Lazar Raynal's Email & Phone

Lazar Raynal is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Chicago office. Lazar is the Firm-wide head of McDermott's Trial Practice, a member of the Management Committee and co-chair of the Trust & Estate Controversy Practice. In addition to his fiduciary litigation work, his practice includes complex commercial lawsuits, internal investigations for large companies, criminal defense and insurance litigation. He routinely assists clients in strategic planning issues and negotiating, mediating and resolving significant disputes. In 2007, Lazar was named to American Lawyer's 2007 Fab Fifty Young Litigators? as a result of his significant work on behalf of foreign and U.S. companies in significant commercial lawsuits, including claims alleging unfair business practices, fraud, fiduciary issues and insurance. He has represented clients in various state and federal trial and appellate courts and before dozens of arbitration panels throughout the United States. Certain of his cases, including Pritzker v. Pritzker, have been widely covered by the national and local media. Lazar is a member of the bars of the State of Illinois, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois and the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third, Seventh and Tenth Circuits, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He also is a member of the Federal Defender Program Panel for the Northern District of Illinois, for which he performs pro bono services. Lazar completed the Concannon Programme of International Law at the University of Notre Dame in London, England, and received his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School.