RSHC news

Commercial real estate lawyer LaVon M. Johns joins the firm’s business transactions practice as a partner and will lead the group in advising clients on a range of corporate and transactional matters.

RSHC is delighted to announce the promotion of eight lawyers to its partnership effective January 1, 2023.

RSHC’s commitment to pro bono work has earned the firm recognition as a Law360 Pro Bono Leader for 2022.

RSHC Managing Partner, Patricia Brown Holmes, has been honored as one of the Chicago Business Journal’s 2022 Women of Influence honorees.

For another consecutive year, Exelon has named Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila (RSHC) to Exelon's annual DEI Honor Roll.

On October 19th RSHC Managing Partner, Patricia Brown Holmes, was honored by The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) as a recipient of its 2022 Rainmaker Award.

This week the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms awarded Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila (RSHC) its 2022 Delivering Diversity Award.

Crain’s Chicago Business honors RSHC Partners Patricia Brown Holmes, Alan King, and Rod Perry as 2022 Notable Black Leaders and Executives—role models and mentors making a difference in the Chicago community and helping open opportunities for Black Americans.

RSHC Partner Kalia Coleman has been selected as a 2022 National Black Lawyers Top 100 in Illinois and recognized for her leadership, reputation, influence, stature, and profile as an outstanding Black lawyer.

RSHC Partner Nathan Howze and Counsel Meghan Wood have been selected to the 2022 National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 and recognized for their leadership, reputation, influence, stature, and profile as outstanding black lawyers younger than the age of 40.

Join us in congratulating RSHC Partners Alan King and Steve Hankins on their continued recognition as two of the nation’s top labor and employment advisors to businesses, universities, nonprofits, and other organizations handling today’s global workforce.

Congratulations to RSHC’s 18 attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™, recognizing associates and other lawyers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice.

Congratulations to RSHC’s 16 partners recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in 11 practice areas and three geographic regions. The Best Lawyers list was first published in 1983 and is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

RSHC is proud to be ranked in Vault’s 2023 Top 150 Under 150 list of leading U.S. midsize law firms recognized for delivering top-notch service and big results. Vault’s editorial and research teams follow a rigorous process to assess firms for prestige, quality of life, and professional growth opportunities.

Recently, McDonald’s Corporation announced Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) as one of the winners of its Legal Department’s 2022 EMPOWER Award in the inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report (DEI). RSHC shares McDonald’s core values and demonstrates an innovative and strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Through their work to embed and operationalize the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion into how they manage their organizations, RSHC, along with the other winning firm have gone above and beyond to create and drive meaningful change.