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ChicagoCalder Flamingo What’s Inside Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Clients First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 n Our Philosophy Market Leading Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 n Showcasing 12 Practice Areas n Tripled in Size Reputation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 n Recognized and Honored by Our Peers Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 n Beating Every National Average Pro Bono and Public Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Coda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Our Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16A law firm built for clients.®

In March 2016, our 21 founding partners Our Foundingdecided to rethink the practice of law. PrinciplesWe took a risk. n Excel at what we doWe had an idea: build a new kind of law firm designed for today’s clients, based n Deliver value to our clients,on six founding principles. as they measure valueThe purpose of this report is two-fold. First, those who have supported our effortsare entitled to know what we have done to live up to these principles. Second, n Provide exceptional servicewe want to thank you for your trust and confidence in us. Without it, none of thiswould have been possible. n Be diverseAs we continue to grow and evolve, our promise to ourselves and our clients willnot change; we will remain a law firm built for clients.® n Perform exemplary pro bono service n Care about our clients and each other1 rshc-law.com

Our Clients Clients FirstWe are grateful for the We begin our engagements by talking with our clients about their goals andopportunities our clients have their tolerance for risk. We want to know what they value and what they wantgiven us to work with and for to achieve. Then we present them with options on billing and staffing. Oncethem. Our client base is as our goals are set, we get to work, confident that we have clearly aligned ourdiverse as we are. We handle interests with those of the clients we exist to serve.some of the largest, mostimportant matters for Fortune During the last year, we have gained a good deal of attention because,500 companies, as well as pro although we work long, hard hours, we don’t impose minimum billable hourbono matters for those who requirements on our lawyers. We are comfortable with a wide variety ofalso need our hard work and billing arrangements. This frees our lawyers to focus on driving results for ourdedication. clients, instead of internal firm metrics that measure their own personal and institutional success. We know that our firm, and each of us, will do well onlyn Multiple public and privately when our clients do well. held companies in the insurance, manufacturing, We are not anti-billable hour. We are pro-client. Some of our clients choose transportation, food and flat fees or caps. Some ask to be billed on an hourly basis. Some opt for a beverage, life sciences, and combination. We have found that discussing at the outset the goals and healthcare industries, among expectations of our clients and how they will pay us for the value we bring to others, have turned to us to their matters is not only a good practice in terms of price, but also essential to handle their class actions, getting us all on the same page so we can focus on results. product liability cases, labor and employment matters, IP litigation, commercial disputes, and government investigations. With the addition of a transactional practice, we are now handling their commercial and financial transactions, as well.n Several major universities, municipalities, and non- profits have retained us to handle a variety of litigation, finance, real estate, and investigation matters.n Individuals of all types— from sophisticated corporate executives to incarcerated and indigent citizens—have asked us to represent them in a variety of matters.A law firm built for clients.® 2

“…we acted to meet the expressed needsof our clients…”Market Leading Practices 12 Practice AreasWe are now a national law firm of litigators, trial lawyers, and transactional n Antitrust andattorneys. As soon as we opened, growth was an imperative to meet the needs Competition Lawof our clients. Given the newness of our venture, finding like-minded peoplewho are willing to change the way they think about the practice of law poses n Appellateits own challenges. Fortunately, we have attracted new colleagues with thesame commitments to professional excellence, client and public service, and a n Business Transactionscollaborative work environment. n Class ActionsWe’ve expanded the breadth of our services, as well. This past summer, weadded two important practice capabilities: Antitrust and Competition Law and n Commercial LitigationBusiness Transactions. Once again, we acted to meet the expressed needs of ourclients, adding lawyers who practice at the top of their respective fields. We are n Higher Educationcurrently seeking to expand our Corporate capabilities further. n Insurance LitigationCommercial Litigation, Class Actions and Mass Torts n Intellectual PropertyAs our national Tier One ranking from Best Lawyers demonstrates, our mostprominent practices include mass torts and class action defense work. In 2017, n Labor and EmploymentBest Lawyers named Bob Riley as Chicago’s Lawyer of the Year for his Product Counseling and LitigationLiability work. This year, Best Lawyers named Matt Fischer as Chicago’s 2018Lawyer of the Year for his Mass Torts defense work. Joe Cancila has also been n Product Liability andrecognized by Best Lawyers as one of the best lawyers in the country for class Mass Tort Litigationaction defense. And several members of our mass torts and class action practices,including Ed Casmere, Heidi Dalenberg, Jim Gaughan, Sondra Hemeryck, Nick n Risk, Reputation andKahlon, and Josh Lee, have been named as Illinois Super Lawyers, and/or as Crisis ManagementIllinois Law Bulletin Media Leading Lawyers. n White Collar Defense,Our commercial litigators work from all four of our offices and practice across Investigations andthe nation. Since we started, we have defended our clients against class actions Complianceand other commercial litigation in federal and state court in 16 states. During thatperiod, eight class actions were dismissed at the pleading stage.We try cases, sometimes in notoriously tough jurisdictions. We have a deepteam of first-chair trial lawyers who, together, have tried scores of civil cases toverdict across the country. We win. And because we win, our clients often canresolve matters expeditiously and efficiently without a trial.3 rshc-law.com

A law firm built for clients.® Our appellate work is equally effective. In just 22 months, we have argued four times before three federal circuit courts of appeal and twice in state appellate courts. In the Seventh Circuit, we shut down a new theory of liability in asbestos claims. In the second, we successfully argued that a cancer causation opinion was junk science, and the Court of Appeals affirmed a defense verdict for our client. In the Eighth Circuit, we obtained reversal of an order certifying a statewide class involving tens of thousands of individuals who alleged a breach of contract by our client. The trial court in that case was ordered to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint on remand. Our mass torts group (led by Bob Riley, Ed Casmere, Matt Fischer, and Josh Lee) litigated high-stakes cases across the country. In Missouri, a jury returned a defense verdict for our client after a two-week trial over claims that an alleged exposure to benzene had caused the plaintiff’s cancer. In Wisconsin, we won a federal bench trial for injuries alleged to have resulted from a manufacturer’s use of asbestos decades ago. In the 22 months since our founding, our class actions team (led by Joe Cancila, Greg Curtner, Heidi Dalenberg, Sondra Hemeryck, Jim Gaughan, Nick Kahlon, Jake Kahn, Merili Seale, and Rod Perry) has litigated over three dozen cases, in approximately two dozen different jurisdictions, including six different federal appellate courts. Those cases have involved a broad range of issues, including federal and state antitrust claims, RICO claims, insurance breach of contract, consumer fraud, common law fraud, false advertising, breach of warranty, alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and federal and state securities law claims. We have addressed cutting-edge class action issues, including the application of Rule 23 class certification prerequisites to “issues” classes, how Article III standing requirements apply for members of a certified class in federal court, and how to best protect a class action defendant from oppressive class-wide discovery through scheduling orders and phased proceedings. And we have achieved favorable results for our clients, including the Eighth Circuit’s class certification reversal, dismissal with prejudice of consumer claims against United Airlines challenging its baggage handling practices and ticket cancellation fees, summary judgments in favor of a leading insurance company in cases asserting bad faith claim practices, and dismissals or advantageous settlements of numerous other cases. Our commercial litigation practice (led by Tom Quinn, Jeff Williams, Steve Hankins, Kate Stimeling, Jake Kahn, and Rod Perry) also scored important victories for clients defending their intellectual property in patent actions and upholding their contractual rights in a suit by an aggrieved debt holder. And in a series of actions on the eve of the first World Series championship won by the 4

“We have a deep team of first-chair trial lawyers…”Chicago Cubs in more than a century, our lawyers helped Major League Baseball thwart the sale of counterfeitsouvenirs in the streets outside Wrigley Field. In a demonstration of our depth and reach, partners Jake Kahn,Ryan Poscablo, and Ed Casmere from our Chicago and New York offices combined forces to successfullyprosecute a securities fraud action on behalf of our clients.White Collar Defense, Investigations and ComplianceWe are quite proud to say that in 2017, Best Lawyers in America named Ron Safer as Chicago’s Lawyer of theYear for his White Collar defense practice. We are equally proud to say Best Lawyers and Chambers USA hasalso ranked Ron Safer other partners on our team among the best in the land, including Matt Crowl and PatriciaBrown Holmes.Led by seven former federal and state prosecutors, a former judge, and multiple equally talented careerdefense attorneys, our White Collar Defense, Investigations and Compliance practice can handle virtually anyinvestigation or enforcement action of any scale. In the past year, this team (led by Ron Safer, Patricia BrownHolmes, Matt Crowl, Valarie Hays, Dave Resnicoff, Kelly Warner, Ryan Poscablo, and Sandy Musumeci)regularly counseled, defended, and vindicated our clients in what in every instance were quite serious matters.Faced with the prospect of government sanctions in the form of monetary penalties, exclusion from federalprograms, and even incarceration, we brought to bear more than 100 collective years of experience eitherprosecuting or defending public and private companies, corporate executives, and ordinary citizens in similarsituations.Our team represented companies and individuals in a variety of government investigations and prosecutions.Some were witnesses; some were subjects; and some were targets of the investigations. Our cases have involvedallegations of fraud, bribery, racketeering, kickbacks, off-label sales, and a variety of corruption charges. Weoften worked closely with other major law firms representing companies and individuals in those same cases.Over the past year, our internal investigations team has handled some of our most important work. We candescribe a few of our engagements in broad outlines:n Suspecting fraud and other corruption, the FBI raided the home of a CEO of a major long term care company as well as other locations last year. The General Counsel turned to us to manage the immediate crisis, take control of the defense, and conduct a thorough parallel investigation. We found a pattern of abuse by several senior executives, cooperated with authorities, and in the process, contained and stabilized the matter so the Board and management could focus on continuing to provide the highest quality of healthcare. While the criminal case continues, we have filed a civil RICO action, seeking the return of millions of dollars that we believe was looted from our client.n We regularly conduct investigations and assessments in the U.S. and overseas involving allegations of bribery under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). For instance, in the midst of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly bribing foreign government officials, a global medical equipment manufacturer retained us to conduct a global and independent assessment of its compliance program and risk under the FCPA. Working non-stop for 60 days in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, our partners and associates conducted more than 100 face-to-face interviews of our client’s executives and distributors, and 5 rshc-law.com

performed an analysis that the company is relying on in its efforts to reach a favorable resolution with the DOJ. Separately, a Fortune 100 transportation company retained us to investigate potential corruption by its vendor network. And a global shipping company asked us to investigate a distant representative office in which it suspected corrupt activities.n Multiple healthcare companies requested us to conduct efficient, cost-effective, and defensible internal investigations of alleged misconduct by their sales force.n Meanwhile, two major colleges and a nationally prominent university hospital retained us for investigations of hazing, financial misconduct, and abuse allegations.For each of these matters we fielded teams of experienced former prosecutors and criminal defense counsel whoare passionate about defending our clients and achieving the best possible outcomes. At our clients’ direction,we followed the evidence, wherever it led, all over the world.We also represented clients in litigation ancillary to criminal prosecutions. For example, last year, on behalf of ourclient Redflex, we settled a lawsuit with the City of Chicago. Two former company representatives and a City Hallofficial had been convicted on federal corruption charges. Related to the criminal trials, in which we did not play apart, the City sought $360 million in civil damages from Redflex. After months of negotiations, our client settledthe civil action for $20 million, paid out over six years, and was commended by the City for its cooperation in theunderlying investigation.We’ve had ample opportunity to do what we do best: help our clients evaluate, understand, and stop misconductwithin their own organizations, or vigorously and relentlessly mount our clients’ best defense to quite seriouscharges by the government.Two New and Important Practice CapabilitiesOur new Antitrust and Competition Law team is led by our long-time friend and partner, Greg Curtner. Gregfrequently serves as lead counsel in nationwide antitrust disputes and class actions for clients in a wide range ofindustries. Greg is perhaps best known for representing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ina host of challenging matters. He and his team have a broad practice that ranges across federal and state courtsand agencies.Our Business Transactions practice is led by one of the nation’s premier finance and transactions lawyers, JosephMcCoy. Its 13 members offer sound strategic advice for public and private companies on financings, real estatetransactions, and mergers and acquisitions. As with the rest of RSHC, they have a national practice and haveclosed deals in more than two dozen states.And while we don’t have enough space to go into details about every practice capability, we have other greatpractice areas such as: Appellate, Higher Education, Insurance Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor andEmployment Counseling and Litigation, and Risk, Reputation and Crisis Management. We invite you to visit ourwebsite.In short, in just over 22 months, we have more than tripled in size. Our 68 lawyers include 34 partners,29 associates, and five of counsel, spread across four offices in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Ann Arbor.A law firm built for clients.® 6

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Best Lawyers also ranks law Reputationfirms. In our first 22 months,Best Lawyers placed us among We are humbled by the recognition we have received for outstandingthe leading firms in Chicago and performance in a field of so many exceptionally talented peers.the nation. In its 2017 and 2018 reports, Best Lawyers in America ranked eight of our partners (one-quarter of our partnership) among the nation’s leadingFor 2018, our firm ranked: practitioners. Last year, Bob Riley and Ron Safer both received highly coveted Lawyer of the Year (Chicago) rankings for, respectively, their Product LiabilityTier 1 (National) and White Collar defense practices.n Mass Tort Litigation/Class This year, Best Lawyers named Matt Fischer a Lawyer of the Year (Chicago) for his Mass Torts defense work. Also named Best Lawyers were partners Joe Actions-Defendants Cancila, Patricia Brown Holmes, Matt Crowl, Tom Quinn, and Jeff Williams. Super Lawyers, another ratings organization that polls the private bar forTier 1 (Chicago) their opinions about the lawyers they meet in practice, also placed eight ofn Commercial Litigation our partners (one-third of our partnership) on its Illinois list. Joining Cancila,n Criminal Defense: White Collar Crowl, Fischer, Holmes, and Safer on this list were Heidi Dalenberg, Valarien Mass Tort Litigation/Class Hays, and Josh Lee. And in our San Francisco office, Super Lawyers saluted partner Steve Hankins and his IP practice and listed partner Sarah Youngblood- Actions-Defendants Bates and associate Lance Cidre as “Rising Stars.”n Product Liability Litigation- Leading Lawyers, a long standing Illinois legal and business information resource, surveys thousands of peer lawyers to recognize top lawyers in their Defendants fields in each state. Less than 5 percent of all lawyers licensed in each state are eligible for membership. Leading Lawyers named 18 RSHC partners and ofTier 2 (National)n Appellate Practice 8 Our 21 Founding PartnersTier 2 (Chicago)n Appellate PracticeFor 2017, our firm ranked:Tier 1 (Chicago)n Commercial Litigationn Criminal Defense: White Collarn Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendantsn Product Liability Litigation- DefendantsTier 2 (Chicago)n Appellate PracticeTier 3 (National)n Appellate Practicen Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-DefendantsA law firm built for clients.®

counsel as Illinois Law Bulletin Media Leading Lawyers, including Kevin Byrne, Joe Cancila, Ed Casmere, MattCrowl, Greg Curtner, Heidi Dalenberg, Matt Fischer, Jim Gaughan, Valarie Hays, Sondra Hemeryck, PatriciaBrown Holmes, Nick Kahlon, Josh Lee, Joseph McCoy, Bob Riley, Ron Safer, and Tom Quinn. Emerging Lawyersis another distinction awarded by Leading Lawyers to less than two percent of all lawyers licensed in each stateunder the age of 40. Seven RSHC partners and associates were recognized, including Debra Bone, Tal Chaiken,Taylor Corbitt, Jake Kahn, Laura Kleinman, Merili Seale, and Brian Watson.Chambers & Partners, a London-headquartered ratings service, bases its rankings on the opinions of corporateclients. They rated three of our partners—Ron Safer, Patricia Brown Holmes, and Matt Crowl—among the bestlitigators in Chicago. We’ll let the clients speak for themselves:n Regarding Safer: “He can do everything at a high level,” one client told Chambers. Said another, “he’s the guy I’d hire if I was in trouble.”n Regarding Holmes: “Outstanding.” She can “navigate clients through problems that have not only a judicial but also legislative and executive branch elements.”n Regarding Crowl: For criminal and regulatory matters, “a great lawyer.”Besides our peers, we have also been judged in the media. The business and trade press have favorably coveredour opening and our expansion. Chicago Lawyer magazine chose our partner Patricia Brown Holmes as its“Person of the Year” for 2016. Calling hers “a year of consequence,” the magazine honored her for a splendidpublic-private career that featured most recently her appointment as special prosecutor investigating an allegedcover-up of a police shooting and, yes, starting a new law firm at the same time. Above the Law named us “BestFirm to Salvage Your Reputation in a Crisis:” “When your reputation is on the line, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancilais the firm you want in your corner.” 9 rshc-law.com

DiversityIn December 2017, Patricia Brown Holmes and Joseph McCoy were recognized in Crain’s Chicago Businessas two of Chicago’s Most Influential Minority Lawyers for their impressive achievements and dedication todiversity initiatives.We value diversity in all its forms and are taking positive steps to reflect the type of diversity our clients’ desireand the profession needs. We are also well aware, however, that the statistics in our profession are abysmal.Women account for half the students in law school but fewer than one in five of the partners in private law firms.The number of minority law students is falling, and their professional success in the private bar is distressinglyrare—they account for barely one in twenty law firm partners.From the start, we were determined to do better. One-third of our founding partners are women; one is anAfrican American woman whose name is on the door—Patricia Brown Holmes. We cannot find another largelaw firm that has done the same. As we write, 38 percent of our current partners are women, and 32 percent aremembers of minority groups. Across the firm, 50 percent of our lawyers are women, and 31 percent are raciallydiverse. We don’t just have goals, we have demonstrated results.Experience teaches that we will deliver more creative and effective solutions to our clients’ problems by workingin diverse groups. Our lawyers share superb academic records and professional experience, but they also bringa great variety of different perspectives and life experiences to the table.Our clients recognize the inherent value of diversity, and they ask for diverse teams. They want great lawyerswho mirror their own diverse organizations and business partners. We are committed to making it happen.Finally, we value diversity for its own sake and for our sake. We’re energized and inspired by working closely withpeople who are not all the same. We are fully committed to proving that diverse teams are simply better—betterfor our clients, better for our communities, better for results, and better for us.A law firm built for clients.® 10

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Meeting Our Commitments Pro Bono and Public ServiceRSHC lawyers serve their communities in From day one, we committed ourselves to doing importantmany ways, including volunteers and leaders in pro bono and public service work in our communities. Weorganizations that make our communities better have sought to correct miscarriages of justice, provide accessand stronger. The following is a representative to justice, and hold accountable those who appear to havelist of the many organizations in which our abused their official positions.lawyers are actively involved: We have worked as both defenders and prosecutors, and on matters of local and national interest. Our lawyers haveACLU of Illinois helped free the wrongfully convicted; challenged the effort toAll Stars Project Development School for Youth punish “sanctuary” cities; led a special grand jury investigatingBlack Women Lawyers’ Association allegations of a police cover-up.Chicago Bar Foundation Some of this work involves highly controversial matters. All ourChicago Committee on Minorities clients—public and private, paying and pro bono—can rely on RSHC to stand up for them when the heat is on. in Large Law FirmsChicago Urban League Wrongful ConvictionsChicago Volunteer Legal Services n In November 2017, Ron Safer led a team of RSHC lawyers thatChicago Youth CentersCivic Consulting Alliance won the exoneration of Arthur Brown, a person who served 29Commercial Club of Chicago years in prison for a crime he did not commit.Community Development Commission n Ryan Poscablo, Sandy Musumeci, and Brian Neff representedCook County Bar Association a severely developmentally disabled teenager in Newark, NewDominican Bar Association Jersey, who was wrongfully arrested for allegedly robbing aHousing Choice Partners retired police officer jogging in a park more than a mile fromIllinois Equal Justice Foundation the teenager’s home. After receiving a desperate call from theJust the Beginning – A Pipeline Organization school counselor, RSHC investigated, advocated zealously onLaRabida Children’s Hospital our client’s behalf, and ultimately the case was dismissed in itsLawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law entirety.Leadership Greater Chicago n In February 2017, Ron Safer was part of a team of ChicagoLegacy Charter School lawyers that won the release of the “Marquette Four,” fourLegal Aid Society then-teenagers who were coerced into confessing to a murderNational Bar Association in 1995 that they did not commit. Those four also served 22National Filipino American Lawyers Association years in prison.Northwestern University Pritzker 12 School of Law, Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Wrongful ConvictionsPartnership for College CompletionQuad Communities Development CorporationRaphael HouseRush Health SystemSikh CoalitionSinai Health SystemsUCANUrban Prep AcademiesVassar CollegeYMCA of San FranciscoA law firm built for clients.®

“All our clients… can rely on RSHC to stand up for them when the heat is on.”n We are pursuing a new trial, based on new evidence, for a former Indiana police officer serving an 80-year sentence for homicide and arson convictions. After a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied our appeal, we petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for relief. In a highly unusual statement, three Seventh Circuit judges urged the high court to take this case because of the “unusually strong evidence” of the officer’s innocence.n In April 2016, Ron Safer and a team of RSHC lawyers greeted Eddie Bolden after he was released from prison after serving 22 years for a drug-related murder he did not commit. Safer had worked for six years to win Bolden’s release. Sometimes a photo is all the recognition we’d ever need. Pictured here: Our friend and colleague Eddie Bolden embracing our partner Ron Safer just after Bolden was released from prison.Serving as Special Prosecutorn In July 2016, the presiding judge of Cook County Criminal Court appointed Patricia Brown Holmes as special prosecutor to investigate an alleged cover-up following the police shooting of a 17-year-old in Chicago. After a tape of the incident was released, street protests roiled the city, and authorities filed murder charges against the police officer who shot Laquan McDonald. When Holmes was appointed, she spoke of “the grave responsibility” she had to the public. Thus far, her investigation has led to the indictment of one current and two former police officers on felony obstruction of justice charges for which she has the complete burden of proof at trial. Kelly Warner and Brian Watson, among other RSHC lawyers, are assisting Holmes as the criminal case continues to trial. 13 rshc-law.com

Recognition Immigrationn In May 2016, partner Jim Eight of our lawyers from three offices have been involved in efforts to ensure the Gaughan and associates Tal federal government’s immigration policies are consistent with the Constitution. Chaiken and Eli Litoff received awards for Excellence in Pro n In September 2017, the RSHC team, working alongside lawyers from another Bono and Public Interest large firm, persuaded U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber to enter a nationwide Service from the U.S. District injunction enjoining the U.S. Attorney General from imposing numerous conditions Court for the Northern on federal funding in an effort to deny funding to Chicago and other so-called District of Illinois and the “sanctuary” cities. The Attorney General has appealed the Court’s order, and Riley Chicago chapter of the Safer Holmes & Cancila will continue fighting for Chicago in the Seventh Circuit. Federal Bar Association. They were recognized for their n Throughout 2017, RSHC worked on behalf of Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and efforts on behalf of Bryan other cities and counties to file amicus briefs in the Supreme Court of the United Adams, a diabetic inmate States and other federal courts challenging the current administration’s Executive who was forced to live on a Orders suspending entry from certain Muslim-majority countries. After the diet of fast food every day for challengers obtained injunctions enjoining the Orders, the administration revised lunch and pizza most days for the restrictions. The revised restrictions are now being challenged. dinner while awaiting trial for more than two years. n Mishan Wroe, Erin Gasparka, and Yakov Wiegmann successfully represented the ACLU and UC Hastings in a lawsuit against ICE to compel it to comply with a FOIAn In October 2017, the Chicago request for documents showing the treatment of asylum seekers in detention. Bar Foundation and Chicago Bar Association presented n In October 2016, RSHC sued the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ron Safer with the prestigious agency on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, Justice John Paul Stevens seeking the release of information on the agency’s treatment of asylum seekers. Award for his decades of public service. This award Additional Pro Bono Work recognizes his work as a courageous Assistant United n Heidi Dalenberg presently serves as co-counsel with the ACLU of Illinois States Attorney and as a representing children in the care of the Illinois Department of Children and relentless criminal defense Family Services in B.H. v. Walker. The plaintiff children sued for violation of their lawyer who has helped free constitutional and other rights, alleging that Illinois was failing to provide them many wrongfully convicted with even minimally adequate care. The Department entered into a Consent people from prison. Decree more than 20 years ago promising reform, and proceedings to enforce the B.H. Decree are active and ongoing to this day.A law firm built for clients.® n A group of RSHC lawyers, Dave Resnicoff, Kate Stimeling, Ryan Poscablo, and Nathan Howze, advised and represented the non-profit group, March to Action, LLC, a Chicago-based non-profit organization that coalesced to provide free transportation to Washington DC for the Women’s March on Washington in January 2017. The RSHC team advised the group about corporate formation and liability issues, and March to Action successfully and historically provided bus services for 150 women to and from the March. n Meghan McMeel and Ed Casmere negotiated and crafted a donor agreement that allowed a same-sex couple to secure the ability to attempt in vitr o fertilization and defined parental rights. n Josh Lee and Ed Casmere negotiated and settled a commercial dispute for a small not-for-profit homeowners’ association. 14

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CodaWe recognize that none of the foregoing would have been possible without the support of friends and clientsreceiving this report. As we charge forward into our next year, we need to stop for a moment and say:THANK YOU!We are grateful for your confidence and your trust. It is an immense responsibility and challenge that wewelcome, and one we will continue to work hard every day to earn.Joseph A. Cancila, Jr. Partners David H. Resnicoff Edward Casmere Robert H. Riley Taylor Corbitt Patricia Brown Holmes Ronald S. Safer Matthew C. Crowl Craig D. Jeffrey Gregory L. Curtner Nick Kahlon Mariangela (Merili) Seale Heidi Dalenberg Jacob Kahn Drahcir Marie Smith Leslie D. Davis Joshua D. Lee Kate Stimeling Matthew J. Fischer Kelly M. Warner James P. Gaughan Alison L. Maddeford Joseph Q. McCoy Brian O’Connor WatsonStephen M. Hankins Yakov Wiegmann Valarie Hays Sandra L. Musumeci Jeffrey R. Williams Rodney PerrySondra A. Hemeryck Sarah Youngblood-Bates Ryan P. Poscablo Joy L. Anderson Thomas B. Quinn Riley R. Moyer Deborah Bone Erich P. NatheValerie H. Brummel Associates and Of Counsel Brian J. Neff* Kevin J. Byrne* Kevin M. O’Hara Matthew Kennison Simone A. Randolph Tal Chaiken Laura Kleinman Kevin Reidy Lance Cidre Susan R. Koci* Dennis Santoni Anna A. Dwyer Josh Kurtzman Emily K. Spade Sarah E. Finch Kristi Lemanski Cheryl D. S. Walker* Erin Gasparka Michael W. Ward Nathan Howze Susan Lichtenstein* Mishan Wroe Stephanie F. Jones Eli Litoff Alissa Kelso Eliberty Lopez Layla Dotson Lumpkin Patricia Mathy Meghan McMeel City Photographs by Wade Thrall Design + Photo Design by David Hunter Graphic Design Our 21 Founding Partners in red. | * Of Counsel | December 2017A law firm built for clients.® 16

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