Armstrong Teasdale announced the establishment of a Chicago office and the addition of nearly 50 lawyers and staff professionals from Novack and Macey. The combination, effective April 1, bolsters Armstrong Teasdale’s firmwide roster to over 800 lawyers and staff professionals internationally, and creates a stronger foothold for the firm in major U.S. metropolitan areas.
Since 2018, Armstrong Teasdale has roughly doubled in size, successfully integrating 12 new offices and hundreds of lawyers and staff in the U.S. and overseas. In 2022 and 2023, the firm established new locations in Miami, Florida; Dublin, Ireland; Washington, D.C.; and Orange County, California.
Novack and Macey, founded in 1984 by Stephen Novack and Eric Macey, has been recognized by The Chicago Tribune as “a high-powered litigation boutique.” The firm, whose Managing Partner is Don Tarkington, has built a national reputation for complex business litigation and general litigation counseling, and their experience includes trial and appellate, alternative dispute resolution, banking and financial services, business torts, class action litigation, construction litigation, corporate and commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, bankruptcy, employment and labor, franchise law, health care and life sciences, insurance litigation, ethics and professional responsibility, legal malpractice defense, product liability, real estate and trusts and estates. Further, their clients span a variety of industry sectors that complement Armstrong Teasdale’s, including energy, real estate, technology, chemicals, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail and transportation.
With decades of combined experience handling high-profile, high-stakes litigation matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts and in arbitration, Novack and Macey’s lawyers have achieved considerable recognition within the profession. The firm and its lawyers are highly ranked by Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America®, Illinois Super Lawyers® and Illinois Leading Lawyers.
Partners Novack, Macey and Tarkington join Armstrong Teasdale alongside a distinguished team of litigators. They include Partners Andrew Campbell, P. Andrew Fleming, Joshua Liebman, Monte Mann, Mitchell Marinello, Timothy Miller, Yvette Mishev, Rebekah Parker, Andrew Shelby, Stephen Siegel and Elizabeth Wolicki; Counsels Shelby Drury, Laura Jennings, Julie Johnston-Ahlen, Marie Lim, Mario Martinez and Dana Taylor; Associates Gregory Dickinson, Ian Flanagan, Stephanie Moon, Serena Rabie and McKensie Villarreal; and more than 20 skilled staff professionals.
Armstrong Teasdale will assume Novack and Macey’s existing office space at 100 N. Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL, 60606.
