Schiff Hardin Spinoff Riley Safer Adds 11 Lawyers in Chicago
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila, a firm formed in 2016 by a large group of ex-Schiff Hardin partners, has hired nearly a dozen lawyers led by Bryan Cave's Chicago managing partner Joseph McCoy and Schiff Hardin's antitrust leader and noted sports industry litigator Gregory Curtner. All but two of the firm's new hires are African American.
July 27, 2017 at 04:44 PM
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Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila, a firm formed last year by a breakaway group of former Schiff Hardin partners, has hired nearly a dozen lawyers led by Bryan Cave's Chicago managing partner Joseph McCoy.
Of the 11 new recruits announced Thursday by Riley Safer, all but two are African American. One of them is Gregory Curtner, the former head of the antitrust, trade regulations and sports practice at Schiff Hardin, and a go-to outside lawyer for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which has turned to Curtner to handle litigation with former college athletes.
McCoy, who will lead Riley Safer's business transactions practice, is joined by Bryan Cave commercial litigation partners Rodney Perry and Mariangela Seale and five other lawyers from the St. Louis-based Am Law 100 firm. Riley Safer's leaders praised the firm's new hires for their client expertise and diverse backgrounds.
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