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Jenner & Block Secures Trial Victory for Chance the Rapper
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Jenner & Block Named Law Firm of the Year, Earned Additional Honors Across Categories by The American Lawyer 2025 Industry Awards
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Chicago Bar Association Names Jenner & Block Law Firm of the Year
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Jenner & Block Secures $600,000 Recovery for Fire-Displaced Tenants
Jenner & Block Special Counsel Carl Wedoff obtained approximately $600,000 in settlement payments on behalf of low-income tenants displaced from their rent-stabilized apartments following a fire in the neighborhood of Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, New York.
Pension Reserve Trust Receives First Payment from Puerto Rico Government
In early October 2022, the Puerto Rico government made the first installment, in the amount of $1.4 billion, to the Pension Reserve Trust newly established pursuant to Puerto Rico’s Court-approved Plan of Adjustment. This marks an important milestone in the creation of a secure system for the full payment of approximately $55 billion in accrued public pension benefits in Puerto Rico. In its negotiations with the Puerto Rico Oversight Board regarding accrued pension benefits, the Official Retir
Puerto Rico Exits Bankruptcy, Solidifying the Protection of Retirees’ Interests
On January 18, 2022, US District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain confirmed the Plan of Adjustment for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the Commonwealth’s restructuring case under Title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), ending the largest public-sector restructuring case in US history, and one of the most complex restructuring cases of any kind. The Title III cases of the Commonwealth and affiliated debtors address approximately $80 billion of pu
Recognitions
Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 63 Firm Lawyers
The 27th edition of The Best Lawyers in America recognizes 63 Jenner & Block lawyers in 26 national practice categories. Best Lawyers lists are compiled by conducting peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.Best Lawyers also unveiled a new category: “Ones to Watch,” honoring 12 of our lawyers who are earlier in their careers and who have exhibited outstanding professional excellence in their practice:Ones to Watch:Adrienn
Publications
Jenner & Block Partner Douglas Spelfogel and Special Counsel Carl Wedoff were quoted in the December 2025 issue of Turnarounds & Workouts, providing insights into the evolving restructuring environment.
Article Highlights Team’s Pro Bono Efforts on Behalf of Debtor
An article in Rochelle’s Daily Wire features Jenner & Block’s pro bono efforts to assist a “hapless debtor” who endured a trial, two appeals and a remand proceeding to discharge $112,000 in student loans. Thanks to Partner Catherine L. Steege and Special Counsel Carl N. Wedoff, along with firm alum and retired bankruptcy judge Eugene Wedoff, the debtor is on the brink of discharging her loans. “Without pro bono counsel, this debtor never would have discharged her student loans... This writer s
Events
Jenner & Block Special Counsel Carl Wedoff Speaks at New York City Bankruptcy Conference
On May 21, Special Counsel Carl Wedoff participated as a panelist at the New York City Bankruptcy Conference, one of the American Bankruptcy Institute's (ABI) largest annual gatherings of insolvency and restructuring professionals.