Crain’s Chicago Business has selected RSHC Partners Sondra Hemeryck, Alan King, and Rodney Perry for the 2025 Crain’s Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys honor. This well-deserved recognition highlights the client achievements, firm leadership, and community contributions of these three attorneys. Congratulations, Sondra, Alan, and Rod!

In February and March 2025, the USPTO changed how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “Board”) may exercise its discretion to deny institution of an Inter Partes Review (“IPR”), particularly when there is a parallel district court case or International Trade Commission (“ITC”) investigation.1 According to the USPTO, the changes were made to help the PTAB manage its workflow.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila has earned in-house counsel recommendations for its superior client service and been named one of 29 midsize firms nationwide as a BTI Consulting Highly Recommended Midsize Law Firm 2025.

RSHC is a proud sponsor of the Illinois REjournal 6th Annual Women in Commercial Real Estate Summit.

Kennedy A. Harris has been selected to the Chicago Bar Association’s (CBA) Leadership Institute Class of 2025. The program enhances leadership skills and fosters the professional growth of emerging leaders within Chicago’s legal community.

RSHC Partner Shalem A. Massey was presented with the Patriotic Employer Award by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) and Department of Defense, which recognizes supervisors and managers who demonstrate unwavering support for their employees who are in the National Guard or Reserve.

Today's Managing Partner profiled RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes in an interview that underscores the dynamic leadership required of today’s law firms. In a conversation covering mentoring, authenticity, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, Holmes shared her perspective on RSHC’s success in recruiting and retention.

In Bruce Wagman’s recent American Bar Association newsletter article, "Intertwined: Animal Law and All Its Relatives," he explains how animal law integrates many aspects of traditional legal doctrines, while creating and reforming the legal and social norms around animals; and how the developing field impacts animals on many levels of our society, while incorporating theories, principles, and ideas from other areas of law and science.

Interested in furthering your knowledge of Animal Law? You can now purchase Bruce Wagman’s on-demand webinar “Pet Law 101: A Brief Summary” on LawPracticeCLE.

Three RSHC partners have been selected by the editors of Law360 to serve on the 2025 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.

Join RSHC’s Bruce Wagman for a three-hour CLE, “Pet Law 101: Custody and Housing Disputes, Neglect, Bites, Veterinary Malpractice and More (2025 Edition),” on March 20 (10:00 AM – 1:20 PM PDT) where he will discuss legal challenges and considerations surrounding pet ownership.

Join RSHC’s Bruce Wagman at a free webinar, “Stay Ahead of 2025 Veterinary Legislative Changes,” on March 12 (12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT) hosted by the San Francisco SPCA.

Monique B. Howery, Jennifer Steeve, Rachel S. Christenson, and Amanda D. Misisian have been named RSHC 2024 Pro Bono Award recipients.

Since taking office, President Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders, several of which target diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs and initiatives.

On February 27, at 3:00 PM CST, join the CCBA, BWLA, BLMA, and RSHC speakers Monique B. Howery and Natalie Ellis at The Platt-Wheeler Legal Education Symposium. Monique and Natalie will be presenting, “The Tension Between the Ethical Obligation to Promote Diversity in the Legal Field and the Current Climate.”

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) is proud to announce that Matt Alva has joined the firm as partner in the Chicago office.

On February 28, 2025, at 2:00 PM EST, please join the Federal Bar Association and RSHC moderator Natalie Ellis via webcast for “Through Her Clerks’ Eyes II: The Barrier-Breaking Career of Judge Baker Motley, and Her Honor’s Living Legacy Empowering the Next Generation of Practitioners.”

The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has sparked unprecedented demand worldwide for data center capacity, which provides the computing power to run advanced AI applications. This expansion presents complex legal challenges and opportunities at the intersection of computing infrastructure and power generation.

RSHC attorneys David Resnicoff and Andrew Patton recently published an expert analysis in Law360 on the continuing rationale for strong compliance programs during the second Trump administration.

RSHC is pleased to announce its victory in federal court on behalf of a former partner at a prominent Chicago law firm in a case brought by the U.S. government involving allegations of financial fraud.