When Carol Genis’ clients describe her, one word pops up numerous times during each conversation — trust. They trust her to represent them, protect them, and help them navigate through any potential or actual legal issues.

Back in the 1970s, young lawyers like Donald J. Brown started prosecuting felonies after only a year or two and not too many of the 330 criminal attorneys made a career out of it. How things change.

Chicago lawyers with backgrounds in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and related sciences have developed law practices aimed at finding ways to challenge the validity of patents covering brand name, chemically derived drugs, a niche that has undergone significant growth in recent years.

Each week we will pose these three questions to different lawyers in the legal community.

This week we talk with Donald R. McGarrah, a partner at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, who is a lead trial counsel on a number of commercial litigation and complex, catastrophic personal injury matters for firm clients.

Priya Harjani of Northwestern University is one of many in-house lawyers throughout the country who represent universities and colleges. About 3,600 attorneys from about 1,400 campuses, or about 700 colleges and universities, comprise the membership of the National Association of College and University Attorneys.

Each week Chicago Lawyer will highlight a different case or legal happening, and solicit your thoughts on the impact of it in the legal community.

Schiff Hardin partner Paul M. Lurie will host a photography exhibition titled “The Glories of the Door County Landscape” from Sept. 6 to Oct. 13 at The Francis Hardy Center for the Arts in Ephraim, Wis.

By Peter S. Stamatis
Law Offices of Peter S. Stamis
A little more than a year ago, Chicago lawyer Michael W. Coffield died at his desk. Mike was a friend and mentor to all and a lawyer’s lawyer. Those who had the privilege of knowing Mike knew that there was always some nugget of wisdom glistening in […]