Part-time Faculty
Gil M. Soffer
Biography
Gil M. Soffer is a partner at the law firm of Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman. He joined the firm in August 2000, after six years of practice as a federal prosecutor. Mr. Soffer concentrates his practice in anti-fraud counseling and litigation, litigation and dispute resolution, and white collar criminal and civil litigation. Mr. Soffer is involved in a wide range of matters involving health care, reinsurance, and corporate internal investigations.
Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Soffer clerked in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under Judge John A. Nordberg. After his clerkship, Mr. Soffer became an associate with the law firm of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen in San Francisco, where he practiced in the general litigation department.
In 1994, Mr. Soffer joined the United States Attorney's Office in Chicago as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division. In that capacity, Mr. Soffer prosecuted a wide range of federal crimes, including bank, mail, wire, and tax fraud, narcotics and firearms trafficking, bank robbery, embezzlement, and money laundering. In November 1996, Mr. Soffer received the Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney from Attorney General Janet Reno.
Mr. Soffer is a member of the American Bar Association and is admitted to practice in Illinois and California. He is a Lecturer at Loyola University Law School, where he teaches Federal Criminal Prosecution. Mr. Soffer was designated one of Forty Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company in July 2001.
| Education: | B.A., Brown University, 1986 J.D., Harvard Law School, 1989 |
| Present Position: | Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman |
| Course taught: | Federal Criminal Prosecution Seminar |
| Contact: | 525 West Monroe Street Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60661 (312) 902-5474 gil.soffer@kmzr.com |
