Chicago, IL Lawyers

Family and Divorce Law

30 N LaSalle St, STE 3100, Chicago, IL 60602

Mitchell works exclusively in the area of family law. He has significant experience dealing with both parenting-related and financial litigation. Mitchell approaches his cases with the goal of problem solving through the understanding that each client has a unique set of circumstances. Mitchell works closely with his clients throughout the legal process to find reasonable and practical solutions. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Gordon has expertise conducting settlement conferences, drafting marital settlement agreements, parenting agreements, and pre and post-nuptial agreements. Furthermore, he is a skilled appellate advocate, having litigated numerous family law cases at the Appellate Court level. In 2012, Mitchell’s book, Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements, was published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) and is their most comprehensive authority on the drafting and enforcement of pre and post-nuptial agreements. Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements provides practical instruction on negotiating the best terms for clients, implications of estate planning and tax law, and ethical considerations. He earned his B.A. from the University of Iowa before attending Chicago-Kent School of Law, where he earned his J.D.

Family and Divorce Law

191 North Upper Wacker Drive, Floor 23, Chicago, IL 60606

Area of Practice: Family Office Law & Estate Planning Nina B. Stillman is a veteran business and estate planning attorney, serving as senior counsel in the Advanced Planning & Family Office Practice Group at Handler Thayer. She has a variety of experience which includes standard wills, domestic and international complex estate plans, drafting opinions as an Expert Witness and working with business owners on agreements and resolving employee issues. Ms. Stillman has over 30 years’ experience, focusing on the areas of domestic and international estate planning, charitable giving, wealth transfer, income and estate tax planning, asset protection and reorganization, entity governance and management, business succession planning, estate administration and litigation. She received a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin. She received her Master of Laws in Taxation degree (LL.M.) from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Ms. Stillman is admitted to practice in the states of Illinois and Minnesota. Before practicing law, Ms. Stillman served as Trust Officer at U.S. Bank National Association with the focus of trust account administration.

Health Care Law

70 W. Madison St., Suite 3300, Chicago, IL 60602

Nora Becerra is an associate in the Chicago office and represents healthcare clients in regulatory and litigation matters, including responding to governmental investigations and defending False Claims Act lawsuits. Nora has extensive litigation experience and has counseled clients across many industries, including the pharmaceutical, biometrics, manufacturing and durable medical equipment fields, and has practiced in state and district courts across the country. She has also represented clients in international arbitration proceedings and has litigated matters before the International Trade Commission. Nora is experienced in all phases of complex litigation, including conducting internal investigations, responding to government subpoenas, pre-litigation counseling, fact and expert discovery, dispositive motion practice, trial preparation, trial, and post-trial motions. In addition to her litigation practice, Nora advises clients on healthcare regulatory matters, including those involving the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute.

Labor Law

55 W Monroe St suite 3330, Chicago, IL 60603, USA

Patrick D. Dolan has practiced employment and related business law for executives and companies since he began his legal career more than two decades ago in California. Mr. Dolan represents executives nationwide in matters involving harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Mr. Dolan also has many years of experience negotiating complex executive employment, compensation and separation agreements, and litigating a variety of related contract and tort claims in federal and state courts as well as administrative proceedings. He also has extensive experience drafting, negotiating and litigating restrictive covenant agreements for individuals and companies in states around the country seeking damages and injunctive relief involving non-compete clauses, non-solicitation provisions and non-disclosure agreements. He also drafts and negotiates independent contractor/service agreements. Mr. Dolan has extensive experience counseling and representing ownership and management in litigation involving shareholder and partnership disputes. These disputes often include asserted violations of partnership agreements; operating agreements or bylaws; fiduciary duties; and shareholder rights. Mr. Dolan also assists his clients with fraud and deceptive business practices, business succession disputes, partnership breakups, and family-owned business disagreements. In addition, Mr. Dolan’s international practice provides daily counseling, advice and litigating representation to management level employees and companies of all sizes on a broad range of issues including discrimination and harassment, retaliation, disabilities, leaves of absence, wage and hour, reductions in force, code of conduct, policies, hiring, discipline and termination, and employment related due diligence issues of mergers and acquisitions. He prepares agreements related to employment issues for domestic companies doing business in foreign jurisdictions with employees, consultants or contractors throughout the world. Mr. Dolan provides legal representation in nationwide federal, state and administrative courts involving business, partnership and shareholder disputes. He partners with companies to develop and implement employment policies and practices. He also provides internal educational and training seminars. Mr. Dolan’s clients have included executives, individuals and companies in a variety of industries including retailers, investment banks, private equity groups, law firms, advertising agencies, technology and social media companies, airlines, churches, and health care companies.

Civil Litigation

111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL 60601

Richard is a regulatory attorney and litigator who helps companies resolve complex gaming law, data privacy and healthcare issues affecting their businesses. Since joining Taft in 2013, Richard has helped casinos, terminal operators, gaming equipment manufacturers, and video game businesses resolve legal matters arising under the Illinois Video Gaming Act and other gaming regulations nationwide. Richard has also helped clients successfully challenge the constitutionality of other local gaming laws. Richard’s comprehensive knowledge of gaming law issues and successful track record assisting terminal operators and gaming companies are among the reasons why he was honored as Top Gaming Litigation Lawyer for Chicago at Corporate LiveWire’s Excellence in Gaming Awards in 2016. Richard was recognized as one of 100 attorneys featured in the Lawyers of Color “Nation’s Best 2020,” which promotes diversity in the legal profession and advances democracy and equality in marginalized communities. In addition to gaming law issues, Richard’s practice also covers data privacy, commercial litigation, labor and employment litigation and compliance, regulatory compliance defense, healthcare regulatory litigation and compliance, and medical cannabis licensing and compliance. Richard uses court-tested strategies to help his clients obtain temporary restraining orders, defeat motions to dismiss, and obtain injunctive and declaratory relief. Richard also has experience using cost-saving eDiscovery tools and tactics that help reduce his clients’ litigation costs without sacrificing results. Richard is also experienced in peer reviews, privacy policies, business associate agreements, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act and HIPAA/HITECH issues.