| Biography | Mr. Richman concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate, labor & employment and health care law. For more than 25 years, he has served as general corporate counsel to privately held businesses including middle market manufacturers and distributors, start-up entities, and service providers; and has represented business owners and their families in a broad variety of personal and business planning matters. Mr. Richman's experience encompasses a wide variety of commercial transactions, domestic and foreign investment and sourcing matters, and organizational, governance, succession planning, and creditor issues. His labor and employment practice includes representation of management in union organizing, bargaining, arbitration, mediation, strategic planning, and employment practices. Additionally, Mr. Richman has a consulting practice that assists business enterprises and not-for-profit organizations in the implementation of complex change, strategic planning, and employee engagement initiatives. Mr. Richman is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School. From 1973 to 1975, he worked for the Federal Trade Commission. From 1975 to 2004, Mr. Richman worked for the firm of Schoenberg Fisher Newman & Rosenberg. He was the firm's managing partner from 1993 to 2003. He is a member of the the Illinois State Bar Association. . |