We are #ProudToBeRSHC and happy for our Vault Law 2026 “Best of” rankings.

RSHC Partners Patricia Brown Holmes and LaVon M. Johns have been named to Forbes’ inaugural America’s Best-In-State Top Lawyers list, which recognizes top lawyers from across all 50 states.

In case you missed it, the June/July 2025 edition of Chicago Lawyer profiles RSHC’s Chicago office relocation in the article, "Spaces: Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila's new office checks all the boxes on its list.

On July 15, on behalf of Front Range Equine Rescue, Return to Freedom, and two wild horse photographers, RSHC’s Bruce Wagman secured a stunning win in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to protect Wyoming’s thousands of "Checkerboard" wild horses.

RSHC proudly announces the selection of Partner Shaun Zhang as City Lead for Atlanta, GA, as part of the 2025-2026 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Alumni Executive Council.

In Bruce Wagman’s recent American Bar Association newsletter article, "Chimpanzees—Ten Years of EndangeredStatus," he explains how the legal landscape has changed for chimpanzees, and their slow move from laboratories into sanctuaries.

On June 27, RSHC’s Alan S. King and Noreen H. Cull secured a win in the Seventh Circuit for United Airlines in a case brought by a former communications worker alleging discrimination and retaliation claims.

Interested in learning the legal aspects of animal control/service officers and dispatch services in the Pacific Region? Best Friends Animal Society’s daylong conference will cover those areas, with RSHC’s Bruce Wagman on Tuesday, July 22 (1:00 PM) weighing in on “Understanding your Ordinances to Expand Lifesaving.”

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila (RSHC) is proud to be recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA as one of the nation’s top law firms and a leader in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations and General Commercial Litigation.

Interested in learning the state of the art way to deal with the 30-90 million free-roaming cats in America, also known as “community cats”? Want to know how carefully-designed Community Cat Programs (CCPs) benefit everyone?

Join RSHC’s Bruce Wagman and Cynthia Delany, DVM, KPA-CTP, FFCP at the Pacific Veterinary Conference (PacVet) on June 28 for two sessions...

Open communication in the workplace is vital to success, particularly for women and diverse groups.

Join RSHC Counsel Bruce Wagman along with Grant Miller of the California Veterinary Medical Association for a June 24 (12:00 PM PST) Zoom webinar...

Patricia Brown Holmes’ Best Lawyers article, “What They Don’t Teach Women in Law School: Essential Business Skills for Early-Career Female Lawyers,” offers valuable insights on issues especially important to women attorneys...

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.