Alumni
Your first day at Sidley is the beginning of a lifelong relationship with a dynamic community of lawyers and alumni that is committed to excellence. Our alumni comprise a prestigious group of professionals who have built diverse skill sets at Sidley as a result of their work on interesting and challenging projects for a range of high-caliber clients. We are proud of your accomplishments, and celebrate the contributions each of you has made to the firm’s rich history and vibrant community.
The Sidley alumni community, established in 2014, provides a one-stop shop for all alumni network features and updates, and access to benefits exclusively for alumni, such as a searchable member directory and a repository of current in-house job opportunities. The job opportunity list includes hundreds of openings and is updated daily.
Alumni Network Benefits
The Sidley Alumni Community features:
- Member directory to connect and build your network.
- Networking event invitations, including practice group events and office events. Ensure you receive the relevant invitations by providing your current contact information, or by updating your contact information through the Sidley Alumni Community.
- In-house job opportunities list. The job opportunity list includes hundreds of openings and is updated daily.
- CLE programs, both online and in-person. A new CLE webinar is posted to the Sidley Alumni Community and the Sidley alumni group on LinkedIn every Friday. Contact your alumni team at sidleyalumni@sidley.com for information on how to access additional CLE opportunities for alumni.
- Alumni Newsletters. Stay up-to-date with alumni news, event photos and save-the-dates, interviews and additional ways to connect.
- Click here to submit your news for our “class notes” series.
You can also connect with fellow alumni through Sidley’s official LinkedIn Alumni group. Do you have ideas for our alumni network? How can we support you as a Sidley alum? Contact your alumni team at sidleyalumni@sidley.com with your suggestions and questions.
Sidley Alumni: Working Across Industries and Around the Globe
Our alumni have worked for a wide array of prominent corporations, nonprofits and trade associations at all levels of their legal departments, including numerous General Counsel, as well as in the C-suite and in other executive functions.
With deep roots in the legal profession, Sidley offers myriad opportunities to apply your talents to important matters on a global stage. We recognize that there are many career possibilities available in the legal field, and you may not stay in private practice for the full duration of your career. Our alumni network connects all of our people, past and present, to the opportunities, resources and contacts that help contribute to a thriving career path. Sidley alumni have achieved success in a variety of roles at all levels of in-house legal departments. This includes serving as General Counsel, CEOs, and Executive Directors, as well as professors and other university posts throughout the U.S.
Many of our alumni have served in high-profile public sector roles, from heads of state to judges, law clerks and government representatives across the U.S. and internationally with organizations and agencies including:
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Where are they now?
“Sidley is where I honed my skills, learned a lot, and experienced so much. Sidley is still family to me.”
“Sidley is where I honed my skills, learned a lot, and experienced so much. Sidley is still family to me.”
Alumni Q&A Archive
- Kate Adams, Senior Vice President and GC, Honeywell International Inc.
- Wiley S. Adams, 82nd National Bar Association President (New!)
- Tony Aiello, Retired Sidley Partner
- Geoff Antell, Policy Director and Counsel, Republican Whip John Thune, U.S. Senate
- Virginia (Ginny) Aronson, "Mindreader"; Retired Sidley Partner
- Lisa Taylor Ash, General Counsel at Shape Therapeutics and Founder and Creator of Effective In-House
- Brad Berenson, Vice President and Senior Counsel, Litigation & Legal Policy at GE
- Demarron Berkley, Patent Litigation Counsel, Google
- Judith Bonné, Founder and Owner, Lovely Bit of Crumpet
- Jeff Brandt, Corporate Counsel, Boardriders
- Jon Brennan, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Daire Carr, European Counsel at H.I.G. Capital
- Joseph Chan, Chief Legal Officer, Yum China Holdings, Inc.
- Kristopher Clemmons, Corporate Counsel, Starbucks Coffee Company
- Susan Comparato, Chief Executive Officer, Syncora Holdings Ltd.
- Gina DelChiaro, Senior Staff Attorney, Human Rights First
- Andy Dunbar, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Bel Air Investment Advisors
- Elizabeth Esty, U.S. Representative for the 5th Congressional District of Connecticut
- Frank Favia, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Guaranteed Rate
- John Gallo, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Legal Aid Chicago
- Heidi Padawer Garfield, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Shutterstock, Inc.
- Clifford Garstang, Novelist
- Deborah Ginsberg, Managing Director, TPG RE Finance Trust Inc.
- Eli Glasser, Chief Counsel of Antitrust Law and Global Competition, Tyson Foods, Inc.
- Julie Gremillion, General Counsel, GoExpedi
- Anna Ha, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, United Airlines
- Ilan Hornstein and Sabrina Ross, Head of Legal and Associate General Counsel of Privacy and Security, Nauto
- Jay Huh, Counsel, The Trevor Project
- Jakarra Jones, Senior Corporate Counsel, Microsoft
- Vicky Kandabarow, Associate General Counsel, PEAK6 Investments, L.P.; General Counsel, National Flood Services
- Patrick Kennell, Assistant General Counsel, Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
- Julie Klaff, Partner, Origami Capital Partners
- Mike Lee, U.S. Senator for Utah
- Chris Lu, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor
- Victor Marrero, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Joe Meginnes, Director of Strategy, New Product Legal and Operations, Calvert Impact Capital
- Nick McLean, Deputy Solicitor General at the Department of the Attorney General in Hawaii
- Ken Mifsud-Bonnici, Member of the Legal Service at the European Commission
- Hae-Won Min Liao, Greg Sherman, and Jeff Young on Collaboration and Innovation at Gilead Sciences
- Josh Mintz, Vice President and General Counsel, The MacArthur Foundation
- Brian Nelson, Vice President and General Counsel, Los Angeles 2024 Exploratory Committee
- Brent Nichols, Counsel, Honda North America, Inc.
- Francesco Noero, Principal, KPMG US and Senior Americas Counsel (New!)
- Teri Peeples, Director of Litigation, Organon
- Chini Reddy, Assistant General Counsel, TRM Labs
- Emma Rodriguez-Ayala, Kristina St. Charles, and Laura Lyons on Reuniting at LGIM America
- Lauren Roth, Assistant General Counsel, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
- Marisol Rubecindo, Managing Director/Legal Chief of Staff, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
- Dipali Sahni, General Counsel, Eaglewood Europe LLP
- Justin H. Sanders, Partner, Sanders Roberts LLP
- Lowell Schiller, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer at Aetion
- Ben Schwarz, U.S. Commercial Counsel at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Nirav Shah, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Cary Martin Shelby, Ralph Brill Endowed Chair Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Rachel Sher, Director of Business Development for Chill Chicago
- Lauren Silvis, Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Tempus, Inc.
- Hilary Sledge-Sarnor, Director & Assistant General Counsel, MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
- Carl-Michael Simon, Legal Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Michael Strautmanis, Chief Engagement Officer at the Obama Foundation
- Raj Sultanian, Chief Executive Officer and Carl P. Evans III, Chief Product Officer and Corporate Counsel at PredictiveOps
- Claudia Teran, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Fox Sports Media Group
- Katie Thomson, General Counsel to the U.S. Department of Transportation
- Amy Timm, Deputy General Counsel at the Chicago Cubs
- Veronica White, Data Analytics & Integration, Bloomberg L.P.
- Dick Wilder, General Counsel and Head of Business Development at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
- Daniel F. Wilhelm, President of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation