• College of Law names 62 employers to 2017 Honor Roll

    Apr 18, 2018 11:00 amStudentsAlumni

    Today, the University of Illinois College of Law published its 2017 Employer Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes employers who have regularly hired recent College of Law graduates. The Honor Roll contains a wide variety of employers, including firms of various sizes, government agencies, courts, and corporations. Combined, Honor Roll employers have hired nearly 200 recent College of Law graduates in the Classes of 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Honor Roll was first created in 2014. This edition of the Honor Roll contains 21 new employers, the largest group of new inductees in the history of the Honor Roll. 

    “The 2017 Employer Honor Roll is a diverse group, and demonstrates that College of Law graduates can make meaningful contributions to many different types of teams,” noted Greg Miarecki, the College’s Executive Assistant Dean for Career Planning and Professional Development. “We are especially pleased to welcome 21 new employers to the Honor Roll this year,” Miarecki added.

    The 2017 Honor Roll awardees are:

    Platinum Level
    Chapman and Cutler LLP
    Deloitte Tax LLP
    Dykema Gossett PLLC
    Husch Blackwell LLP
    Illinois Attorney General
    Jones Day
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP
    McGuireWoods LLP
    Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office
    Schiff Hardin LLP
    Sidley Austin LLP
    Vedder Price
    Winston & Strawn LLP 

    Gold Level
    Baker & McKenzie LLP
    Beckett Law Office
    Brown & James, P.C.
    Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
    Guggenheim Partners, LLC
    HeplerBroom LLC
    Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP
    Illinois Appellate Court, First District
    Jenner & Block LLP
    K&L Gates LLP
    Littler Mendelson P.C.
    McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office
    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
    Perkins Coie LLP
    Reed Smith LLP
    Ropes & Gray LLP

    Silver Level
    Allstate Insurance Company
    Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
    Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.
    Cassiday Schade LLP
    Champaign County Public Defender’s Office
    Foster Swift Collins & Smith P.C.
    Goldberg Segalla
    Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.
    Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC
    Holland & Knight LLP
    Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP
    Hurst, Robin & Kay, LLC
    Illinois Supreme Court – The Honorable Rita B. Garman
    Jimmy John’s
    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
    Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
    Lavelle Law, Ltd.
    Law Offices of Meachum, Starck & Boyle
    Locke Lord LLP
    Mayer Brown LLP
    Nora & Partners, LLP
    Office of the Bronx County District Attorney
    Parrillo Weiss LLC
    Polsinelli PC
    Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
    Siprut PC
    Spiros Law, P.C.
    Thompson Coburn LLP
    U.S. Social Security Administration
    United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois
    United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP

    View the complete list of Honor Roll employers and the selection methodology