Susan Brice, the newest partner at Chicago-based Nijman Franzetti, shares one career milestone with the three other women who co-own the environmental law boutique: they’ve all led environmental practices within Big Law. Together, it’s a “who’s who” of major Chicago firms. Brice, with 25 years of experience in large firms, most recently co-led the toxic tort group at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner; before that, she shared leadership of the environmental group at Mayer Brown. Susan Franzetti had the same role at Dentons predecessor Sonnenschein, Jennifer Nijman at Winston & Strawn, and Lynn Grayson at Jenner & Block. 

Brice spoke with ALM about the opportunities she expects to emerge from her move, her work bringing genomics into toxic tort defenses, and the impact of the coronavirus on her practice.