Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP

bartlit beck has achieved an unparalleled record of courtroom victories in complex litigation since our founding in 1993. our success results from an approach to trying cases that is fundamentally different from that of most firms that handle comparable matters. we are a firm of trial lawyers, not litigators. our lawyers are in court examining witnesses and arguing to judges and juries on a regular basis. we approach pre-trial discovery as a tool to help prepare us to tell a convincing story at trial, not as an end to itself. we do not spend time on activities that build up hours but are unlikely to contribute to a successful outcome. our corporate practice offers extensive experience in middle-market mergers and acquisitions (negotiated and hostile), securities offerings and compliance issues, corporate finance, hedge and private equity fund formation, and counseling on sensitive corporate governance matters. we do not charge by the hour. instead, we enter into fee agreements that rew