Ms. Hawley is an attorney in Chicago, IL. She practiced in the Corporate Criminal Investigations Pratice Group at Jones Day for four and a half years before leaving in 2007. Ms. Hawley's practice is focused primarily on white-collar criminal matters with a secondary focus on civil litigation. Her criminal caseload has included representation of clients who have been charged with criminal violations, including RICO, public corruption, insider trading, and insurance fraud as well as representation of clients under investigation by federal and state agents or a grand jury. Ms. Hawley also has been involved in conducting internal investigations and compliance reviews and has assisted in providing advice to clients on statutes and regulations, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. She has helped defend clients against federal prosecutors as well as federal regulatory agencies. Her civil caseload includes contract and Section 1983 civil rights litigation in addition to parallel civil proceedings, including qui tam suits.

Ms. Hawley is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University School of Law. She has also been coaching the Northwestern University Mock Trial team nine years. She has led a team to National Tournament Competition in each of those years. In 2000 and 2002, her teams finished in the Prestigious Top Ten at the National Championship Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. In 2001 and 2003 - 2006, her teams finished in the Top Ten at the National Tournament in St. Paul, Minnesota and Richmond, Kentucky.

Ms. Hawley is in her third year on the Board of Directors of the American Mock Trial Association. Ms. Hawley earned her bachelor of arts degrees in psychology and French at Miami University and her juris doctor degree from Northwestern University.