Edwin Brooks Joins McGuireWoods As Partner In Business Litigation and Restructuring & Insolvency Practices
CHICAGO, Ill. – LawFuel - Legal Newswire - McGuireWoods LLP announced today that Edwin E. Brooks is joining the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Business Litigation and Restructuring & Insolvency Practices. Brooks focuses his practice on representing businesses in complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy litigation.
Brooks had been a partner in the Chicago office of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. He represents health care entities and other businesses in complex business disputes involving class actions, payer disputes, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of contract, injunctions, mergers and acquisitions, medical credentialing and bankruptcy litigation. He has also represented secured and unsecured creditors in restructurings and loan defaults and businesses in preference actions, fraudulent conveyances, plan treatment, and claim disputes.
In addition to his practice, Brooks is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Law School where he has taught trial advocacy since 2000. He was named one of the country’s Outstanding Healthcare Litigators in 2005 and 2006 by Nightingales Healthcare News.
McGuire Woods LLP is a full-service law firm with approximately 750 lawyers in 15 offices in the United States, Europe and Central Asia providing legal counsel to clients around the world. The firm’s Chicago office is located at 77 West Wacker Drive. For more information, visit www.mcguirewoods.com.