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Ulmer & Berne Continues to Grow Chicago Office with Addition of Julia Lissner to Litigation Practice

September 8, 2010
Chicago office has grown from two attorneys to 16 in the last year Ulmer & Berne LLP is pleased to announce the continued growth of its Chicago office with the addition of Julia R. Lissner as an associate in its Litigation Practice.  Prior to joining Ulmer & Berne, Ms.
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Ulmer & Berne Adds Former Boeing Chief Securities Counsel, Elizabeth Nemeth, to Rapidly Expanding Chicago Office

August 30, 2010
Chicago office has grown from two attorneys to 15 in the last year Ulmer & Berne LLP is pleased to announce that it has added Elizabeth A. Nemeth to its Chicago office as a partner in the Corporate Practice.  Ms. Nemeth is The Boeing Company’s former Chief Counsel for Securities, Finance and Governance.
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Case Against Wyly Brothers Will Do Little to Improve SEC's Tarnished Image

July 30, 2010
The SEC's charges Thursday against billionaire brothers Sam And Charles Wyly, while likely warranted, are really just another thinly veiled attempt by the SEC to make people forget about their inept handling of the Madoff case, says Scott A.
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Ulmer & Berne Adds Kurt Lebakken and Brian Bianco to Growing Chicago Office

July 22, 2010
Chicago office has grown from two attorneys to 14 in less than nine months Ulmer & Berne LLP today announced that attorneys Kurt Lebakken and Brian Bianco have joined its Chicago office.  Mr. Lebakken, who most recently practiced in the London office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, joins the firm as a partner in the Corporate Practice.  Mr.
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Wall Street Reform Bill Promises No Actual Financial Industry Reform

July 19, 2010
The massive Wall Street reform bill passed last week by the Senate was too vague and fails to accomplish the objective of actually reforming the U.S. financial services industry, says Scott A.
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Litigation from Auction Rate Securities Collapse Begins to Shake-out

May 25, 2010
While the subprime mortgage crisis captured most of the spotlight during the recent recession, the little discussed auction rate securities (ARS) market, once considered a very safe investment, suffered a concurrent collapse, leaving billions of investment dollars frozen and causing an outcry amongst investors who accused brokerages of misrepresenting the reliability of the ARS market. 
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Ulmer & Berne Poised for Growth in Chicago: Signs Lease for More Than 18,000 Sq. Feet of Office Space in Citigroup Center

February 2, 2010
Ulmer & Berne LLP, a 101-year old Midwest regional law firm headquartered in Cleveland, is making an aggressive push into the Chicago market, today announcing that it has signed a lease to occupy more than 18,000 square feet of office space in Chicago's Citigroup Center at 500 West Madison St.
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