Fact Sheet
Schiff Hardin has nearly 400 attorneys and 450 professional and support staff across the United States.
Established in 1864, our firm has represented many Fortune 500 companies and international businesses over the years while maintaining some clients since the late 1800s.
More than 130 Schiff Hardin attorneys — roughly one-third — have received Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. These ratings recognize legal skills as well as professional ethics.
MultiCultural Law's "Annual Edition" spotlighted Schiff Hardin as one of the "2007 Top Law Firms For Diversity." Schiff Hardin has received this honor for all three years that this award has been presented.
Four Schiff Hardin attorneys are members of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), an exclusive membership extended by invitation only and limited to 1% of the total attorneys per U.S. state or Canadian province.
Two Schiff Hardin attorneys have been elected Fellows of the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL), the most distinguished professional organization in this field.
Three members of our Labor and Employment Group have been elected Fellows of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, the most distinguished professional organization in this field.
Seven Schiff Hardin attorneys have been named Fellows of the American College of Investment Counsel (ACIC).
Four Schiff Hardin attorneys have been elected Fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), the most distinguished professional organization in this field.
Schiff Hardin attorneys have been recognized as being among the "Top 100 Attorneys" by Worth magazine for each of the last three years.
Schiff Hardin attorney Patricia Costello Slovak is the immediate past chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Labor and Employment Law.
Schiff Hardin attorney Byung J. ("BJay") Pak was appointed co-chair of the Criminal Law Committee for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
Twenty attorneys and 11 different practice areas were recognized by Chambers USA in 2008. Chambers ranks attorneys according to qualities most valued by clients, based upon more than 10,000 interviews with clients across the United States.
Forty-two Schiff Hardin attorneys in our Chicago office were selected as 2008 Illinois Super Lawyers. Nine additional lawyers were named as 2008 Illinois Rising Stars.
Five Schiff Hardin attorneys in our San Francisco office were selected as 2008 Northern California Super Lawyers.
Fifty-two Schiff Hardin attorneys in our Chicago, New York, Washington, Atlanta, and San Francisco offices were selected as 2007 Super Lawyers. Three of these lawyers, Patricia Costello Slovak (Chicago), Barbara K. Heffernan (Washington), and Sherry A. Quirk (Washington) were named "Top 50 Women Lawyers" by the Super Lawyers program in their respective cities.
The Best Lawyers in America 2008 recognized 32 Schiff Hardin partners.
Ninety-one Schiff Hardin LLP attorneys have been named to the 2008 Illinois Leading Lawyers Network for 40 areas of law. Appointment to this list is the result of thousands of contacts that the Illinois Leading Lawyers Network makes with Illinois lawyers asking them which of their peers they believe comprise the top lawyers. Only those lawyers who are most often recommended qualify as Leading Lawyers.
More than 60 Schiff Hardin attorneys practice in the field of intellectual property law in offices across the country, and 15 are certified to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Our attorneys have several decades of combined service at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Their former positions include: Director, Senior Special Counsel and attorneys in the Division of Market Regulation; Associate General Counsel and Regional Administrator for the Division of Enforcement; and attorneys from the General Counsel's Office.
Our lawyers have handled complex product liability matters in 48 states, Puerto Rico and Guam. We have tried major product liability jury cases in 40 different jurisdictions and have handled appeals in 23 jurisdictions.
Eleven Schiff Hardin attorneys are Certified Public Accountants and another attorney is a Certified Financial Planner.
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association ranked Schiff Hardin 17th among the Top 25 Firms for Women in the March/April 2005 edition of Diversity and the Bar.
Schiff Hardin has offices in seven U.S. cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Lake Forest, Ill., New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
The firm's managing partner is Ronald S. Safer, who in this role oversees the day-to-day management of the firm.
