Rebecca Kaiser Fournier

Ms. Fournier has tried numerous criminal and civil cases to verdict, has extensive state and federal appellate experience, and has argued before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.  She has obtained favorable outcomes for individuals charged with a wide array of federal and state criminal charges, including white-collar fraud and bribery charges brought against elected officials and professional athletes.  She has secured numerous seven-figure recoveries for plaintiffs.

Ms. Fournier’s business litigation experience and expertise includes shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, class actions, professional liability, defamation, eminent domain, and other complex commercial matters in both state and federal court.

Ms. Fournier was previously a litigation partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP and at Figliulo & Silverman PC prior to its merger with SGR.  Immediately after law school, Ms. Fournier served as a fellow at Cabrini Green Legal Aid, where she practiced criminal and juvenile defense and criminal records relief, including successfully obtaining executive clemency for individuals with felony convictions.  While in law school, Ms. Fournier gained significant criminal defense experience by clerking for the Federal Defender Programs in the Eastern District of California and Middle District of Tennessee as well as serving as a participant in the University of Chicago’s Federal Criminal Justice Project. Ms. Fournier is recognized as a Leading Lawyer by Leading Lawyers Magazine, which designation is given to less than 5% of all lawyers licensed in each state, and was recognized as an Emerging Lawyer earlier in her career, which designation represents the top 2% of lawyers in Illinois under 40 years old or practicing less than 10 years.  She was featured in Leading Lawyers Magazine in 2020.