Ted Chung is a trial attorney with substantial experience representing organizations in complex civil litigation, conducting internal corporate investigations, responding to government investigations and enforcement actions, counseling clients on compliance matters, and defending white-collar criminal cases.

Ted has had a distinguished and multifaceted career in both private practice and public service, having previously served as General Counsel to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, a partner at another major international law firm, an Assistant U.S. Attorney and a Deputy Chief (General Crimes Section) in the Criminal Division of the Chicago U.S. Attorney's Office, the First Assistant Corporation Counsel in the city of Chicago's law department, and a Deputy Chief of Staff for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Throughout his career, Ted has helped clients address some of their most complicated and sensitive problems. Ted has participated as a prosecutor, defense counsel, and legal advisor in several of the most high-profile criminal and administrative investigations in Illinois and has handled cases involving accounting irregularities, defalcations, and allegations of financial or regulatory fraud (mail/wire/bank, health care, and bankruptcy), racketeering, bribery, murder, extortion, and export violations, among other offenses.

Areas of Focus
Corporate Criminal Investigations
Trial Practice
Public Corruption Investigations
Health Care
Internal Investigations, Corporate Compliance Programs & Employee Misconduct

Honors & Distinctions
Recipient of outstanding service and performance awards from the FBI, U.S. Customs Service, Cook County Crime Stoppers, and U.S. Departments of Transportation, Justice, and Agriculture

Education              
Northwestern University (J.D. cum laude 1993; Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Law Review); Dartmouth College (A.B. in English cum laude 1989)

Bar Admissions
Illinois

Clerkships
Law Clerk to Judge Ralph B. Guy Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (1993-1994)

Government Service
General Counsel, Office of Governor Pat Quinn, State of Illinois (2009-2010); Counsel, Illinois Admissions Review Commission (2009); First Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago Department of Law (2005-2007); Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Safety, Office of Mayor Richard M. Daley (2004-2005); and U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, Criminal Division: Deputy Chief of General Crimes Section (2002-2004) and Assistant U.S. Attorney (1998-2004)