Member of the Board of Trustees Since September 2019
Chair-Elect of the Board of Trustees
Tacy Flint is a partner with Sidley & Austin in Chicago. She is an experienced appellate litigator who has authored briefs and critical motions in major commercial and constitutional cases in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and who has argued in state and federal courts of appeals around the country.
Her practice spans a wide range of legal issues, including antitrust law, ERISA, tax law, securities laws, federal jurisdiction and the First Amendment. Tacy's strong advocacy for her clients won her recognition in 2017 as one of Forty Attorneys Under 40 in Illinois by Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and as one of the 60 Most Influential Women Lawyers in Chicago by Crain?s Chicago Business. In 2015, she was honored as one of seven Rising Stars nationwide in Appellate Litigation by Law360.
Tacy received her BA from Princeton University and her JD summa cum laude from the University of Chicago Law School. She clerked for the Honorable Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Member of the Board of Trustees Since September 2019
Chair-Elect of the Board of Trustees
Tacy Flint is a partner with Sidley & Austin in Chicago. She is an experienced appellate litigator who has authored briefs and critical motions in major commercial and constitutional cases in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and who has argued in state and federal courts of appeals around the country.
Her practice spans a wide range of legal issues, including antitrust law, ERISA, tax law, securities laws, federal jurisdiction and the First Amendment. Tacy's strong advocacy for her clients won her recognition in 2017 as one of Forty Attorneys Under 40 in Illinois by Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and as one of the 60 Most Influential Women Lawyers in Chicago by Crain?s Chicago Business. In 2015, she was honored as one of seven Rising Stars nationwide in Appellate Litigation by Law360.
Tacy received her BA from Princeton University and her JD summa cum laude from the University of Chicago Law School. She clerked for the Honorable Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States.