Over the last few months, Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. has welcomed several new attorneys to the firm. A brief introduction to each follows.

Katie E. M. Bunch, one of the firm’s 2007 summer associates, is now a member of the firm’s litigation group. She earned her B.A. in Journalism and Political Science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2005. Katie was awarded her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2008. While in law school, she was both a member and coach of the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team. She also served as Managing Editor of Loyola’s Children’s Legal Rights Journal.

Laura R. Edwards left the private equity and venture capital group of Ice Miller in Indianapolis to join the firm, where she is now an associate in our corporate group. She has represented businesses in corporate transactional matters, including acquisition and sale transactions, mergers, debt and equity offerings, and private equity fund formation. Laura received her B.S. in Business with a concentration in Finance from Indiana University in 2003, and was awarded her J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 2006. While in law school, she served as the Executive Development Editor of the school’s law review, in which her article, “Looking Through the Hedges: How the SEC Justified Its Decision to Require Registration of Hedge Fund Advisers,” was published in 2005.

June Y. Kim is a new associate in the firm’s litigation group who previously practiced at the Chicago offices of Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP. She represents businesses in commercial disputes, including bankruptcy, securities, and energy matters. June has also represented secured and unsecured creditors, insurers, and debtors in Chapters 7, 11, and 13 proceedings. June received her B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Carleton College in 2000, and was awarded her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in May 2003.

Sonal Shah practiced at Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell in Chicago before joining the firm. She is an associate in the firm’s labor and employment and litigation groups. Sonal advises employers on a broad range of labor and employment law matters arising under federal and state law. She has represented employers in federal and state court, as well as in front of the Illinois Human Rights Commission. Sonal received her B.A. summa cum laude from Ohio State University in 2002 and her J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 2006.

Al-Lynn Symmons, another 2007 firm summer associate, is now practicing in the firm’s corporate and real estate groups. She received her B.B.A., magna cum laude, in Legal Studies and Risk Management and Insurance from Temple University in 2005. Al-Lynn was awarded her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2008. While at Loyola, Al-Lynn worked as a judicial extern for the Honorable Jack Schmetterer, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She also served as a member of Annals of Health Law, worked in the Business Law Clinic at Loyola, and served on both the local and regional boards of the Black Law Students Association.