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counsel as Illinois Law Bulletin Media Leading Lawyers, including Kevin Byrne, Joe Cancila, Ed Casmere, Matt
Crowl, Greg Curtner, Heidi Dalenberg, Matt Fischer, Jim Gaughan, Valarie Hays, Sondra Hemeryck, Patricia
Brown Holmes, Nick Kahlon, Josh Lee, Joseph McCoy, Bob Riley, Ron Safer, and Tom Quinn. Emerging Lawyers
is another distinction awarded by Leading Lawyers to less than two percent of all lawyers licensed in each state
under the age of 40. Seven RSHC partners and associates were recognized, including Debra Bone, Tal Chaiken,
Taylor Corbitt, Jake Kahn, Laura Kleinman, Merili Seale, and Brian Watson.
Chambers & Partners, a London-headquartered ratings service, bases its rankings on the opinions of corporate
clients. They rated three of our partners—Ron Safer, Patricia Brown Holmes, and Matt Crowl—among the best
litigators in Chicago. We’ll let the clients speak for themselves:
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Regarding Safer: “He can do everything at a high level,” one client told Chambers. Said another, “he’s the guy
I’d hire if I was in trouble.”
Regarding Holmes: “Outstanding.” She can “navigate clients through problems that have not only a judicial
but also legislative and executive branch elements.”
Regarding Crowl: For criminal and regulatory matters, “a great lawyer.”
Besides our peers, we have also been judged in the media. The business and trade press have favorably covered
our opening and our expansion. Chicago Lawyer magazine chose our partner Patricia Brown Holmes as its
“Person of the Year” for 2016. Calling hers “a year of consequence,” the magazine honored her for a splendid
public-private career that featured most recently her appointment as special prosecutor investigating an alleged
cover-up of a police shooting and, yes, starting a new law firm at the same time. Above the Law named us “Best
Firm to Salvage Your Reputation in a Crisis:” “When your reputation is on the line, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila
is the firm you want in your corner.”
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