Financial Services Disputes and Investigations

Of Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Maria Vathis is a seasoned commercial litigator with a broad range of experience with defending corporate clients in complex business litigation matters and class actions involving alleged statutory violations. Ms. Vathis manages a national portfolio of complex business litigation matters for Fortune 150 companies, and she regularly represents clients from the United States and Europe in complex business litigation lawsuits alleging breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and other business torts throughout the United States. She also represents fashion houses, financial institutions and loan servicers. She represents retail and fashion industry clients from the United States and Europe. Ms. Vathis litigates matters nationwide in federal and state courts. She also advises businesses on statutory compliance, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Ms. Vathis also has deep and well-rounded experience with the insurance industry, including representing both insurers and insureds throughout her career, drafting coverage opinions, and drafting insurance policies. She monitored worldwide litigation for international insurers, which includes claims and litigation assessment and management of securities class actions and other complex civil litigation. In 2011, Ms. Vathis was seconded to a leading broker in the London insurance market where she advised on policy language and legal issues.

Maria is a frequent speaker at conferences in Chicago, New York, Paris, France and online. She is past national president of the Federal Bar Association (2018-2019), past president of the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois (2018-2019), and past president of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (2010-2011). Maria was selected for inclusion in America’s High Stakes Litigators for Illinois in 2019-2021, recognized for outstanding leadership along with Judge Loretta Preska for Fordham University School of Law/Southern District of New York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association in 2018, and selected as the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois’ “Lawyer of the Year” for 2017. Maria has appeared on podcasts, radio and local television. She is a board member of the Apparel Industry Board, Inc. and an advisory board member of the Creative Center for Entrepreneurship.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Selected for inclusion in America’s High Stakes Litigators, Illinois, 2019 Recognized for outstanding leadership along with Judge Loretta Preska, 100 Years of Women in Law, Fordham University School of Law/Southern District of New York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association Selected “Lawyer of the Year” for 2017 by the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois Associate Board of Ambassadors of the American Cancer Society of Chicago Selected as one of Greek America’s 40 Under 40 for 2012 Selected for inclusion in Chicago Magazine’s Super Lawyers – Rising Stars for Business Litigation (2009, 2010 and 2011 Editions) Selected for inclusion in The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Illinois Trial Lawyers for 2011 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Past National President, Federal Bar Association Past President, Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois Board Member, Hellenic Bar Association Foundation Immediate Past President, Hellenic Bar Association International Association of Defense Counsel TIPS Board Member, American Bar Association Past President of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association

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