Resume

• 1993

  J.D.

  Degree conferred Summa Cum Laude.\nRecipient of multiple Rickert Trust and American Jurisprudence Awards for legal scholarship.

  Articles Editor

  University of Illinois Law Review

  University of Illinois College of Law

• 1991

  M.B.A.

  Degree conferred Summa Cum Laude. Graduated while pursuing full-time career with Pfizer Laboratories

  Illinois State University

• Copyright Law

  Licensing

  Legal Advice

  Trade Secrets

  Trademarks

  Supply Chain Transactions

  Corporate Law

  Intellectual Property

  Brand Licensing

  Private Equity

  Patents

  Commercial Transactions

  Software Licensing

  Mergers & Acquisitions

  Meier

  Cheryl

  Meier

  United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

  Meier Law Offices LLC

  Pfizer

  Kirkland & Ellis LLP

  Sidley Austin LLP

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Chicago

  Illinois

  Law Clerk to the Honorable Jesse E. Eschbach

  Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

  Judicial Appellate Law Clerk - 7th Circuit

  United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

  Full-time Visiting Assistant Professorship

  teaching 1L Property Law and 2L/3L courses in substantive Intellectual Property Law and the Licensing of Intellectual Property.

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Meier Law Offices LLC

  Greater Chicago Area and Northwest Indiana

  Ms. Meier currently represents clients in Illinois

  Indiana

  Pennsylvania and California in the areas of business/commercial transactions

  technology transactions

  and intellectual property licensing

  counseling and protection. Her industry experience is wide

  including healthcare services and pharmaceutical/medical device manufacturing and sales

  financial services

  industrial manufacturing

  chemicals and material sciences

  consulting services and other professional services. \n\nMs. Meier's current representation in the healthcare industry includes technology

  supply chain and M&A transactions for the Presence Health Network

  the largest Catholic health system in Illinois with 150 locations around the state including 12 hospitals

  27 long-term care facilities

  and dozens of physician offices. Meier also represents Kaiser Permanente and the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium.\n\nIn the financial services space

  Ms. Meier advises multiple clients on matters involving acquisition and license of technology assets and services

  including Next Chapter Holdings LP

  an investment company focused on alternative asset classes. Meier has also represented Wintrust Financial Corporation

  a financial services holding company based in Rosemont

  Illinois

  with over $18 billion in assets.

  Business

  Technology and IP Transactions Attorney and Consultant

  Kirkland & Ellis LLP

  Pfizer

  Illinois

  Managed a district of 250 physician accounts; cardiovascular product focus. Three time winner of All-Star Club award for top 10% of sales nationally.

  Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

  Practicing in the areas of intellectual property licensing and protection

  M&A

  technology R&D

  consulting and outsourcing

  and trademark

  copyright and unfair advertising litigation. Fortune 100 and private equity clients.

  Associate

  Greater Chicago Area

  Sidley Austin LLP