Practice Areas

• Financial Services
• Corporate & Commercial
• Litigation

 Ms. Kuchera is an associate in Henderson & Lyman's Financial Services Practice Group. She concentrates her practice on transactional and litigation support for securities and futures and derivatives industry clients, such as Broker-Dealers, Investment Advisers, Futures Commission Merchants, Forex Dealer Members, Introducing Brokers, Commodity Trading Advisors, and Commodity Pool Operators.  Ms. Kuchera counsels clients regarding a wide range of compliance and regulatory matters involving rules and regulations of SEC and CFTC, as well as self-regulatory organizations and exchanges.  She also represents financial services industry clients in a wide range of litigation matters in various forums, including state and federal courts and in industry arbitrations and mediations.  Ms. Kuchera also represents clients in general corporate matters, such as business formation and licensing and industry registration.

Bar Admissions

Illinois State Bar
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Experience

Associate, Henderson & Lyman, 2006 - present
Program Assistant, Illinois Institute of Technology Undergraduate Business School and Knapp Entrepreneurship Center, 2003-2005
Law Clerk, Bier & Gutstein, 2003-2005

Education

L.L.M., Financial Services Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 2006
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 2006
B.S., DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, 2002 (Honors Finance and Honors Economics)

Professional and Civic Affliations

Member, State Bar of Illinois
Member, Chicago Bar Association: Securities Law Committee (Website Liaison), Financial and Investment Services Committee, Futures and Derivatives Law Committee, Commercial Litigation Committee, Corporate Law Committee, and Chicago Women's Alliance