Vicki V. Hood
Professional Profile
Vicki Hood is the partner in charge of Kirkland's employee benefits group. Vicki's practice focuses on the employee and employee benefits aspects of corporate transactions and bankruptcy. Vicki also has extensive experience in advising venture capital, real estate and leveraged buyout funds regarding Department of Labor plan asset rules and compliance with ERISA fiduciary requirements.
Described as "highly regarded for her dynamic and aggressive style of representation," Vicki was named a leading lawyer for Labor & Employment: Benefits & Compensation in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business in every edition from 2005 to 2009. The 2007 guide called her "the preeminent transactional benefits lawyer in Chicago." Vicki was also cited by the Leading Lawyers Network, in April, 2006, as one of the Top 50 Women Business Lawyers in Illinois.
Vicki was mentioned in the article, Big Suits: Conseco Bankruptcy in the March 2003 issue of The American Lawyer.
Vicki was also mentioned in the articles, Big Suits: UAL Bankruptcy in The American Lawyer and Big Suits: Firms United in The National Law Journal for her role in UAL Corp.'s bankruptcy filing.Other Distinctions
Vicki was featured as a leading lawyer for Employee Benefits in the 2008 edition of Who's Who Legal: Illinois.
Seminars
Institutional Investor Seminar on Trustee Fiduciary Duty - 1997, 1998, 1999American Bankers Association Employee Benefits School - 1998, 1999
Prior Experience
McDermott, Will & Emery, Associate (1977-1981)
