RSHC news

RSHC is doubly proud to announce RSHC Partners Joe Cancila and Keyonn Pope have been awarded the highest overall rating by their peers and named a 2024 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in the Chicago area.

RSHC Partner Kalia Coleman is the 2023 Cook County Bar Association Next Generation Lawyer Award recipient.

Congratulations to Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes, honored at the June 15 Chambers USA Awards 2023 with the Diversity & Inclusion: Outstanding Contribution award, recognizing her broad impact in advancing diversity and inclusion across the legal profession.

Jasmine Morton, Allison Siebeneck, and Monique Howery start off the June 16 CCBA Leadership Conference CLE Series with the panel presentation, “Wrongful Convictions, Ethics and Community Impact.”

Short-listed among 10 top-ranked firms as an Outstanding Firm for Diversity & Inclusion, RSHC is proud to once again be recognized by the Chambers USA Awards for our broad, organic approach to creating an inclusive work environment for all, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and LGBTQ+ and disability status.

RSHC Partners Patricia Brown Holmes and LaVon M. Johns share their sage insights on how to climb the ladder to success, what it takes to become true rainmakers, and build exceptional practices in “Top of the Mountain,” a spotlight editorial published in the 2023 Business Edition of Best Lawyers Women in the Law.

Not all lessons for a successful law career are learned in the classroom.

RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes is the 2023 ABA Diversity Leadership Award recipient for her commitment to diversity and promoting full and equal participation in the legal profession.

RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes will be honored with the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Philanthropic Award at the Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Spring Awards Celebration on Thursday, May 18, 2023, Four Seasons Hotel Chicago.

Over 50 product liability lawsuits aimed at manufacturers, sellers, and distributors of chemical hair relaxer products have been consolidated before a federal court judge in Chicago. he cases allege that the products, primarily marketed and sold to black women, are linked to an increased risk of developing cancer and other reproductive health complications – allegations the defendants vigorously dispute.

Join us in giving a standing ovation to RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes on her induction into the Class of 2023 Cook County Bar Association Hall of Fame.

RSHC welcomes our new partner LaVon M. Johns!

We are proud to announce 16 RSHC attorneys have been selected to the 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers and 2023 Illinois Rising Stars lists. For a second time, RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes has received the Top 10 Illinois Super Lawyers distinction.

RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes has been elected a new member of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Monique Howery, Erin Gasparka, and Jasmine Morton have been named to the 2023 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). Monique has been chosen for the LCLD Fellows program while Erin and Jasmine have been chosen for the Pathfinder program.