William A. Rudnick is managing partner of DLA Piper’s Chicago office and is a member of the Real Estate and Corporate practice groups. In addition, he chairs the firm's Nonprofit and Philanthropy practice group. Mr. Rudnick counsels and represents entrepreneurial clients, advising on legal and business issues, including capital structure and deal structure (including tenancy-in-common real estate transactions), recapitalization and workout, transaction strategy, corporate governance, litigation strategy, and strategic planning.

Mr. Rudnick has led the firm's Strategic Planning and Real Estate Strategy Committees and has served on the firm's Executive and Policy Committees. He has also led a number of firmwide initiatives.

Additionally, Mr. Rudnick is internationally recognized for his leadership roles in hunger relief. He is a co-founder and chairman of the board of the Global FoodBanking Network (GFN), an organization of national and regional food bank associations around the world whose mission is to end world hunger by supporting food banking where it exists and helping create it where it does not. Prior to co-founding GFN, Mr. Rudnick served on the boards of Feeding America (formerly known as America's Second Harvest) and The Greater Chicago Food Depository; for the latter, he also served as its vice chair and as a member of its board. Mr. Rudnick was recognized for his long-term support of the Greater Chicago Food Depository in a special 20th anniversary commemoration at the 2008 annual Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards dinner, an event he co-founded in 1988. Furthermore, Mr. Rudnick serves on the board of overseers of the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

Mr. Rudnick has been designated an Illinois Super Lawyer in Real Estate from 2005-2008, as the result of research projects conducted jointly by Law & Politics and Chicago magazines. Mr. Rudnick's writings on legal issues have been published by the Chicago Sun-Times, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and Prentice Hall. He also has presented on real estate and finance related topics at the American Lodging Investment Summit, DePaul University, the Chicago Bar Association, and the National Business Institute.

資格

• Illinois

市民および慈善

• Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Global FoodBanking Network
• Former Chairman, and Member of the Board, Feeding America (formerly known as America's Second Harvest)
• Emeritus Board, Greater Chicago Food Depository
• Board of Overseers, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
• Member, Economic Club