We offer lawyers who bring multi-faceted experiences to difficult legal and business issues. The Firm includes former federal and state supreme court clerks, former federal and state prosecutors, and partners with extensive trial and appellate experience. We are on the cutting edge of emerging legal issues, and are frequent authors of professional publications and speakers at CLE events. We are a certified women-owned firm.

NEWS & EVENTS

Stephanie Scharf Interviewed by Today's Chicago Woman

Stephanie Scharf Invited Speaker at PLAC

Chicago trial team obtains defense verdict for health care client

Deirdre Fox to Speak at ISBA Conference on Law and Technology

Deirdre Fox Awarded ABA Fellowship

Deirdre Fox and Sarah Marmor publish in International Law News about quality control provisions in trademark licenses

Ted Banks to lead Webinar sponsored by LRN

Eric Quandt named Course Director for the National Sports Medicine and Sports Law Conference.

Chicago Attorneys Named Illinois Super Lawyers for 2012

Ted Banks chaired a panel in November at the General Counsel Conference

Ted Banks Speaks at Program of the Middle Market and Small Business Committee of the ABA Section of Business Law

Ted Banks Moderates a Panel at the General Counsel Conference in San Francisco

Ted Banks Featured in Podcast on the Legal Talk Network

Ted Banks moderated a panel at a meeting of the New York City Bar on Corporate Compliance Programs.

PLAC gives President’s Award to Stephanie Scharf.

Stephanie Scharf Speaks at PLI Conference on Federal Procedure.

Corporate Counsel/Law.com features Stephanie Scharf in a women's law article.

ABA Commission on Women in the Profession publishes The Road to Independence; Beth Kaufman is a contributing author.

Beth Kaufman installed as President-Elect of The National Association of Women Lawyers.

Effective September 1, 2011, Nancy Connery has been appointed Chair of the Assignment and Subletting Committee of the American Bar Association’s Leasing Group.

Mindy H. Stern appointed to the New York State Bar Associates' House of Delegates

Stephanie Scharf Speaker at Women Lawyers Alliance

George Sax Speaks at Law Seminars International Panel on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Stephanie Scharf Gives Stout Lecture at University of Chicago

Stephanie Scharf Co-Chaired 2011 Chicago Pro Bono Awards

Alycia Levy Obtains Dismissal on Merits of Retaliation Complaint for Firm Client JPMorgan Chase Bank

Ted Banks Speaks on Monopolization and Large Market Share Companies

Stephanie A. Scharf and George D. Sax Named Among Top Illinois Lawyers

Ted Banks Speaks on Price Discrimination and Compliance and Ethics at the Practising Law Institute Antitrust Program in Chicago

Firm Represents China Consulting Group in Resolution of Contract Dispute

Firm Represents City of Chicago in O'Hare Litigation Filed by Airlines

Stephanie Scharf is featured lawyer in Chicago Lawyer Magazine

Ted Banks Co-edits The Second Edition of the Corporate Legal Compliance Handbook

Nancy Connery Speaks at the American Bar Association Leasing Group's Program Entitled "Lease Assignments: When to Assign and How to Do It"

Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP Welcomes Joe Paolucci, New Attorney in Chicago

Mindy Stern Lectures on Real Estate Transactions for New York State Bar Association

The New York Times Recognizes Schoeman New York Super Lawyers

Mindy Stern Chaired and Presented the Due Diligence Overview for the NYCBA