Anne Sidrys

Anne McClain-Sidrys is a litigation partner in Chicago. She is a Certified Public Accountant and, prior to law school, worked for five years as an auditor for Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte & Touche). In her 30 years at Kirkland, Anne has focused her practice on financial and complex commercial litigation, and has handled a number of disputes involving breach of contract, product liability, fraud, non-compete agreements and trade secret violations.

Anne has tried a number of cases and has handled various arbitrations and mediations. By way of example, Anne tried a case for Motorola in the Southern District of New York that involved fraudulent transfer and preference claims. She has also tried and arbitrated various matters for IBM. Most recently, Anne tried a products liability case for 3M, which resulted in a complete defense verdict for 3M. Each of Anne’s trials and arbitrations have resulted in complete victories for her clients.

Anne was featured in the November 2015 National Law Journal "Winning" contest for her work on the IBM/Carlson trial. She was also featured in the “Big Suits” article in The American Lawyer for her work in the Motorola/Iridium bankruptcy matter. She was named as a 2012 BTI Client Service Super All-Star and as a favorite litigator by the BTI Consulting Group in its 2012 Client Service All-Stars report. In 2014, Law360 featured Anne in the article “Female Powerbrokers Q&A” for her work in litigation. Anne was also named to Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation” list from 2014 to 2023 and as a “Litigation Star” from 2014 to 2022. Anne was recognized as one of two “favorite outside counsel” in commercial litigation by IBM’s then General Counsel in The Wall Street Journal. In 2018, Crain's Chicago Business named Anne to its second annual list of “Chicago's Notable Women Lawyers.” Anne has also been recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers list and Law Bulletin Media’s Leading Lawyers. In 2023, Anne was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for her work in commercial litigation.

Anne was featured in the following articles for her role in K&E Parenting Link, a program she co-founded to respond to questions and issues raised by parents at Kirkland: Law Firm’s Luncheon Meetings Hit the High Points – “On Parenting,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, May 3, 2005; “The Daddy Diaries, Fathers Juggle Work, Kids, and Stress, Too,” The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2005.