Suskin, Howard S.

Howard S. Suskin is a partner in Jenner & Block LLP's Chicago office and is a member of the firm's Litigation Department. He is chair of the firm's Class Action Litigation Practice and co-chair of the firm's Securities Litigation Practice. He has substantial first-chair experience representing individuals and business entities in civil and criminal securities matters, including securities fraud and misrepresentation claims, derivative actions claiming breach of fiduciary duty, contests for corporate control, insider trading investigations, broker-dealer issues, and arbitrations. He serves as arbitrator and mediator for the National Association of Securities Dealers and as arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Circuit Court of Cook County, National Futures Association, and the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Suskin is an active member of the ABA Securities Law Committee, including serving as co-chair of the Class and Derivative Actions Subcommittee. He has served as chairman of the Chicago Bar Association's Bench & Bar Committee, Class Action Committee, Financial and Investment Services Committee, and Securities Law Committee. He is a frequent author and speaker on issues relating to class actions and securities law and serves as a faculty member of the Practising Law Institute. Mr. Suskin graduated from Northwestern University with distinction, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and obtained his J.D. degree with honors from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of the Michigan Law Review.

Solovy, Jerold S.

Jerold S. Solovy is chairman emeritus of the Chicago law firm Jenner & Block LLP. Mr. Solovy's areas of practice include civil and appellate litigation, securities litigation, control contests law, complex litigation, and class actions. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A. with high honors and distinction, 1952) and Harvard Law School (LL.B., cum laude, 1955). At Harvard, Mr. Solovy was a member of the Board of Editors of the Harvard Law Review (1953-1955). Mr. Solovy co-authors a regular column on litigation practice and procedure for The National Law Journal. He serves as a Trustee of the U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society. In 2005, his 50th year as a practicing attorney, the American Bar Association honored Mr. Solovy with its coveted John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism award for his lifelong commitment and contributions to the quality of justice in the community.

Shaw, Jeffrey

Born Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 31, 1960; admitted to the Supreme Court of Illinois, 1986, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1986, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1987, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1990, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1994, Supreme Court of the United States, 1996, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1996, United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 1997, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1999; Northwestern University (B.A. 1982), University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1986); Senior Articles Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1985-1986; Associate, Jenner & Block, 1986-1993, Partner, 1994¿, Member, American and Illinois State Bar Associations.

Neumeier, Matthew

Born Racine, Wisconsin, September 13, 1954; admitted New York, 1987, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1988, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar, 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1998, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2003; University of Michigan (B.G.S., with distinction 1981), Harvard University (J.D. magna cum laude 1984); Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1982-1984; Law Clerk Hon. J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1984-1985) Hon. Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1985-1986; partner, Jenner & Block, LLC, 1996- ; Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Chicago and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Defense Research Institute.

Levenstam, Barry

Born Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1953; admitted to the Illinois Supreme Court, 1978, United States Supreme Court, 1983, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1978, United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 1994, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 1991, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1993, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2000, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1987, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1988, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1979, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1999, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1987, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2002, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 1981, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1989; University of Illinois (B.S. summa cum laude 1975), University of Illinois Law School (J.D. magna cum laude 1978); Topics Editor, University of Illinois Law Review, Order of the Coif; Law Clerk, Hon. Philip W. Tone, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1978-1979; Hon. Robert J. Steigmann, Circuit Court of Champaign County, 1977-1978; associate, Jenner & Block, 1979-1984, partner, 1985-present; Member, American Bar Association, Seventh Circuit Bar Association, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, American Law Institute, Illinois State Bar Association, Appellate Lawyers Association, Federal Bar Association; Recipient, The Walter J. Cummings Award for excellence in pro bono advocacy before the Seventh Circuit, 1995; University of Illinois College of Law Board of Visitors, 1998-2000.

Koch, C. John

C. John Koch is a partner in Jenner & Block LLP's Chicago office and is Co-Chair of the Firm's Securities Litigation Practice. Mr. Koch also concentrates his practice in class action litigation and appellate matters. Mr. Koch has substantial experience defending class action securities litigation for a variety of public companies and their officers and directors. His experience spans numerous forms of securities and related litigation, including securities fraud and misrepresentation claims, shareholder derivative actions, and merger and control contest litigation. He is the former Co-Chair of the Securities Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Koch graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 1978, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He obtained his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1981, at which time he joined the Firm. He has served as the law clerk for Judge David M. Ebel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Johnson, Clark

Born Evanston, Illinois, January 20, 1967; admitted to the Illinois Supreme Court, 1994; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1996; U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, 1996; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1997; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar), 2000; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2002. Northwestern University (B.A. 1989), Indiana University (J.D. magna cum laude 1994); Order of the Coif; Executive Articles Editor, Indiana Law Journal 1993-1994; Law Clerk, Hon. S. Hugh Dillin, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1994-1996; associate, Jenner & Block, LLC, 1996-2001, partner, 2002 to present, Member: American Bar Association, Chicago Council of Lawyers.

Chorvat, Timothy J.

Timothy J. Chorvat is a partner in Jenner & Block LLP's Chicago office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of civil and commercial litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Chorvat is the Chairman of the Working Group on Electronic Evidence of the American Bar Association's Cyberspace Law Committee. He is an author of the chapters on Class Actions and Derivative Actions in Moore's Federal Practice. Mr. Chorvat graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 1986, where he served on the Michigan Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1983, where he was chosen to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Chorvat was an Assistant Professor of Law at the IIT Chicago Kent College of Law. Mr. Chorvat joined Jenner & Block in 1986.

Byman, Robert

Robert L. Byman is a partner in Jenner & Block's Chicago office. Mr. Byman has tried dozens of cases to jury or bench verdict in a gamut of substantive areas. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and serves as Chairman of its Committee on Federal Civil Procedure. In 2001, Mr. Byman was selected by the American Bar Association to be one of four Showcase Trial Lawyers, to retry the "Chicago Seven" case. Mr. Byman is admitted to practice and has argued matters in the United States Supreme Court, in the United States Courts of Appeals for the 2d, 7th, 9th and DC Circuits, and in the Illinois Appellate Courts.

Brody, Michael

Born Milwaukee, Illinois, August 9, 1958; admitted to the Illinois Supreme Court, 1983, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1984, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1984, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1984; University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S. with honors, 1980), University of Chicago Law School (J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, 1983); Comment Editor, University of Chicago Law Review, 1982-1983; Law Clerk, Honorable Antonin Scalia, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1983-1984; Associate, Jenner & Block, 1984-1990, partner 1991-; member Chicago, Seventh Circuit, and American Bar Associations; General Chair, Representation of Indigents Committee, Seventh Circuit Bar Association; Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School, 2000-.