Seyfarth Shaw's Chicago Office Moves to New Location

Chicago, IL  (September 11, 2006) - - Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full service law firms, announced the successful move of its Chicago office [more than 700 attorneys and staff] to a new location at 131 South Dearborn Street from its prior home at 55 East Monroe Street.

The building, also known as the Citadel Center, is highly advanced technologically which provided the opportunity to design a space suitable to the firm’s current needs and its anticipated growth for the next 10 to 15 years.   “We worked closely with design experts and architects to create a space standard that drives collaboration and knits together our people within the office,” stated David J. Rowland, managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office.  He added, “All attorney offices are the same size - - a unique approach in design that is a first for major national law firms.”  The firm’s corporate interiors were planned by Gensler Architecture, Design and Planning PC.

Seyfarth Shaw’s new Chicago office is custom designed to reflect its collaborative culture and commitment to provide excellent client service.  Each of the eight floors features an open floor plan that brings in light to enhance the feeling of spaciousness in the overall layout.  The space includes numerous internal and external teaming areas, including interactive conference and board rooms for client meetings.  “We believe our new office allows us to better serve our clients and reflects our national image and reputation as a premier full service law firm,” noted Rowland.

Seyfarth Shaw’s new address is 131 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60603.  The main telephone number is (312) 460-5000, and the main FAX number is (312) 460-7000.

Seyfarth Shaw has over 650 attorneys located in nine offices throughout the United States including Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento as well as Brussels, Belgium.  Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation and business services.  The firm’s practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the country’s business community.  Clients include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, newspapers and other media, hotels, health care organizations, airlines and railroads. The firm also represents a number of federal, state, and local governmental and educational entities.  For more information, please visit www.seyfarth.com.

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