About Nancy
Nancy Shepard earned her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 2004 after completing a B.S. in Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University in 2000. She moved from a technical undergraduate program into law school, a path that left her comfortable with detailed factual records and scientific material. The combination of those degrees shaped how she approaches legal problems early in her career.
She was admitted to the Illinois bar in 2004 and to the Texas bar in 2005. She holds active memberships in the State Bar of Illinois and the State Bar of Texas, and she is also a member of the Chicago Bar Association. Those affiliations place her in professional circles across two jurisdictions and keep her connected to practice developments in both states.
Shepard has worked as a lawyer at Seidman, Margulis & Fairman, LLP. At that firm she has handled client matters on behalf of individuals and organizations, operating under the firm’s offices in multiple locations. Her career there reflects steady practice within a firm setting rather than a string of short-term roles.
Her undergraduate training in biomedical science gives Shepard a perspective she can draw on when cases touch on technical subjects. That background does not define her practice, but it often helps when evidence requires careful parsing or when factual detail matters. Colleagues describe her approach as methodical and attentive to documents and timelines.
Outside courtroom or office routines, Shepard maintains ties to professional communities in both Texas and Illinois. She has kept active memberships in state bar organizations since her admissions and participates in local bar activity in Chicago. Those connections have informed her view of practice norms across state lines and helped sustain a cross-jurisdictional practice.
She currently practices law at Seidman, Margulis & Fairman, LLP, representing clients in matters across Texas and Illinois.
