Biography

Mr. Wexler is a partner in the firm’s Chicago office and National Chair of the Firm’s Corporate Espionage, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition Group. His practice focuses on trial work and counseling in the areas of trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate espionage, unfair competition, complex commercial disputes, intellectual property infringement and white collar criminal defense in both federal and state courts. A former state prosecutor, Mr. Wexler’s extensive investigatory experience and considerable jury trial practice enables him to advise clients with regard to potential disputes and represent clients through and including a determination of their rights at trial. Mr. Wexler has successfully obtained and defended temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions in several jurisdictions. He has represented clients in the insurance, securities, finance, banking, transportation, manufacturing, technology, pharmaceuticals, advertising, real estate, employment, medical equipment and computer industries throughout the United States. Mr. Wexler is also a member of the Firm’s Administrative Committee and Lawyer Development Committee.

Education

J.D., IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, High Honors (1991)

Order of the Coif; Kent Legal Scholar; Member, Chicago-Kent Law Review; Member, National Moot Court Competition Teams; Legal Writing Teaching Assistant

B.A., University of Illinois - Champaign (1988)

Admissions

• Illinois

Courts

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar)
• U.S. District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin