Marc R. Kadish

Background

About Marc R. Kadish

Mr. Kadish’s responsibilities as Director of Pro Bono Activities include finding worthwhile projects for lawyers, paralegals and other support personnel that will benefit our society. These pro bono projects include both litigation and transactional matters. The only requirement is that the projects combine pro bono work and the training of young lawyers. Mr. Kadish’s direct representational or supervisory work has included the firm’s Seventh Circuit Project, death penalty, murder and other felonies, prisoner’s civil rights cases, political asylum cases, and the local Federal Court’s Settlement Assistance Program. For additional information on the firm’s pro bono program, please look at the pro bono website at Mr. Kadish is also responsible for working on the firm’s charitable contributions to legal public interest groups. He consults with the domestic offices in the firm and presents the budget to the Pro Bono Committee. After approval by the Committee, the budget is then sent to the Management Committee.Mr. Kadish’s responsibilities as Director of Litigation Training involve working with the National Litigation Training committee as well as with the Summer Associate program and the Orientation program for new associates. He also works with Professor Morgan Cloud of Emory University School of Law on the firm’s interactive litigation training programs.Mr. Kadish has tried over 60 jury trials during his career. He has also tried a larger number of bench trials. Most of these trials have taken place in either the Federal or State courts in the Chicago area.