King &Spalding LLP is an American multinational corporate law firm that is headquartered in Atlanta,Georgia,with offices located in North America,Europe,the Middle East,and Asia. It has over 1,300 lawyers in 23 offices globally. It is Am Law 100,Global 30,and white-shoe firm.
Felix Grundy was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th United States Attorney General. He also had served several terms as a congressman and as a U.S. senator from Tennessee. He was known for his success as a criminal lawyer who attracted crowds when he served on the defense.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the United States,with famous cases including those of Al Capone and the Chicago Eight.
Lisa Murray Madigan is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois from 2003 to 2019,being the first woman to hold that position. She is the adopted daughter of Michael Madigan,who served as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2021.
Paul Drew Clement is an American lawyer who served as U.S. Solicitor General from 2004 to 2008 and is known for his advocacy before the U.S. Supreme Court. He established his own law firm,Clement &Murphy,in 2022 after leaving Kirkland &Ellis,following that firm’s decision to end its Second Amendment work. He is also a Distinguished Lecturer in Law at Georgetown University and an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on March 14,2005,for the post of Solicitor General,confirmed by the United States Senate on June 8,2005,and took the oath of office on June 13.
Mark Robert Filip is an American lawyer specializing in class action and white collar criminal and regulatory defense. Formerly a partner at Skadden,Arps,he currently practices in the Washington,D.C. office of Kirkland and Ellis. From 2004 until 2008,Filip served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. As the George W. Bush administration ended,Filip served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States,and as the Barack Obama administration began he briefly served as acting attorney general.
Gary Scott Feinerman is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Steven Paul Croley is an American lawyer,Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel of Ford Motor Company and the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor. His practice areas include law reform,legal policy,regulation,oversight,and political law,with special emphasis on energy and the environment. His academic research and writing focus on administrative law,civil procedure,good government,and regulatory policy.
Patrick M. Collins,is an American lawyer. Collins is a partner in King &Spalding LLP's Special Matters and Government Investigations practice. Previously,he was a partner at Perkins Coie LLP. Prior to joining Perkins Coie,Collins worked for the United States Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. Attorney. In 2005,he led the U.S. government's team in the trial and conviction of former Illinois Governor George Ryan on charges of racketeering and fraud. In 2009,Illinois Governor Pat Quinn appointed Collins to chair the Illinois Reform Commission,which was tasked with making recommendations for ethical reform for Illinois government. Several of the IRC's recommendations became the basis for new state legislation,including an overhauled Freedom of Information Act and the state's first measures to limit campaign finance in history. In January 2010,Collins authored a book entitled Challenging the Culture of Corruption:Game Changing Reform for Illinois.(ISBN 978-0879464240). In 2010,Collins was selected by the Chicago Law Bulletin as one of Chicago's "Top Ten" attorneys of the decade. Prior to his 12 years with the Department of Justice,Collins worked as an associate in private practice.
Thomas Michael Durkin is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Sara Lee Ellis is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Chaka M. Patterson is an American attorney. He is currently a partner at Alston &Bird in its San Francisco office with a practice that focuses on litigation,investigations,and corporate governance. Patterson previously served as Senior Vice President,General Counsel &Corporate Secretary of Adtalem Global Education,Inc.. Chaka joined ATGE in June 2018 as Vice President &General Counsel. He held that position until his promotion to General Counsel in February 2020. Chaka was one of the top fundraisers for US President Barack Obama. He is also a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton. He also served on the national finance committee for President Obama's 2012 presidential campaign.
Waverly David Crenshaw Jr. is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Sally Quillian Yates is an American lawyer. From 2010 to 2015,she was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2015,she was appointed United States Deputy Attorney General by President Barack Obama. Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch on January 20,2017,Yates served as Acting Attorney General for 10 days.
Edward Lesley Stanton III is a former United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
On March 10,2017,Jeff Sessions,who was appointed United States attorney general by President Donald Trump,requested the resignations of 46 United States attorneys. Some resignations were declined by Sessions or Trump. Media outlets described Sessions' move as abrupt and unexpected but not unprecedented. It is typical that when a new president enters office,many sitting U.S. attorneys depart on their own initiative before their term in office has concluded,or they are asked to resign. The other 47 U.S. attorney posts were either already vacant by the end of Barack Obama's administration or the incumbent U.S. attorney had resigned at the beginning of Trump's administration.
Donald Q. Cochran is an American attorney and academic who served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee from 2017 to 2021. Before assuming his current role,Cochran was a law professor at Belmont University College of Law. He was previously a professor at Cumberland School of Law and an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. On February 8,2021,he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign. He submitted his resignation on February 22,effective February 28.
Marc Luther Krickbaum is an American attorney who was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 2017 to 2021.
E. Jason Wambsgans is a photojournalist working for the Chicago Tribune. He was awarded the Pulitzer prize in Feature Photography for his portrait of gun violence in Chicago.
