The financial services industry is under constant scrutiny from regulators. Peter Wilson’s familiarity with the business of financial services firms, as well as the regulatory landscape,…
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Associate
David Wood is an associate in the Corporate practice focusing on corporate and corporate real estate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, private equity…
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Partner
Mark D. Wood is head of Katten's Securities practice and concentrates in corporate and securities law. Mark represents public companies, issuers and investment banks in initial public…
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Partner
Kenya S. Woodruff works with hospitals, physicians and other health care providers looking to improve the performance of their clinical operations and ensure regulatory compliance. She also…
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Partner
Danny Worrell focuses his practice on environmental contested case permitting and enforcement, Superfund litigation, and transactions and investigations involving environmental matters. He…
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Associate
Elias Wright is an associate in the Investment Management and Funds practice.
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman LLP has been named a Go-To Thought Leader in the Litigation category by the National Law Review. In 2022, authors Julie L. Gottshall, Janet R. Widmaier, Andrew J. Schuyler, Stacey D. Mckee Knight, Janella T. Gholian, and Michelle A. Gyves reached thousands of industry professionals with their coverage of the US Supreme Court’s reinstatement of the OSHA employer vaccine mandate. Their timely reporting on the Court’s ruling and other local regulations in place or in peril because of the ruling provided a valuable resource to legal and business professionals. 

The National Law Review names Katten as a Go-To Thought Leader for the firm’s coverage of Estate Planning & Taxes. The firm’s article, “2021 Biden Plan Estate Planning Advisory,” breaks down President Biden’s estate, gift and transfer tax plan and reviews what they mean for capital gains tax rates as well. Although estate law can be a layered area of practice, Katten’s content broke it down for our viewers in an organized and thorough manner.

Katten is a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for the firm’s thought leadership on the Coronavirus pandemic's impact on the aviation industry, specifically the government’s ongoing operation support for the airlines and aviation finance and leases.  Katten’s thought leadership in aviation addresses leases and financing and the insurance of aircraft assets during bankruptcies, as well as government regulation and oversight of the aviation industry including the Treasury Department’s payroll support for airline workers and special payments earmarked for the airline industry under the CARES Act. The following Katten attorney authors were notable aviation law contributors in 2020: Lisa A. ClarkTom Healey,  Stewart B. Herman, Timothy J. LynesBrett J. Seifarth, and Miran Vila.

 

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