November 17, 2025
Craig C. Martin, Chairman, Americas, has again been named to Crain’s Chicago Business’s Who’s Who, an annual guide to the most influential leaders of the Chicago business community.
Craig was recognized for the seventh time as one of the city’s foremost lawyers and civic leaders in Crain’s “authoritative guide to power in Chicago.” Craig, a member of Willkie’s Executive Committee, launched Willkie’s Chicago office in 2020 and has established it as a market leader, growing it into a multidisciplinary team of approximately 110 lawyers.
Craig is widely recognized as a “courtroom to boardroom” lawyer who represents clients in their most important strategic, reputational and economic matters in virtually every substantive area of the law. In addition to excelling as a first-chair trial lawyer, Craig regularly counsels corporate boards and provides legal and business advice to the Fortune 100, family offices and private investors on transactions globally.
Crain’s noted Craig’s focus on civic engagement. He serves on the boards of Henry Crown & Company, the Aspen Institute, and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, the Chicago Urban League, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, among other organizations. He was recently elected Chair-Elect of the Board of Directors of Lyric Opera of Chicago.
View Crain’s Chicago Business’s Who’s Who 2026 here (subscription may be required).
Craig was recognized for the seventh time as one of the city’s foremost lawyers and civic leaders in Crain’s “authoritative guide to power in Chicago.” Craig, a member of Willkie’s Executive Committee, launched Willkie’s Chicago office in 2020 and has established it as a market leader, growing it into a multidisciplinary team of approximately 110 lawyers.
Craig is widely recognized as a “courtroom to boardroom” lawyer who represents clients in their most important strategic, reputational and economic matters in virtually every substantive area of the law. In addition to excelling as a first-chair trial lawyer, Craig regularly counsels corporate boards and provides legal and business advice to the Fortune 100, family offices and private investors on transactions globally.
Crain’s noted Craig’s focus on civic engagement. He serves on the boards of Henry Crown & Company, the Aspen Institute, and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, the Chicago Urban League, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, among other organizations. He was recently elected Chair-Elect of the Board of Directors of Lyric Opera of Chicago.
View Crain’s Chicago Business’s Who’s Who 2026 here (subscription may be required).
