Profiles on the next generation of leaders

Amy Manning — McGuireWoods

Age: 41

Education: Monmouth College (1989);

University of Chicago Law School (1992).

Career: Partner at McGuireWoods. She’s been at the firm 16 years.

Leadership: Vice-chair of the firm-wide ­recruiting committee; co-chair of the life ­sciences industry group; partner-in-charge of Call to Action Commitment on Women; a member of the past strategic planning committee; a member of Women’s Leadership Forum; and former commercial litigation ­partner representative, ­associates committee.

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Charles S. Hallab — Baker & McKenzie

Age: 38

Education: George Washington University (1994); Georgetown University McDough School of Business (MBA, 1998); Georgetown University Law Center (1998).

Career: Partner at Baker & McKenzie.

He’s been at the firm for 11 years.

Leadership: Hiring partner; chair of the Chicago recruitment and professional development committee; head of the Chicago joint venture, strategic alliance and international business combinations practice; head of the North American ­corporate and commercial practice for the Middle East; corporate lead for the North American climate change and environmental markets practice; partner advisor to the associates’ committee; administrative liaison, diversity committee; and practice liaison, international commercial group.

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Christina Martini — DLA Piper

Age: 38

Education: University of Illinois at Chicago (1991); Northwestern University School of Law (1994).

Career: Partner at DLA Piper. She’s been at the firm 15 years.

Leadership: Vice chair, Chicago intellectual property practice group; co-hiring partner, Chicago office; the firm’s diversity and ­inclusion ombudsperson; a member of the firm’s policy committee; a member of the national diversity steering committee; a member of the Chicago office diversity committee; on the board of advisors for the Marbury Institute, the firm’s professional education arm; and the firm’s liaison for the Chicago Chapter of the ­Association of ­Corporate Counsel.

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Michael Wolf — Jenner & Block

Age: 40

Education: University of Illinois (1990); DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business (MBA, 1994); Chicago-Kent College of Law (1998).

Career: Partner at Jenner & Block. He’s been at the firm for six years.

Leadership: Co-chair of the hiring ­executive committee; co-chair of the firm’s hiring committee; co-chair of the firm’s lateral hiring committee; a member of the opinion committee; a member of the associate retention subcommittee; a member of the associate development and evaluation committee; and a member of the marketing and business development committee.

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Jennifer Kenedy — Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell

Age: 41

Education: University of Illinois (1990); Northwestern University School of Law (1993).

Career: Partner at Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. She’s been at the firm 16 years.

Leadership: A member of the board of ­directors; co-founder and co-chair of the women’s initiative; co-chair of the integration committee; chair of the flexible work committee; a member of the practice development committee; and a member of the vision statement committee.

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Lance A. Zinman — Katten Muchin Rosenman

Age: 36

Education: Michigan State University (1995); Northwestern University School of Law (1998).

Career: Partner at Katten Muchin ­Rosenman. He’s been at the firm for

11 years.

Leadership: A member of the recruiting committee; head of the Chicago marketing committee for financial ­services; helps train associates in his group; heads the hedge fund practice in Chicago; and on the firm-wide business development committee.