Cassiday Schade LLP — Transportation and medical malpractice
Sharp analytical skills. Sees beyond the obvious. Determined, but never foolishly so. And always boasting a superb instinct for the key facts in a case. Those are just some of the traits that his fellow attorneys say set Joseph Panatera apart from other transportation and medical-malpractice specialists in the Chicago area…

Hall Prangle & Schoonveld LLC — Medical malpractice defense
How has Sapna Lalmalani managed to build such a strong career in medical malpractice law at such a young age? Her fellow attorneys say that Lalmalani boasts the strategic vision possessed by seasoned trial attorneys with far more years of experience. They say, too, that she sees the big picture in her cases, a trait that has helped her…

BatesCarey LLP — Insurance coverage
It hasn’t taken Patrick Bedell long to earn the trust of his colleagues and clients. Katie Falkenberg, partner at Chicago’s SmithAmundsen, saw this firsthand back in 2005, when she and Bedell represented co-defendants in a declaratory judgment action involving exposure to asbestos. The case was a long and complex one. But…

Ropes & Gray LLP — Complex Business and Securities Litigation
Timothy Farrell evokes consistent praise from clients and peers as a “formidable legal advocate and strategist” who delivers “win after win” in even the most complex and daunting legal disputes. Farrell, who specializes in high-stakes business and securities litigation at Ropes & Gray in Chicago, boasts an…

Perkins Coie LLP — Corporate law
For many, the lottery conjurs up thoughts of random drawings, dreams of jackpots and everything a player could do with their winnings. The contract to privatize the Illinois Lottery would be none of these. Instead, it was a challenging victory. Only three states – Illinois, Indiana and New Jersey – operate under a private…

Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP — Chemical and pharmaceutical patent prosecution
Jennifer Burnette ranks as one of the top practitioners in the field of chemical and pharmaceutical patent law in the Chicago area. Why? She knows this field in depth – from the most complex polymers and plastics systems, coatings, packaging, and absorbents to pharmaceutical formulations and microfluidics diagnostic systems. She…

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP — Health care regulation and policy
Focus, dedication and energy. These are the traits that Juan Morado Jr.’s peers point to when explaining what sets this health-care specialist apart from other Chicago attorneys. Nominators say that Morado is passionate about every case he tackles. He’s also devoted to his clients and works countless hours to earn them the…

The Chicago Bar Foundation — Housing law and access-to-justice issues
Samira Nazem has used her impressive legal skills to fight for those who lack access to justice during her entire legal career, from her years as a legal aid lawyer at the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing to her time pursuing new programs and policies on behalf of people without lawyers in the Civil Justice Division of the…