RSHC news

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP is proud to celebrate Partner LaVon M. Johns on being named at the GlobeSt. Women of Influence 2026 Awards ceremony as the 2026 Woman of the Year—CRE Legal Counsel.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP is pleased to announce that attorneys Matthew C. Crowl, Patricia Brown Holmes, Robert H. Riley, and Ronald S. Safer have been recognized as Top 250 Leading Lawyers in Illinois.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila’s Bruce Wagman will be a featured speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s 3-hour CLE program, From the Legislature to the Courtroom: Updates in Animal Law, on August 26, 2026.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP is proud to announce that 19 attorneys have been recognized in The Legal 500 Chicago Elite rankings, a distinction that highlights leading lawyers across the Chicago legal market.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Shaun Zhang has been selected to serve as Atlanta City Lead for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 2026–2027 Alumni Leadership Team.

Bruce Wagman of Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila (RSHC), shares insights in the ABA Animal Law Summer 2026 newsletter on the ongoing impact of animal law, spotlighting recent victories against shark finning.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila (RSHC) is proud to announce that partner Ron Safer has been named one of Bloomberg Law’s 2026 Unrivaled Litigators, a recognition honoring the nation’s leading trial lawyers for exceptional results in high-stakes litigation and impactful settlements.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila’s Business Transactions attorneys David Aguilar and Peter M. Zagotta were recently featured in Law360’s quarterly Expert Analysis series, examining the most significant Illinois banking and financial services developments from Q2 2026.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila is pleased to announce that Partner LaVon M. Johns has been invited to join the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF), a prestigious honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars.

RSHC attorney Bruce Wagman is co-counsel in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s APHIS challenging a federal rule that exempts most bird breeders from oversight under the AWA.

On June 17, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “Department”) National Security Division (“NSD”) issued a press release announcing its first declination under the new Department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (the “CEP”).

RSHC is honored to be named to the BTI Client Service A-Team 2026.

Leading animal law attorney Bruce Wagman of Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP will present farm animal protection, both in the legislatures and in the courtrooms, in an upcoming “Wag-inar,” Timely Topics in Animal Law 2026, presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

Over the past 15 months of the second Trump Administration, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), under the leadership of Chair Andrea Lucas, has pursued aggressive enforcement efforts aimed at advancing the Administration’s civil rights priorities...

RSHC is pleased to announce that Blake Kolesa will serve as moderator for the Chicago Bar Association webinar, Disputed Deals: Pressure Points & Remedies in Commercial Litigation, on June 17, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.