G.A. Finch

G. A. Finch, a business attorney and an executive employment counsel, is a Partner at Hoogendoorn & Talbot LLP in Chicago.  He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer, selected as a Leading Lawyer and designated the highest Martindale-Hubbell Preeminent Rating in Legal Ability and Ethics (AV).  He started his career as a law clerk to the US District Court Chief Judge in Chicago.

He serves as Chair of the Cook County Employee Appeals Board.   His earlier public service has included Chief of Staff to the Cook County Board President, Illinois Human Rights Commissioner, City of Chicago Deputy Planning Commissioner, Northeastern Illinois University General Counsel, Chicago Housing Authority General Counsel, Member of the Illinois Agricultural Export Advisory Committee and Member of Lt. Governor’s Energy Working Group.

He counts among his honors: Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow, Chicago Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Citizens Award, Chicago Commission on Human Relations Wright Award, Cook County Bar Association Platt Award, Chicago Bar Foundation Distinguished Service Award, Chicago Bar Association Dickerson Award, Chicago United Business Leader of Color Award, and LULAC Leadership Award.

A civic leader, he previously served as Chair of the Board of Advisors of St. Joseph Seminary of Loyola University, Chair of Decatur Classical Local School Council, Vice President of Pegasus Players Theatre  Board of Directors, President of the Board of Directors of the Katherine Dunham Retrospective Festival, Secretary of the Editorial Board of the Illinois Bar Journal,  Chair of Union League Club Real Estate Group, and on the Boards of the Chicago Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Foundation, Hampshire College, Commonwealth School, Chicago Housing Authority Pension Fund and  Chicago Sinfonietta among others.  He is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago.