Kristen Seeger

Practice Areas

KRISTEN SEEGER is the co-leader of the firm’s global Commercial Litigation and Disputes practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. She focuses her practice on the successful resolution of shareholder-related disputes, including shareholder demands, derivative litigation, and securities class actions; complex commercial disputes; and the defense of SEC enforcement matters. Kristen has provided critical advice to some of the world’s leading companies as they respond to shareholder demands and government investigations, and she conducts investigations for boards and special committees on high-profile and sensitive matters. She has successfully defended corporations, officers and directors, financial institutions, and accounting firms in complex, high-stakes litigation in courts throughout the country.

Citing a client, Chambers USA 2022 noted that “Kristen is an amazing lawyer; she’s very smart, client-focused, innovative, and resourceful.” Ranked in the Litigation: Securities section, Chambers states that she “excels in shareholder derivative and securities fraud disputes.” Kristen was shortlisted for Securities Litigator of the Year in 2023 by Women in Business Law. Crain’s Chicago Business named her one of its one of its “Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys” in 2023; one of its “Notable Women in Law” in 2022; and one of its “Notable GenX Leaders in Accounting, Finance, and Law”, a group of professionals “at the peak of their careers,” in 2021.

Kristen is deeply involved in both firm and civic life. Within Sidley, Kristen is firmwide co-chair of the firm’s Committee for the Evaluation and Compensation of Associates, and serves on the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. She serves on the board of the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago, and is the past board chair and current emeritus board member of Mujeres Latinas en Acción. Kristen also is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, and a member of the Chief network of senior women executives.