Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that Lillian Grappe Lamphere and Jacob R. Schuhardt have joined the firm’s Chicago office as associates. Both attorneys are in the firm’s litigation practice group. 

A member of Freeborn’s litigation, antitrust and insurance coverage teams, Lillian Lamphere is an associate in the firm’s Chicago office. She has experience representing publicly traded corporations, local businesses, insurance carriers, and individuals in contract disputes, real estate disputes, unfair trade practices, premises liability, noncompetition, and utilities regulation. 

Prior to joining Freeborn, Lamphere was an associate at Phelps Dunbar LLP, where she drafted legal memoranda, pleadings, evidentiary and dispositive motions, and appellate briefs. Lamphere received her J.D. (magna cum laude) from Tulane University Law School and her Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) from Louisiana Tech University. 

A member of Freeborn’s litigation and insurance and reinsurance practice groups, Jacob R. Schuhardt is an associate in the Chicago office. He has experience conducting research and writing legal memoranda on a variety of issues including SEC disclosure requirements, defamation law, and real estate lease terms. He handles drafting legal briefs and contractual documents, and reviewing documents for internal and government investigations. Jake also has provided support for real estate arbitrations. 

Prior to joining Freeborn, Schuhard was an associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) from Rutgers University.