CHICAGO (July 7, 2010) — Ulmer & Berne LLP announced today that Peter R. Sonderby, counsel in the Midwest firm’s Chicago office, has been elected to serve as secretary-treasurer of the Lawyers’ Club of Chicago. After being appointed to the club’s board of directors in 2009, Sonderby assumed his new position at the organization’s annual meeting on June 23.
Founded in 1883, the Lawyers' Club of Chicago promotes social interaction and tolerant discussion among lawyers and judges in Chicago. With approximately 900 members consisting of lawyers and judges primarily from the Chicago metropolitan area, the club offers an opportunity for members of the legal profession to meet informally to exchange views and to hear interesting and distinguished speakers on a wide variety of important topics.
As counsel with Ulmer & Berne, Sonderby has expertise in arbitration, litigation and mediation of disputes involving the financial services industry. He serves as a panel chairman or panel member in National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) securities arbitrations and was named a “Super Lawyer" by Illinois Super Lawyers and Chicago magazines in 2007.
Ulmer & Berne, established in 1908, is a full-service Midwest regional firm with 175 attorneys in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago. Ulmer & Berne represents publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, pharmaceutical and other life science companies, family businesses, international joint ventures and affiliations, institutional investors, venture and emerging businesses, public bodies and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.ulmer.com.
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