Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has hired John Kocoras, the number two prosecutor in the Chicago US attorney’s office, as a partner in its litigation practice.
Kocoras has been first assistant US attorney for the Northern District of Illinois since 2018. During his time overseeing work in the office, Chicago’s federal prosecutors brought a bribery case at Exelon Corp.'s Commonwealth Edison unit that implicated politicians including former Illinois Speaker of the House, Michael Madigan, who was forced to step down from his role.
He’ll work with Patrick Fitzgerald, who served as US attorney at the northern district for more ...
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