Experience Advising family owned businesses in sales to private equity firms. Advising private equity investors in making majority and minority investments in portfolio companies. Advising businesses in making acquisitions. CredentialsEducationUniversity of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1983University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., Business Administration, 1980AdmissionsIllinoisProfessional Activities Anti-Defamation League, Midwest Region Board of Directors Member Rory David Deutsch Foundation, a charitable foundation for pediatric brainstem tumor research, Board of Directors Member NewsNews8.15.24Best Lawyers Honors 31 Goldberg Kohn Attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 EditionNews2.2.24Goldberg Kohn Represents Granite Creek in Diamond Blade Warehouse’s Acquisition of Peak ToolworksNews1.25.24Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers; Two Young Principals Named Rising StarsNews11.17.22Best Lawyers Honors 23 Goldberg Kohn Attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America 2023 EditionNews6.17.21Goldberg Kohn Represents Traverse Pointe Partners in Sale of Portfolio Company Redi-Bag, Inc.News2.3.21Twelve Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers; One Young Attorney Also Named a Rising StarNews8.20.20Best Lawyers Honors 16 Goldberg Kohn Attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 Edition; Richard Kohn Again Named “Lawyer of the Year”News2.26.19Goldberg Kohn Represents American Roller in Recapitalization and Division SpinoffNews1.28.19Twelve Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2019 Illinois Super LawyersNews8.21.18Best Lawyers Honors 14 Goldberg Kohn Attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America 2019 EditionNews8.15.17Best Lawyers Honors 13 Goldberg Kohn Attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 EditionNews1.13.17Twelve Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2017 Illinois Super LawyersNews8.15.16Best Lawyers Honors 10 Goldberg Kohn Attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America 2017 EditionNews1.8.16Twelve Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers; One Young Attorney Also Named a Rising StarNews8.17.15Best Lawyers Honors 10 Goldberg Kohn Attorneys in The Best Lawyers in America 2016 EditionNews6.11.15Twelve Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers; One Young Attorney Also Named a Rising StarNews1.13.14Twelve Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2014 Illinois Super Lawyers; Two Young Attorneys Also Named Rising StarsNews11.12.13Denise Caplan Appears on Panel at Youth Job Center’s W.I.L.L. Power CelebrationNews11.7.12Denise Caplan Receives Inspiration Award From the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in LawNews3.1.12Goldberg Kohn’s ENGAGE Event Featured in Chicago Lawyer MagazineNews2.27.12Goldberg Kohn’s ENGAGE Event Featured in the Chicago Daily Law BulletinNews12.13.11Goldberg Kohn Represents Sun-Times Media Holdings in the Sale of Sun-Times Media Group AssetsNews10.28.10Goldberg Kohn Among Deal Team Finalists for 2010 M&A Advisor AwardsNews3.24.10Goldberg Kohn and Mesirow Financial Deal Team Took Top Honors at the M&A Advisor’s 4th Annual Turnaround Awards