Mr. Crawford's practice is concentrated on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, institutional private placements, and the representation of investment banks as underwriters, initial purchasers and financial advisors.

Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Crawford was a partner at the Chicago office of Gardner, Carton & Douglas, where he was past chairman of the firm's Corporate Department and its Lending and Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Placements Practice Groups. He was also a member of the firm's Management Committee, chair of its Compensation Committee, its Opinion Committee, and co-chair of its Billing & Collections Committee.

Mr. Crawford represents public and private corporations engaged in telecommunications, manufacturing, financial services and consulting. He regularly represents institutional investors in the purchase of privately placed debt securities. In addition, he frequently counsels boards of directors and special committees on corporate governance matters.

Mr. Crawford is a former chairman of the Securities Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and of the Section Council of the Section on Corporation and Securities Law of the Illinois State Bar Association. He is a member of the Corporate Governance, Developments in Business Financing, Federal Regulation of Securities and Negotiated Acquisitions Committees of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, a fellow of the American College of Investment Counsel, and an adjunct professor in the Financial Services Law Program at ITT-Kent College of Law. Mr. Crawford is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Who's Who in America.* He also was selected for inclusion in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers lists for his securities and corporate finance work.* He was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the fields of corporate and securities law.

Mr. Crawford received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School and his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Winnetka Community House, a trustee of Hadley School for the Blind, and a governing member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Botanic Garden. Mr. Crawford is active in fundraising efforts for the University of Michigan Law School.

He is admitted to practice in Illinois.

*The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.