Lawyers / Professionals

 
Marta A. Stein       
Partner
77 West Wacker Drive
Suite 4100
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1818
T: 312.849.8191
F: 312.920.6593
mstein@mcguirewoods.com
 

Ms. Stein is national co-chair of McGuireWoods' Banking Litigation Group, and a member of the Business and Securities Litigation Group. She concentrates her practice in the commercial litigation and corporate counseling arenas, representing financial institutions, corporations, partnerships and entrepreneurs. Much of her focus has been on complex contractual and business tort matters, including those involving asset acquisitions, distribution agreements, restrictive covenants and the U.C.C.

She has been lead counsel for cases pending in federal and the law and chancery divisions of state courts across the country. Additionally, she has mediated and arbitrated numerous matters under court-ordered and private ADR processes, including those under the large, complex commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association.

Ms. Stein's extensive litigation experience has enhanced her transactional practice where she acts as outside general counsel to clients, working closely with corporate executives in the prevention and reduction of litigation.

Ms. Stein was named by Chambers USA as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business Litigation"; is a Fellow of the American Academy of Trial Counsel (represents less than one half of one percent of American lawyers, and is by invitation only); was chosen to be listed in the premier issue of "Super Lawyers," Corporate Counsel Edition in the area of business litigation by Law & Politics magazine for 2008; and was voted an Illinois "Super Lawyer" (top 5 percent of attorneys) from 2006 through 2011. She is rated AV (highest ranking) by Martindale-Hubbell, and was also named as part of the "Leading Lawyers Network for Business Litigation" from 2005 through 2011.


Representative Matters
  • Handled $50 million dispute for a joint venture relating to a merchant services agreement.
  • Represented bank against bank officer and owners of an outside bank vendor relating to a $38 million fraudulent scheme to overcharge the bank for services rendered. The scheme involved kickbacks, bribery and bank structuring.
  • Defended/prosecuted claims relating to fiduciary duties of trustees, administrators, partners and officers.
  • Defended/prosecuted claims related to stock purchase agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial real estate.
  • Defended individual and consumer class action claims relating to consumer mortgages, under both federal and state statutory and common law claims, including those relating to alleged upcharging, interest calculations, loan discount fees, and rescission under TILA.
  • Defended/prosecuted cases involving secured transactions, loan guarantees, commercial foreclosures, conversion of funds, loan documentation and commercial leases.
  • Defended officers and directors against shareholder claims of removal and corporate dissolution.
  • Defended/prosecuted claims under the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) Rules and Regulations and U.C.C. Articles 3, 4 and 4A, including matters relating to fraudulent transfers, altered checks and fictitious payees.
  • Obtained/defeated temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions involving various business issues including covenants not to compete, non-solicitation agreements and violations of trade secret and proprietary information provisions.
  • Drafted and analyzed a variety of contracts for clients in the wholesale industry, including distribution and subcontractor agreements.
  • Drafted/negotiated employment, service and supply agreements, and handled litigation relating to the same.

Practices & Industries
Firm Management
Honors
  • Named One of "America's Leading Lawyers," Chambers USA, 2008-2011
  • Fellow, American Academy of Trial Counsel (represents less than one half of one percent of American lawyers, and is by invitation only)
  • Selected for AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers (represents less than five percent of women lawyers)
  • Awarded Membership, Leading Lawyers Network, Business Litigation, 2005-2011
  • Named an Illinois "Super Lawyer," Business Litigation, 2006-2012

Previous Experience
  • Partner, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, Illinois

Professional Affiliations
  • National Association of Professional Women, 2008-2009
  • American Bar Association, Business Law and Litigation Divisions

Civic Affiliations
  • The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
 

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School, PLI, Program on Negotiation, June 2007

The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, J.D., 1988

University of Michigan, B.A. Economics, 1985

 
 

ADMITTED

Illinois

Illinois Supreme Court

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Akron, Ohio