Attorney Myron Cherry Approaches His Business With an Entrepreneurial Eye

Rather than taking on cases that he thinks will make his law firm money, famed Chicago attorney Myron Cherry accepts clients on the merit of their claims. Like an entrepreneur, he sees a challenge and attacks it, no matter if he’s the David to his opponent’s Goliath. A case in point: Myron Cherry and his boutique firm, Myron M. Cherry & Associates, LLC, won a $25.5 million conflict-of-interest settlement against major New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. When United Air Lines underwent bankruptcy proceedings, more than 2,100 senior pilots believed the Air Line Pilots Association, International, did not fairly represent their interests. Myron Cherry assisted in reaching a $44 million settlement for the pilots.

Possessing another trait of the entrepreneur, a pioneering spirit, the talented trial attorney became one of the first lawyers to accept commercial cases for a contingency fee and played a leadership role in drafting and implementing early environmental legislation. His work has resulted in a page-one profile in The Wall Street Journal, a 90-minute documentary on British television, and a feature article in Audubon magazine. Also appearing in Crain’s Chicago Business and recognized as a Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine, Myron Cherry has practiced before the United States Supreme Court, numerous Courts of Appeal, and Illinois Federal District Courts. In addition to his leadership in legal matters, he teaches graduate and undergraduate students at Northwestern University School of Law as an Adjunct Professor.

A firm believer in the democratic process, the entrepreneurial attorney has remained active in the political arena over the years. Twice he sat on the United States Senate Judicial Nominations Committee for Illinois, and for the Democratic National Committee, he acted as Co-Chairman of the Democratic Business Council and as a Trustee. A founding Master of the Atticus Finch Inn of Court, Myron Cherry served on the State Justice Initiatives special committee of the American Bar Association and the Public Affairs Committee of the Chicago Bar Association.