SEYFARTH, SHAW, FAIRWEATHER & GERALDSON
was founded in Chicago in 1945.

It has since grown into a full-service, international law firm with nearly 400 attorneys practicing inAtlanta,Chicago, New York,Los Angeles, Sacramento,San Francisco,Washington, D.C., Houston, and Brussels.

This home page is designed both to provide information about the firm and to provide clients and friends with timely and practical information about legal developments and theirimpact on business. Under Insights and Developments, you will find a variety of articles and papers written by attorneys from our various practice areas. Under Speakers' Bureau, you will find information about attorneys from the Firm who are available to address professional associations and industry groups on a variety of business topics. Practice Areas offers summary descriptions of our attorneys' areas of concentration. Firm Directory provides addresses for our eight offices, telephone numbers for each of our attorneys, and biographical information concerning our attorneys' professional qualifications. Under Current Events, you will find information about seminars sponsored by the Firm, and other speaking andpublishing activity of our attorneys. Finally, Law School Resource is intended to provide law students with information about the Firm that will be helpful to them as they contemplate important career decisions.

We hope you find this information to be useful, and would appreciate any comments you might care to make. Feel free to contact any of our attorneys, or send an e-mail to mailbox@seyfarth.com.

NOTICE: Use of this Web site is not intended to and does not establishan attorney-client relationship between the user and Seyfarth, Shaw,Fairweather & Geraldson. Do not send the firm confidential informationwithout first obtaining permission to do so from one of the firm'sattorneys.

Kathleen R. Schwappach in the Firm's Chicago office is responsible for the content of this home page.

Statement in Compliance with Texas Rules of Professional Conduct:Unless otherwise indicated in individual attorney biographies, lawyers residentin the Firm's various offices are Not certified by the Texas Board of LegalSpecialization.