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Reed Smith LLP 
Chicago, Illinois Office
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10 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois  60606-7507
(Cook Co.)
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2009, PA, 15230-2009
Telephone: 312-207-1000
Telecopier: 312-207-6400
http://www.reedsmith.com

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Visibility Ranking
#75 out of 3,128 law firms in Chicago, Illinois
#9 out of 193,855 law firms



About this office:

With its current office in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange complex, Reed Smith has become the geographic center of the firm's U.S. operations, providing a presence that will further strengthen the firm's client service capability across the country.

The Chicago office has more than 130 lawyers who offer extensive experience in securities and equity offerings; mergers and acquisitions; complex commercial litigation; estate and wealth planning; employment and human resources; intellectual property and technology; insurance coverage; and securities litigation. Many partners teach at local law and business schools, and serve as board and committee members of professional organizations.

Please contact Chicago Market Managing Partner Michael LoVallo at +1 312 207 6533 to identify the right lawyer for your legal needs.

About Reed Smith:

Reed Smith is one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, with more than 1,600 lawyers in 23 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its attorneys provide litigation services in multi-jurisdictional matters and other high stake disputes, deliver regulatory counsel, and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising and media, shipping, international trade and commodities, real estate, and education. For more information, visit reedsmith.com.



 

Statement of Practice Summary:
Advertising, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Asbestos, Banks and Banking, Bank Regulatory, Bankruptcy, Class Actions, Communications, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Construction, Consumer Financial Services, Corporate and Securities, E-Commerce, Employee Benefits, Employment Discrimination Litigation, Employment Law, Energy and Natural Resources, Environmental, Family Business, Financial Services, Financial Services Insurance, Financial Services Litigation, First Amendment, Food, Drug and Device, Government Contracts and Export Compliance, Government Relations, Health Care, Higher Education, Immigration, Information Technology, Insurance, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, International, Land Use, Life Sciences, Litigation, Media and Entertainment, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Profit and Charitable Organizations, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Project Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate, Restrictive Covenants/Trade Secrets, Tax, Technology, Telecommunications, Trusts and Estates, Venture and White Collar Crime.


Articles Authored by Lawyers at this office:

Broad Expansion of ADA Rights Poised to Become Law
James A. Burns, John McDonald, September 26, 2008
On Sept. 11, 2008, the United States Senate, in legislation co-sponsored by Sens. Obama and McCain, voted unanimously to expand the protections afforded by the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") by passing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ("ADAAA").

Federal Court Rules that Open Source Licenses Are Enforceable under Copyright Law
John L. Hines, E. Leonard Rubin, Alfred E. Hanna, September 3, 2008, previously published by Intellectual Property Today on August 2008
On August 13, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued the first reported decision by a federal appellate court dealing with the burgeoning area of open source licensing.

The Illinois Conversion to Market-Sourcing for Income Apportionment Begins to Take Shape
Michael J. Wynne, Timothy E. Wieher, August 27, 2008
The Illinois Department of Revenue ("IDOR") plans to begin promulgating new corporate tax regulations on a one-a-week basis, beginning after Labor Day.


Year Established: 1877

Former Names: Knox & Reed 1877-1902 Reed, Smith, Shaw & Beal 1902-1922 Reed Smith Shaw & McClay 1922-2000


(For biographical data on personnel in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Falls Church, Leesburg and Richmond, Virginia, Princeton, New Jersey, New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, London and Solihull, England, Paris, France, Munich, Germany, Piraeus, Greece, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Beijing and Hong Kong, China, see Professional Biographies at those locations)



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3rd Party Sourced Data for this firm

US Federal Litigation Activity
Highest number of cases by this firm: Products Liability (1265 cases in past two years)
Transactional Activity
Total number of Mergers & Acquisitions by this firm: 15 in past two years
Peer Review Ratings
Total number of Peer Review Rated lawyers at this firm: 313






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