A look at our honor classes

Dwyer & Coogan — Personal injury
Jim Coogan is a personal-injury attorney with Dwyer & Coogan who has thrived in his field since being sworn into the bar in 2006. Over the course of his career representing injured citizens and workers, he has been a part of over 20 jury trials to verdict. Of the cases where he was part of the trial team, Jim was the first chair for…

Corboy & Demetrio — Personal injury, medical malpractice
Those who have worked with Michael Ditore and those who have opposed him both agree: Ditore has earned his place among the top plaintiff's personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys in the Chicago area.  And what's most impressive is that Ditore, with Corboy & Demetrio, has built this reputation at just 32…

K&L Gates — Crisis management; social media law; complex commercial litigation and disputes
Perhaps Desiree Moore's days hold more than 24 hours?  What else could explain how this attorney with K&L Gates gets so much accomplished each day?  Moore is a partner at the top-ranked law firm and is the founder and co-chair of K&L Gates' Digital Crisis Planning & Response practice group. She is also a…

Weiss Kunz & Oliver — Matrimonial and family law
Amanda Oliver has a simple rule for her practice: Do what is right for the client and their family, not just what is easy.  That truth has guided Oliver as she's built a thriving family law practice. One of her recent notable successes came when she represented a client who objected to confidential information from therapy…

Levin & Perconti — Personal Injury, Nursing home neglect, medical malpractice, wrongful death, trucking
Michael Shanahan has already earned a long list of impressive verdicts and settlements for his clients, many in the $1 million range. This bodes well for Shanahan's future success: After all, this medical-malpractice attorney is just 33.  Shanahan earned a $1.5 million negligence settlement against a Chicago-area community…

Foran Glennon — Insurance coverage litigation
How has John Eggum risen so quickly to become one of the top insurance coverage lawyers in Illinois? Because of his results. At the age of 37, this Foran Glennon partner has already racked up a long list of favorable judgments and settlements for his clients.  In one case involving more than $1 billion in class-action claims over…

Berger Schatz — Family law
Attentive to detail. Whip smart. Fiercely committed to her clients. Prepared. Knowledgeable.  These are just some of the accolades fellow attorneys give Aura Lichtenberg, a family law attorney at the Chicago law firm of Berger Schatz.  Cook County Circuit Judge Raúl Vega, presiding judge of the Domestic Violence…

Kirkland & Ellis — Commercial and mergers-and-acquisitions Litigation
At the age of 38, Kirkland & Ellis' Martin Roth has earned a reputation as a leader in his field. That's impressive for a lawyer with such a relatively young career.  Just ask Michael Chapman, general counsel for the cleaning products company Diversey in Fort Mill, South Carolina. He worked with Martin and Kirkland…