Chapman in the News

Chapman is proud to have served as counsel to the banks and swap providers on a $6.5 billion financing that was named The Bond Buyer's 2019 Deal of the Year at an awards ceremony held December 4 in New York.

Attorneys and legal professionals from BMO Financial Group and Chapman are partnering with the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of Lawyers to study the extent to which tenant eviction proceedings are being conducted across the US without a record and comparing the differences between those unrecorded proceedings and recorded proceedings.

Chapman and Cutler LLP announced today that Toi Hutchinson, Chapman’s Director of Community Relations and Social Responsibility, resigned her position with the firm, having assumed a new appointment by Governor J.B. Pritzker to oversee implementation of the new marijuana legalization law in Illinois last month.

Chapman's Chief Executive Partner Tim Mohan authored an article for Legal Evolution discussing Chapman's talent development initiative, the Finance Law Development Program. 

For the fourth year in a row, Chapman received the Law Chalice from the American Heart Association (AHA) in recognition of contributions to the not-for-profit organization's annual Heart Walk.

Chapman is serving as pro bono counsel to Children’s Rights to advocate for and protect vulnerable children in a recent amicus brief. On September 27, a district court issued a favorable ruling, and Judge Dolly Gee tracked arguments made in Children’s Rights’ brief.

Hillary Phelps, a partner in Chapman's National Public and Health & Education Finance Department, was named a 2019 "Rising Star" at The Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference. 

Chapman mourns the loss of our partner, colleague and friend, William F. Tueting, who passed away on September 15, 2019 in Salt Lake City. He was 77.