Marcia is an Illinois and Indiana licensed attorney. Marcia’s practice focuses primarily on commercial litigation and transactional law. She represents and defends individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, and not-for-profit corporations in a variety of commercial and employment disputes including partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, member disputes, and contract disputes. Additionally, she advises clients on transactional matters including contract drafting, review, and negotiation, real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, donations, corporate governance, municipal governance, policy formation, and various compliance issues.
Marcia obtained her Juris Doctor from the John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) and has a creative background holding a Bachelor of Fine Art from University of Michigan. During her law school career, she was President of the Corporate Law Association, she competed nationally on teams with the Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Program, she was a teaching assistant for Contracts and Torts and she enrolled in multiple legal clinics, including the Pro Bono Litigation Clinic, the Business Enterprise Law Clinic, and the Fair Housing Support Center and Clinic.
Marcia serves as a coach for University of Illinois Chicago School of Law’s Trial Advocacy Dispute Resolution Program, coaching teams of law students that compete nationally each spring and fall in negotiation, mediation, and arbitration competitions.
Education
- The John Marshall Law School, J.D. 2017
- University of Michigan, B.F.A. 2011
Admitted to Practice
- Illinois, 2017
- Indiana, 2020
- United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2017
- United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2020
- United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2020
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