Financial Poise

Eli Neal

Eli solves financial problems for attorneys and their clients with strategic, detailed, and well-reasoned work products. He provides insightful analysis to inform decisions amid business, shareholder, and marital dissolution disputes.…

Linda Neale

Linda Neale has served on the Board of Directors of Leupold & Stevens, Inc. for nine years. She is a fourth generation stockholder whose great-grandfather, Fred Leupold, founded the company…

Sherwood Neiss

Sherwood (Woodie) Neiss is a principal of Crowdfund Capital Advisors, where he leads research on investment crowdfunding markets and advises governments, institutions and market participants on the design and performance of…

Jerry Neitlich

Jerry Neitlich (Night-lick) brings over 30 years of corporate business experience as the principal of IN/House Corporate Real Estate. Jerry spent six years with the corporate real estate division of…

Merry Neitlich

Merry Neitlich is a founding partner with EM Consulting and a leader in marketing and strategic business development solutions. With over 25 years of experience, Merry provides clients with tools…

Steven Nerger

Over the past 36 years, I have consulted on the turnaround of numerous clients, ranging in size from $2 million to over $1.5 billion, in diverse industries such as: manufacturing…

Carolyn T. Neville

Carolyn is an experienced attorney who helps her clients navigate the vast legal landscape of the health care industry. Businesses spanning the full continuum of care – from providers and…

Jorge Newbery

Jorge P. Newbery (born October 29, 1965) is a Californian-born entrepreneur who is the founder of American Homeowner Preservation LLC, a US-based real estate company investing in nonperforming mortgage notes with a mission to…

Zachary Newman

Zachary is a partner in the Litigation Group at Hahn and Hessen. He represents public and private companies, national banking associations, commercial lenders, leasing companies, and hedge funds in business…

Tim Nicolle

Ada Nielsen

Ada Nielsen is a consultant (PeregrineMaven Group) who analyzes and evaluates market opportunities for start-ups, then develops launch strategies that are practical, tuned to the market, and actionable. These skills…

Rakhi Nikhanj

Rakhi Nikhanj is a registered patent attorney with 11 years of experience advocating for her clients ranging from fortune 500 companies to start-up companies and individual inventors. Rakhi currently serves…

Matt Niksa

Perhaps the youngest person to ever write for Financial Poise, Matt Niksa was an editorial intern with the company during the summer of 2016. Prior to that he was a…

Cristina Nolan

Cristina Nolan earned her law degree in 1997. Cristina has worked in online education since 2004 and has significant experience in the design, development, and execution of online curricula at…

William Nolan

William J. Nolan is a Senior Managing Director in the FTI Consulting Corporate Finance/Restructuring practice and is based in Charlotte. Mr. Nolan has worked in all areas of corporate recovery,…

Michael Noonan

Michael Noonan is a special counsel and real estate business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He focuses his practice on obtaining land use and zoning entitlements and working to…

Kevin M. Noonan

Principal, Much Shelist, P.C. Chair of the firm's Estate Planning & Wealth Transfer group, Kevin counsels individuals and families with respect to estate and gift planning, estate and trust administration,…

Sateesh Nori

Sateesh Nori is a lawyer, law professor, and author dedicated to advancing justice through innovation. He is the Chief Legal Futurist at LawDroid and a Senior Research Fellow on AI…

Alisa Norris

Alisa Norris is a former Chief Marketing and Communications Officer as well as a former Chief Human Resources Officer. She has experience chairing a public company board’s Compensation and Management…

Megan P. Norris

Principal, Miller Canfield Megan Norris has been representing employers for three decades. An accomplished litigator who has been elected by her national peers to both the College of Labor and…

Gerald Nowak

Gerald T. ("Jerry") Nowak is a corporate partner in the Kirkland & Ellis Chicago office. He has a broad transactional practice, including capital markets transactions, M&A transactions and corporate governance…

Gerry Nowotny

Gerry Nowotny is a tax and estate planning attorney. He focuses on income and estate tax reduction and deferral strategies. Gerry has spent the last three decades in the insurance…

Meghan Nugent

Meghan Nugent is an associate attorney with SpencePC. She has extensive experience assisting clients in both transactional and litigation matters of all natures. The focus of her practice is Intellectual…

Oderah C. Nwaeze

Oderah C. Nwaeze is a first-chair trial attorney who helps clients resolve complex corporate and commercial disputes. His practice includes matters involving shareholder rights; actions arising under Delaware General Corporation…

Mark O’Brien

Mark is a mentor & consultant through the Score Chicago branch of SBA. Chairman - Society of Manufacturing Engineers - Chicago. Board - Legacy Reentry Foundation assisting formally incarcerated. Member…

John R. O’Connor

Jack O’Connor is a partner with Levenfeld Pearlstein’s Financial Services & Restructuring Group, representing clients the country in distressed situations, His practice focuses on commercial restructuring, insolvency, bankruptcy, and debtor…

Tom O’Hare

Tom is currently a Senior Vice President/Business Development Officer at Marquette Business Credit, covering the Midwest region out of Marquette’s Chicago office. With over 25 years of professional experience in…

John J. O’Malley

John J. O'Malley is a shareholder at Volpe Koenig and chairs its Trademark/Copyright Practice Group. He focuses his practice on advising clients on strategies for building brands and developing and…

James O’Sullivan

For over 30 years, Jim O’Sullivan has guided businesses and their owners through their most important stages: from business formation to succession planning and sale transactions, including negotiating and preparing…

Sergio F. Oehninger

Sergio F. Oehninger is a Partner in Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP’s Insurance Recovery Practice. Sergio represents policyholders in complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes nationally and internationally. He…

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