RSHC news

RSHC Partner Kalia Coleman is honored to serve on the Business Leadership Council’s (BLC) Executive Committee.

RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes is deeply honored to serve on the inaugural Chicago Bears Women's Advisory Board, a dynamic and inspirational group of eight female leaders from across various industries, to elevate the female fan experience and create an inclusive environment.

RSHC Partner Abbie Peluso has been named to the 2024 Leadership of Greater Chicago’s (LGC) Fellows Class of 2024.

Kalia Coleman has been named to the 2024 Chicago Urban League (CUL) IMPACT Leadership Development Program. Celebrating its 10th year, the CUL has chosen forty-seven rising leaders for their IMPACT program.

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in the SuperValu case confirmed the importance of a defendant’s state of mind in False Claims Act cases, holding that, “what matters for an FCA case is whether the defendant knew the claim was false.”

RSHC attorneys Nick Kahlon and Blake Kolesa discuss recent class actions brought under the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act in an article for the April 2023 Illinois State Bar Association’s Bench & Bar Section Council Newsletter titled “GIPA: The Next Front for Illinois Privacy Litigation?”

RSHC congratulates Bruce Wagman on his work that resulted in federal protection for birds used in commercial industries, after a decades-long battle with the USDA.

RSHC has been named a top law firm in Law360's Diversity Snapshot Report, yet again, for outpacing peer firms and having one of the most diverse equity partnerships. RSHC’s commitment to diversity and inclusion is real and demonstrable.

RSHC’s Bruce Wagman discusses his decision to found a chimpanzee sanctuary called Project Chimps, providing a lifetime home for the chimps, funding, the importance of Phase 2, and how you can help.

RSHC Partner Keyonn Pope discusses his wide-ranging practice focus on intellectual property, commercial disputes, entertainment, and media. Keyonn also reflects on how he stays on the cutting edge of entertainment and tech while still having time to serve the community in a new Lawyer Limelight profile for Lawdragon.

Congratulations to RSHC Partner Ronald Safer on his induction into the Lawdragon Hall of Fame along with fellow Class of 2022 inductees U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The National Football League announced the formation of a new Diversity Advisory Committee on March 28, bringing together experienced leaders from across industries, including RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes, to advise the league on diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring and promotion.

Five RSHC attorneys have been selected by the editors of Law360 to serve on the editorial boards that will provide feedback on the publication’s coverage and expert insight on how best to shape future coverage of specific areas of legal practice and law firm management.

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.