Editing Richard M. Daley (section)

== Post-mayoral career ==
Days after leaving office, the [[University of Chicago]] appointed Daley a "distinguished senior fellow" at the [[Harris School of Public Policy]]. The five-year, part-time appointment includes responsibility for coordinating a guest lecture series.<ref>{{cite news|title=Daley taking public policy post at U. of C. |url=http://articles.chicagobreakingnews.com/2011-05-24/news/29579285_1_urban-policy-mayor-daley-public-policy-post |access-date=May 24, 2011|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=May 24, 2011}}</ref><ref name=UCNews-Harris>{{cite news|last=Galer|first=Sarah|title=Richard M. Daley appointed distinguished senior fellow at University of Chicago Harris School|url=http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/24/richard-m-daley-appointed-distinguished-senior-fellow-at-harris-school|access-date=May 24, 2011|newspaper=UChicago News|date=May 24, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529002734/http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/24/richard-m-daley-appointed-distinguished-senior-fellow-at-harris-school|archive-date=May 29, 2011}}</ref> Weeks after leaving office, Daley joined the international law firm [[Katten Muchin Rosenman]] LLP, one of the law firms to which he had awarded no-bid legal work as mayor. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP had negotiated the city's much-criticized long-term lease of its [[parking meters]], parking garages, and the [[Chicago Skyway]].<ref name=katten>{{cite news |title=Daley takes job at law firm that got city work; Former mayor is joining Katten Muchin Rosenman in 'of counsel' post, so he won't work exclusively for firm |date=June 1, 2011 |first=Hal |last=Dardick |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/06/01/daley-takes-job-at-law-firm-that-got-city-work/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Joins Law Firm Katten Muchin Rosenman |first=Sophia |last=Pearson |date=June 1, 2011 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/former-chicago-mayor-richard-daley-joins-law-firm-katten-muchin-rosenman.html |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/us/12cncwarren.html | title=Mr. Daley's New Chapter, Starting in the Loop | date=June 12, 2011 | access-date=December 1, 2012 | author=Warren, James | newspaper=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> Daley joined an exclusive [[speakers bureau]], the Harry Walker Agency, that pays tens of thousands of dollars an appearance.<ref name=katten/><ref>{{cite web |title=Richard M. Daley |url=http://www.harrywalker.com/speaker/Richard-M-Daley.cfm?Spea_ID=1477 |publisher=The Harry Walker Agency |access-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102232810/http://harrywalker.com/speaker/Richard-M-Daley.cfm?Spea_ID=1477 |archive-date=January 2, 2012 }}</ref> Daley was on the board of directors of The [[Coca-Cola]] Company from 2011 to 2019.<ref name="named-to"/><ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.yahoo.com/now/coca-cola-raises-dividend-adds-173030124.html | access-date = 2023-06-14 | title = Coca-Cola Raises Dividend, Adds 150M To Share Buyback | author-first = Jayson | author-last = Derrick | date = 2019-02-21 | work = Benzinga | via = Yahoo! News}}</ref> Daley is a managing [[principal (commercial law)|principal]] of Tur Partners LLC, an [[investment firm]], where Daley's son, Patrick Daley, is a principal.<ref name="named-to">{{cite news |url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/12/15/daley-named-to-coca-colas-board-of-directors/ |work=[[WBBM-TV]] |title=Daley Named To Coca-Cola's Board Of Directors |date=December 15, 2011}}</ref> ''[[The National Law Journal]]'' included Daley in its 2013 list of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America," based on "his political connections — the best in Chicago."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America |url=http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202593197565 |date=April 29, 2013 |access-date=April 29, 2013 |magazine=[[The National Law Journal]]}}</ref> In 2022, Daley's daughter Nora became chair of the Illinois Arts Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arts.illinois.gov/about-iac/governance/iac-council-members.html|title=IAC Council Members|publisher=Illinois Arts Council|accessdate=February 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/daley-illinois-arts-council/|title=Nora Daley follows footsteps of her famous Chicago family to help artists across Illinois|first=Jim|last=Williams|publisher=CBS Chicago|date=May 24, 2024|accessdate=February 12, 2025}}</ref>

In June 2022, Daley was hospitalized at [[Northwestern Memorial Hospital]] in Chicago for a "neurological" illness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/former-chicago-mayor-richard-daley-transferred-to-rehab-facility-after-neurological-event/2856635/|title=Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Transferred to Rehab Facility After 'Neurological Event'|publisher=NBC Chicago|accessdate=June 17, 2022|date=June 13, 2022}}</ref>