RSHC news

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) welcomes new partner Kimberly Paschall to the firm’s Government Enforcement, Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense practice. Kim joins the firm following over 8 years with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C., where she most recently served as Assistant U.S. Attorney of the National Security Section of the Criminal Division.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) is honored to be recognized in BTI Consulting Group’s Client Service A-Team: Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance.

In case you missed it, Partner LaVon M. Johns recently completed The Chicago Leadership Circle (CLC) Fellowship Program (2024-2025).

In case you missed it, RSHC Partner Kalia M. Coleman was recently honored with the Excellence in Leadership & Service Award by the BWLA of Greater Chicago, Inc.

We are #ProudToBeRSHC and happy for our Vault Law 2026 “Best of” rankings.

RSHC Partners Patricia Brown Holmes and LaVon M. Johns have been named to Forbes’ inaugural America’s Best-In-State Top Lawyers list, which recognizes top lawyers from across all 50 states.

In case you missed it, the June/July 2025 edition of Chicago Lawyer profiles RSHC’s Chicago office relocation in the article, "Spaces: Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila's new office checks all the boxes on its list.

On July 15, on behalf of Front Range Equine Rescue, Return to Freedom, and two wild horse photographers, RSHC’s Bruce Wagman secured a stunning win in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to protect Wyoming’s thousands of "Checkerboard" wild horses.

RSHC proudly announces the selection of Partner Shaun Zhang as City Lead for Atlanta, GA, as part of the 2025-2026 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Alumni Executive Council.

In Bruce Wagman’s recent American Bar Association newsletter article, "Chimpanzees—Ten Years of EndangeredStatus," he explains how the legal landscape has changed for chimpanzees, and their slow move from laboratories into sanctuaries.

On June 27, RSHC’s Alan S. King and Noreen H. Cull secured a win in the Seventh Circuit for United Airlines in a case brought by a former communications worker alleging discrimination and retaliation claims.

Interested in learning the legal aspects of animal control/service officers and dispatch services in the Pacific Region? Best Friends Animal Society’s daylong conference will cover those areas, with RSHC’s Bruce Wagman on Tuesday, July 22 (1:00 PM) weighing in on “Understanding your Ordinances to Expand Lifesaving.”

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila (RSHC) is proud to be recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA as one of the nation’s top law firms and a leader in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations and General Commercial Litigation.

Interested in learning the state of the art way to deal with the 30-90 million free-roaming cats in America, also known as “community cats”? Want to know how carefully-designed Community Cat Programs (CCPs) benefit everyone?

Join RSHC’s Bruce Wagman and Cynthia Delany, DVM, KPA-CTP, FFCP at the Pacific Veterinary Conference (PacVet) on June 28 for two sessions...