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Kalia Coleman Addressing Emerging Trends and Practices in the Digital Space at GIR Live: Chicago 2022 Conference
RSHC Partner Kalia Coleman is speaking on the panel, “Through the Looking Glass: Emerging Trends and Practices in the Digital Space,” at the June 23, GIR Live: Chicago 2022.Full story: Kalia Coleman Addressing Emerging Trends and Practices in the Digital Space at GIR Live: Chicago 2022 Conference -
RSHC’s Patricia Brown Holmes Named BWLA 2022 “Beyond in Big Law”
Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes was recently honored with the “Beyond in Big Law” Award, given by the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. (BWLA). This award recognizes an attorney who has made an impact on the legal profession by blazing a new trail. Patricia is the first African American woman to manage and have her name on the door of a major law firm that is not women- or minority-owned. She has dedicated her career to mentoring and creating opportunities for up-and-coming lawyers.Full story: RSHC’s Patricia Brown Holmes Named BWLA 2022 “Beyond in Big Law” -
RSHC Partner Kalia Coleman Featured in Lawdragon
Reflecting on her recent transition from the U.S. Attorney’s Office to her role as a partner with RSHC, Kalia Coleman describes her deep sense of duty to her clients in a new Lawyer Limelight profile for Lawdragon.Full story: RSHC Partner Kalia Coleman Featured in Lawdragon -
RSHC Promotes Business Attorney Nathan Howze to Partnership
RSHC is delighted to announce the promotion of Nathan Howze (Business Transactions) to Partner, effective January 1, 2022. The Firm also added five partners through lateral hiring in 2021.Full story: RSHC Promotes Business Attorney Nathan Howze to Partnership -
RSHC Partners Patricia Brown Holmes and Alan King Honored as Notable Black Executives
RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes and Labor & Employment Practice Chair Alan King are among the prominent business and community leaders honored by Crain’s Chicago Business this week as Notable Black Leaders and Executives. Crain’s editors selected 71 Chicagoans who have not only reached prominent places in their own professions but have, this year, “seized the moment” of reckoning over systemic racism following the murder of George Floyd and redoubled their efforts to contribute to the Black community through service and philanthropy.Full story: RSHC Partners Patricia Brown Holmes and Alan King Honored as Notable Black Executives -
Former Federal Prosecutor Kalia Coleman Joins RSHC
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) welcomes new partner Kalia Coleman to our Government Enforcement, Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense practice. Coleman joins the firm following nearly six years with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where she most recently served as Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Division.Full story: Former Federal Prosecutor Kalia Coleman Joins RSHC -
RSHC Secures Record Verdict and Complete Vindication for Eddie Bolden
Twenty-seven years to the day that he was convicted of and soon thereafter sentenced to life in prison for crimes he did not commit, RSHC won complete and total vindication for Eddie Bolden. On Friday, October 29, 2021, a Chicago jury resoundingly rejected the defendants attempts to, yet again, deprive Eddie of justice. Twenty-eight times, once for every count against every defendant, the jury proclaimed Eddie’s innocence and the complicity of those who framed him. The jury awarded $25 million in compensatory damages, as well as $100,000 in punitive damages against each of the living defendants.Full story: RSHC Secures Record Verdict and Complete Vindication for Eddie Bolden -
Shalem Massey and Jennifer Steeve Speakers at ABA Aviation and Space Law Committee Conference
Shalem Massey and Jennifer Steeve are speaking at the October 28-29 ABA Cleared for Takeoff: Aviation Litigation in a Post-Pandemic World conference in Washington, DC. Shalem is moderating the “Elimination of Bias/Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal Profession” panel.Full story: Shalem Massey and Jennifer Steeve Speakers at ABA Aviation and Space Law Committee Conference -
RSHC Selected for 2021 Chicago Committee Diversity Award
At the November 11 Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firm’s Annual Meeting, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila will receive the 2021 Commitment & Investment Award recognizing the firm’s accomplishments in diverse attorney recruitment and retention.Full story: RSHC Selected for 2021 Chicago Committee Diversity Award -
Sandy Musumeci Named 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyer
We are proud to announce that RSHC Partner Sandy Musumeci has been selected as a 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyer in Criminal Defense: White Collar.Full story: Sandy Musumeci Named 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyer -
RSHC Partners Georgia Alexakis and Kelly Warner Draw Lessons from DOJ Government Monitorship Guidance for Law360
In a Law360 Expert Analysis, "What DOJ Gov't Monitoring Guidance Can Teach Companies," RSHC Partners Georgia Alexakis and Kelly Warner translate new DOJ guidance for monitoring civil settlement agreements and consent decrees to the investigations and compliance space.Full story: RSHC Partners Georgia Alexakis and Kelly Warner Draw Lessons from DOJ Government Monitorship Guidance for Law360 -
Patricia Brown Holmes Speaker at Garret and CCI Corporate Social Conscience Program
Patricia Brown Holmes will be speaking at the September 22-24 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Corporate Social Conscience virtual event. Prominent speakers who help shape the current legal markets will discuss corporate and securities law including M&A, corporate governance, and SEC updates.Full story: Patricia Brown Holmes Speaker at Garret and CCI Corporate Social Conscience Program -
RSHC Named to Exelon’s 2021 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Honor Roll
RSHC is honored to be named to Exelon’s 2021 DEI Honor Roll and recognized as a legal business partner advancing shared values and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.Full story: RSHC Named to Exelon’s 2021 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Honor Roll -
Patricia Brown Holmes Honored by Corporate Counsel as ‘Managing Partner of the Year’
RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes is being honored as a “Managing Partner of the Year” by the Corporate Counsel’s annual Women, Influence and Power in Law Awards program. These awards honor general counsel, in-house leaders and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law. In recognizing Judge Holmes, the WIPL selection committee noted her role in shaping RSHC’s culture and designing explicit policies that ensure accountability on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Under her leadership, the firm has been recognized by Chambers as “a true diversity and inclusion pioneer for the profession” and was recently noted in Law360’s Diversity Snapshot Report for having one of industry’s the most diverse equity partnerships.Full story: Patricia Brown Holmes Honored by Corporate Counsel as ‘Managing Partner of the Year’ -
RSHC Recognized as a Diversity Leader by Law360
Law360’s annual Diversity Snapshot Report recognizes RSHC as a Top 5 law firm for the most diverse attorney workforce nationwide for firms with 100 or fewer attorneys. RSHC outpaces peers for creating pathways to advancement from all groups and walks of life. Diversity, equity, are core founding principles on which RSHC was built. While we are grateful for the recognition and congratulate the other firms on Law360’s list, we recognize our efforts at improving DEI in the legal profession are only just getting started.Full story: RSHC Recognized as a Diversity Leader by Law360