Todd McLawhorn, after practicing law for over 18 years in three of the country’s largest law firms, both in Chicago and New York, has started his own law firm. Mr. McLawhorn has tried cases and appeared before courts in a variety of jurisdictions, literally spanning the country from coast to coast. Mr. McLawhorn has significant experience with complex business litigation, including matters involving contracts, consumer fraud allegations, trade secret issues, deceptive trade practices claims, antitrust issues, merger and acquisition issues and business disputes. He has represented assorted clients in a wide array of industries, including those in the financial services, banking, computer hardware and software, membership services, manufacturing and professional sports fields. In addition, Mr. McLawhorn has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to class action litigation, particularly with respect to antitrust and consumer fraud claims. Most recently, Mr. McLawhorn was a partner at Howrey LLP, where he was the Hiring Partner and on the Chicago office’s management committee. Mr. McLawhorn received his law degree, with honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of both the University of North Carolina Law Review and the Holderness Moot Court Bench. He graduated magna cum laude from East Carolina University in three years with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Mr. McLawhorn was previously recognized by the Chicago Law Bulletin as one of the Forty Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch.  He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Federal Bar Association. For more information, please visit www.mcllegal.com.