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WSJ Vertical.Indd Investing in Justice Campaign Chicago’s legal community has once again shown great leadership by making it possible for tens of thousands of people in need to get critical legal help. Our thanks to 2017 Campaign Chair Jesse Ruiz of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and to the more than 150 participating law firms, corporate legal departments, and other organizations. 2017 Campaign Participants Accenture LLP Franczek Radelet P.C. Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Akerman LLP Freeborn & Peters LLP Nijman Franzetti LLP Allstate Insurance Company Global IP Law Group, LLC Nixon Peabody LLP Aon Goldberg Kohn Ltd. Northern Trust Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Goldstein & McClintock LLLP Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Arnstein & Lehr LLP Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa Nemec & Hoff, Ltd. Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Baker McKenzie LLP Google, Inc. Oil-Dri Corporation of America BakerHostetler Grant Thornton LLP Passen Law Group Bank of America Greenberg Traurig, LLP Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. Paul Hastings LLP Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Groupon & Nagelberg LLP Hennessy & Roach, P.C. Perkins Coie LLP Barnes & Thornburg LLP Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C. Polsinelli PC Bartlit Beck Herman Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP Palenchar & Scott LLP Holland & Knight LLP Proskauer BDO USA, LLP Honigman Miller Schwartz Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.C. Berkeley Research Group, LLC and Cohn LLP Quarles & Brady LLP Boodell & Domanskis, LLC Hoogendoorn and Talbot LLP Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart Brinks Gilson & Lione Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered & Sullivan, LLP Bryan Cave LLP Huron Consulting Group Reed Smith LLP Burke, Warren, MacKay Ice Miller LLP Reyes Kurson, Ltd. & Serritella, P.C. The Illinois Judges Foundation Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP Jackson Lewis P.C. Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP Chapman and Cutler LLP Jenner & Block LLP Ropes & Gray LLP Charles River Associates Jones Day Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP The Chicago Bar Association K&L Gates LLP Scharf Banks Marmor LLC Chico & Nunes, P.C. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Schiff Hardin LLP Chuhak & Tecson, P.C. Katz & Stefani, LLC Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP Clark Hill PLC Kirkland & Ellis LLP Sedgwick LLP Clifford Law Offices Kroll Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. CME Group Inc. Kutak Rock LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP Corboy & Demetrio Laner Muchin, Ltd. Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin LLC Cornerstone Research Latham & Watkins LLP Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Crowe Horwath LLP LegalServer Sidley Austin LLP Daley & Georges, Ltd. Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC Skadden, Arps, Slate, DeBofsky, Sherman & Casciari, PC LexisNexis Meagher & Flom LLP Deloitte Financial Advisory Littler Mendelson P.C. Services LLP Sperling & Slater, P.C. Locke Lord LLP Dentons US LLP Steptoe & Johnson LLP Loeb & Loeb LLP Discover Financial Services Stout Risius Ross, Inc. Madden, Jiganti, Moore & Sinars LLP DLA Piper LLP (US) Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Mandell Menkes LLC Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Marshall Gerstein Borun LLP Duane Morris LLP Theresa Jaffe Consulting Mayer Brown LLP Duff & Phelps, LLC Thompson Coburn LLP McDermott Will & Emery Dykema Gossett PLLC Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC McDonald’s Corporation Edelson LLC Tressler LLP McGuire Law, P.C. Eimer Stahl LLP United Airlines, Inc. McGuireWoods LLP Exelon USG Miller, Canfield, Paddock Vedder Price P.C. Faegre Baker Daniels LLP and Stone, P.L.C. Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP Figliulo & Silverman, P.C. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Wilson Elser Moskowitz Fischel & Kahn, Ltd. Motherway & Napleton, LLP Edelman & Dicker, LLP Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery Much Shelist, P.C. Winston & Strawn LLP Foley & Lardner LLP Navigant Consulting, Inc. Zuber Lawler & Del Duca Franco & Moroney, LLC Neal & Leroy, LLC Justice People Deserve, Not Just What They Can Afford Invest in justice today at chicagobarfoundation.org/campaign. .
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