04 | 5 | 2008 Posted By Patrick J. Lamb

Valorem Grows! Nicole Nehama Auerbach Joins Valorem.

     I am thrilled to announce that Nicole Nehama Auerbach will be joining Valorem as a member as of April 14.  Nicole is currently a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman in Chicago.  Nicole concentrates her practice on all facets of complex commercial litigation, focusing on the strategic development of complex cases in order to posture them for favorable resolution, and when good business deals cannot be had, Nicole tries the case.  She has represented such clients as Miller Brewing Company, the Chicago Bulls, Orbitz, Computer Associates, Cendant Corporation, Scholarships.com, Career Education Corporation, The Northern Trust and Cole Taylor Bank. Nicole has litigated cases in federal and state courts across the country and has handled numerous arbitrations and mediations.

Nicole is a Founder and Co-Chair of Katten's Women’s Leadership Forum. She founded the Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law Firms, a group of woman leaders from Chicago area law firms, which now has 27 members.  She speaks and chairs conferences on women's issues and  also devotes time to pro bono litigation matters and represents unaccompanied children in political asylum cases and was recognized as one of the 2005 “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty To Watch” by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, and has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2007 and 2008. In addition, Nicole was featured in Vault Publications’ 2006 book, “A View From the Top: Q & A with Legal Women Leaders,” as well as on the cover and in the lead story of the February 2007 issue of Chicago Lawyer magazine.

Nicole is a member of the Federal Trial Bar. She is also a member of the Leadership Council of the National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Bar Association's Women Rainmakers Section.

Beyond the bio material, Nicole shares our commitment to alternative fee arrangements and to fees structured so that we share our client's risk. 

Needless to say, Nicole's new colleagues are thrilled to have someone so incredibly talented join us.  But what makes Nicole's decision even more profound is that in addition to her incredible legal skills and accomplishments, Nicole is an even more extraordinary person, a person of warmth, compassion and insight.  Mother of three boys, Nicole is an accomplished singer and songwriter and music lover, so the quality of sound around Valorem will definitely be improving.