For more than 100 years Banner Witcoff has provided sound protection and inventive intellectual property solutions for some of the world’s most innovative organizations. Our team of seasoned litigators fiercely protects, enforces and defends our clientele’s IP and interests—all over the world. We pride ourselves on our vast knowledge of IP law, serving all its facets, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, computer franchise, unfair competitions law and more. Offices in Chicago, D.C., Boston and Portland.

Neal Gerber Eisenberg is a Chicago-based law firm whose attorneys share a culture of teamwork and devotion to personalized client service to advance our clients’ business interests. Our attorneys provide legal business solutions to public and private entities of all types—including Fortune 100 companies, financial institutions, nonprofits and high net worth individuals—in connection with domestic and global business transactions and litigation. We are large enough to handle nearly any legal matter throughout the world, yet small enough that clients personally know the attorneys accountable to their matters. Our greatest asset is our people. Lawyers and staff at every level aspire to cultivate long-lasting relationships among one another and with each client. This mindset helps to advance our shared mission to be the best providers of legal services. To every matter, we bring a client-focused approach. First, we listen to our clients and learn about their challenges. We then deploy our collective legal aptitude, experience and industry knowledge to provide sound and cost-effective legal counsel. We have assembled a “best of the best” roster of attorneys, and we are proud to be recognized nationally and internationally for our knowledge in a variety of practice areas. For 2018, Chambers USA ranked 11 of our practice groups and 26 individual attorneys. Our culture of teamwork, focus on client needs and practical solutions, and willingness to adapt quickly to meet marketplace demands are key factors behind our success. In addition to making a positive difference for our clients, our lawyers strive to do the same for their communities. The firm encourages its lawyers to dedicate substantial personal time and effort to pro bono work and community service.

Amundsen Davis is a law firm comprised of over 240 attorneys headquartered in Chicago. As one of the fastest growing law firms in the Midwest, we understand the entrepreneurial thinking that drives business decisions for our clients. We use this insight to respond to the needs of clients creatively, expediently and pragmatically. Amundsen Davis is a full service business law firm. The firm handles the transactional, labor and employment, and litigation needs of companies across the U.S. Our experience in both litigated and transactional matters makes us a unique partner for your business. The law firm has offices in Chicago, Crystal Lake, St. Charles, and Rockford, IL; Columbus, OH; Appleton, Brookfield, Green bay, Madison, Milwaukee, WI; St. Louis, MO; and Indianapolis, IN. For more information, visit us online at www.amundsendavislaw.com. For timely updates on employment and labor issues, read our blog, the Labor & Employment Law Update, at www.laborandemploymentlawupdate.com.

Chapman is a law firm focused on finance. We work with the most sophisticated financial companies and institutional investors in the world, providing both practical and strategic legal advice for virtually any financing issue that may arise. Through presentations, publications, and industry advocacy, we share our market insight to help our clients advance their business and product development goals. We stay on the leading edge of legal services innovation, creating new technology and practice management solutions for our firm and our clients to drive efficiency, agility, and service. The lawyers and support professionals who work at Chapman are highly skilled, and we care deeply about our clients, colleagues, and co-workers. Our culture is defined by individual purpose, teamwork and collaboration, and the freedom to pursue new ideas. Because of this culture and focus on individual fulfillment in work, we are proud to say that nearly half of our partners have spent their entire careers at Chapman and over half of our professional staff have worked at the firm for 15 or more years. When our people can see the difference their work makes every day, they stay. That’s the Chapman experience. From our innovative work with clients to our talented people to our market insight and perspective, learn more about what makes Chapman unique at chapman.com.

Clients rely on Johnson & Bell to defend their interests in court. We accomplish their objectives by providing efficient, effective and creative legal counsel. Since 1975, we have represented companies from a range of business sectors, including manufacturing, chemicals, transportation, drug stores, real estate, banking, insurance, trucking, health care, accounting, law, consulting, construction, hospitality and retail, as well as local, city and state governments and municipalities. These clients trust Johnson & Bell to deliver viable solutions to their business challenges -- whether in the courtroom, via mediation or a business transaction. We are proud of the results we have delivered on their behalf.

Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP was founded in 1992 by a group of trial lawyers who left a large Chicago firm to better serve the needs of their clients. The firm is dedicated to resolving contested matters—by trial, if necessary. Jury trial experience is the hallmark of Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, a nationally recognized litigation firm. Lawyers with the firm have tried hundreds of cases to verdict in a wide variety of commercial, equitable and casualty disputes. Many large corporations and prestigious institutions retain Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP in jurisdictions across the United States.

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP and Freeborn & Peters, LLP have completed their combination, effective April 1, creating a global Am Law 150 law firm operating under the Smith Gambrell Russell name.

Cramer-Krasselt is one of the largest independent agencies in the US with nearly $50 million revenue, with more than 80% of that revenue coming from digital and social. We’re more than integrated. We’re totally interconnected to optimize and synergize every marketing effort for maximum engagement and impact. With a mission to Make Friends, Not Ads®, C-K has built a reputation for changing perceptions and behaviors. It’s how we helped Porsche achieve more than a dozen years of record-breaking sales and how Corona beer got to be one of the top imports. We provide strategic branding, social, creative, digital, analytics, media strategy and investment, e-commerce, programmatic UX, influencer management and more. C-K.com.

Founded over 80 years ago, Clausen Miller represents businesses, insurers and professionals through strategic, cost-effective litigation and counseling across the nation and around the globe. With over 100 attorneys practicing in ten U.S. offices and London, England, Clausen Miller serves as international, national, regional and local counsel to numerous insurance companies, corporations and financial clients. In addition, the Firm partners with Clausen Miller International, a multi-national partnership with English, French, Italian, Belgian and American affiliates. While maintaining the firm's core practice of serving and representing the insurance industry, particularly with regard to analyzing coverage under policies, defending insurers when sued and prosecuting subrogation actions for or on behalf of insurers, the firm counsels clients on a broad range of commercial litigation, insurance and liability issues.

With AbelsonTaylor, ROI is what you’ll get. A Return On Imagination—through our expertise, insights, creativity, and strategy. Every discipline within our agency dreams up imaginative ways to transform brands and drive measurable market results.

A global company, ESD is a leader in Improving Society Through the Built Environment. We create solutions that produce economic, environmental, and experiential benefits for our clients, many of whom are the biggest names in the worlds of business, technology — and beyond. We embrace technological change and are at the forefront of developing Intelligent Buildings. We emphasize innovation, adaptability, and sustainability when providing mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, life safety, structural, acoustical, technology, and commissioning engineering. For more information, please visit www.esdglobal.com. For more information, please visit www.esdglobal.com.