USA Guide 2026 : Illinois
Ranked Individual
Provided by Barack Ferrazzano
Barack Ferrazzano's Litigation Group represents some of the world's most prominent companies in their most significant legal disputes. The group is composed of highly skilled trial lawyers — seasoned partners and lean, focused teams — who are always prepared to try cases but equally committed to achieving efficient, business-minded resolutions when appropriate. Leveraging in-house discovery technology, the group manages complex, data-intensive matters without the overhead of larger litigation shops.
The group handles a broad range of high-stakes disputes for clients spanning the luxury goods, financial services, motor vehicle, real estate, telecommunications, and consumer goods industries. Practice areas include antitrust and commercial competition, class actions, BIPA defense, business litigation, financial institutions litigation, insurance coverage, IP litigation, real estate disputes, and white collar defense and regulatory enforcement. The group holds Illinois Band recognition from Chambers USA, national and Chicago recognition from Best Lawyers, and has been repeatedly recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a Highly Recommended Firm and shortlisted for Illinois Litigation Firm of the Year.
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Barack Ferrazzano is a respected Chicago firm with notable trial capabilities in high value commercial disputes. The team is regularly sought out by clients in the financial services, retail and automotive sectors to handle both single-plaintiff and class action claims. It offers further expertise in complex cross-border mandates.
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Barack Ferrazzano represented Louis Vuitton and Loro Piana in an antitrust class action, alleging they conspired with Saks Fifth Avenue in "no-hire" agreements that purportedly suppressed the wages and job mobility of luxury retail employees.
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They are very responsive.
Barack Ferrazzano's advice is practical and geared at action that makes sense from a business and commercial perspective.
The team offers excellent depth and breadth, combining senior strategic expertise with strong operational capacity. They consistently provide the right resources for complex, multi-jurisdictional matters, and every lawyer I worked with has been both highly skilled and client-oriented.
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Maile Hitomi Solís cochairs the litigation group at Barack Ferrazzano and regularly handles employment, trade mark infringement and contractual disputes for clients. She has noteworthy experience in the luxury fashion sector.
What distinguishes Maile from her peers is her unique ability to combine technical mastery with clear, patient guidance, making complex and unfamiliar processes accessible.
Litigation: General Commercial
Provided by Barack Ferrazzano
William J. Barrett
W. Scott Porterfield
Lloyd "Buddy" Ferguson
Matthew A. Bills
Head of Department
Nicholas H. Callahan
Corwin J. Carr
Louis S. Chronowski
Michael S. Elvin
Connor T. Gants
Nicholas W. Laird
David B. Lurie
Joshua W. Mahoney
Head of Department
Edward F. Malone
Joseph F. Mintz
Brandon C. Prosansky
John W. Roberts
Robert E. Shapiro
Matthew F. Singer
Wendi E. Sloane
Owen H. Smith
Jack Snyder
Roger H. Stetson
James R. Vogler
Thomas M. Williams
Steven J. Yatvin
Zoe Brumfield-Meyers Cross
Ian P. Flanagan
M. Olivia Glass
Marlow Svatek
Samantha T. Zuba
Jill Doherty
Gianna Santoro Miksanek
Emily Hoffman
Elizabeth Charles-Mundaden
Mara Easterbrook Klebaner
Kyle Davis Oakes
Andrew Osborne
Henry K. Wineburgh
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