Overview
Barack Ferrazzano congratulates the 14 partners named to the 24th edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers® in America in Chicago for 2018. The Best Lawyers® list includes a "Lawyer of the Year" recognition and two attorneys (*) who are new selections to the list, in addition to others who have been recognized for more than a decade (in bold).
We congratulate the following partners on being recognised by their peers:
Lawyer of the Year - Chicago
- Dennis A. Ferrazzano - Real Estate Law
(Previously received this honor in 2015)
Banking and Finance Law
- John E. Freechack
- Dennis R. Wendte
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- William J. Barrett
Commercial Litigation
- Edward F. Malone*
Corporate Law
- Peter J. Barack
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Donald L. Norman
Financial Services Regulation Law
- John E. Freechack
Franchise Law
- Sarah M. Bernstein
- Randall L. Oyler
Litigation - Real Estate
- Howard J. Kirschbaum
Real Estate Law
- Mark J. Beaubien
- Suzanne Bessette-Smith
- Jeremy T. Bunnow*
- Dennis A. Ferrazzano
- Howard J. Kirschbaum
- Howard A. Nagelberg
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