Melissa M. Root is the new managing partner of Jenner & Block’s Chicago office.Root, who joined Jenner & Block in 2005, is the first managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office, which is home to more than 330 lawyers. She is a co-chair of the firm’s Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice and a 2021 inductee into the American College of Bankruptcy. She represents the official committee of government retirees in Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy and also serves as counsel to USA Gymnastics.Root is a …