Chicago attorney Meredith E. Ritchie, chair of the ISBA Committee on Women and the Law, has been named in-house counsel for Accenture. She was deputy general counsel for the Illinois Department of Central Management Services.

Matthew L. Willens has been promoted to partner at the Clifford Law Offices, Chicago. A member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, he handles wrongful death construction negligence, medical malpractice and vehicular negligence matters.

Todd A. Gale has joined the Litigation Department in the Chicago office of Dykema Gossett in commercial, product liability and intellectual property litigation. He was a partner in Kirkland & Ellis.

Trent L. Bush, a member of the ISBA Committee on Legal Technology, has been promoted to partner in Ward, Murray, Pace & Johnson, Sterling and Dixon, where he has practiced since 1999. He concentrates in banking and collections, landlord-tenant law and civil litigation.

Richard B. Korn and Bart C. Sullivan have been promoted to partners at Fox Galvin, St. Louis. Korn is in product liability, medical malpractice, employment and toxic tort litigation. Sullivan is in all phases of civil litigation and appeals in state and federal courts.

Drew M. Schilling has joined Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen as of counsel to the Edwardsville office in toxic tort and medical malpractice defense litigation. A native of Dixon, he previously represented corporations in Texas in toxic tort claims.

Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago, has named three new partners: Erik L. Krantz in the Business Practice Group, and Daniel I. Schlade and E. Jason Tremblay in the Litigation Department.

Mark A. Spognardi has joined Arnstein & Lehr as a lateral partner in the Employment and Labor Law Practice. Previously with Holland & Knight, he is a former staff counsel and field attorney for the National Labor Relations Board.

Kara E. F. Cenar has joined the Intellectual Property Group at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, in patent and trademark infringement litigation. Formerly with Welsh & Katz, she is president of the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Joshua D. Bortnick has joined Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald, Hebrank & True, Edwardsville, as an associate in toxic tort defense litigation.

Susan M. Brazas has joined the Madison, Wis., office of Cook & Franke as an associate in its Litigation Group. A former ISBA Assembly member, she serves on the Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council.

Karl Ahlm and Peter G. Lawrence, Corporate and Securities; Diana M. Chafey and William Choslovsky, Finance; Amy Cheng, Franchise and Distribution; Michael S. Gershowitz, Joshua M. Glazov and Grace Y. Poe, Real Estate; Kelli A. Toronyi, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation.

Foley & Lardner has added five attorneys in the Intellectual Property Department of its Chicago office: Craig S. Fochler, William J. Cook, Charles R. Mandly Jr., Diane G. Elder and Cynthia B. Stevens, all formerly with Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon.

The law firm of Franks & Rechenberg was formed recently by David B. Franks and David N. Rechenberg at 1301 Pyott Road, Lake in the Hills 60156, telephone (847) 854-7700.

Three lawyers have joined the Health Law Group at Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago. They are Bridget Kevin (Medicare compliance), formerly of counsel to Meade & Roach; Melissa January (fraud and abuse compliance), from Holland & Knight, and Liliana Kalogjera (litigation prevention), from Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood.

Two lawyers who joined the firm as partners in the Real Estate and Environmental Department are Lawrence W. Falbe, formerly with Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, and Christina Brotto, who was with Fagel Haber.

Donald S. Rothschild has merged his labor and employment litigation practice with Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec & Hoff, Burr Ridge. Of counsel to the firm since 1993, Rothschild is now a partner. He is a member of the ISBA Labor and Employment Section Council.

Heather W. Brown has joined the firm as an associate in Rothschild's practice area.

James C. Lukas has been named a principal in Holmstrom & Kennedy, Rockford, where he has been an associate since 2000. He concentrates in real estate, business transactions, and estate planning and administration.

Gregory K. Brown and Kathleen Sheil Scheidt have joined Katten Muchin Rosenman's Employee Benefits Practice in Chicago. Both were partners in Gardner, Carton & Douglas.

Elizabeth J. Chacko has joined the Law Offices of Laura M. Urbik Kern, Elmhurst, as an associate.

Terry M. Hackett has joined Kerns, Pitrof, Frost & Pearlman, Chicago, as a partner in product liability and health care litigation and arbitration. He was a partner in Gardner, Carton & Douglas.

New associates at the firm are Serena E. Pollack, formerly with Hinshaw & Culbertson, and Scott A. Wallace, who was with an Atlanta firm.

Patrick M. Flaherty and Mark Masur recently joined Kinnally, Krentz, Loran, Hodge & Herman, Aurora, as shareholders in personal injury, wrongful death and workers' compensation. They were partners in Thompson, Lamont, Flaherty & Masur.

Saadia Siddique has joined the Law Offices of Jeffrey A. Kriezelman & Associates, Chicago, as an associate in immigration law. She was with Azulay, Horn & Seiden.

Antonio DeBlasio has joined Kubiesa, Spiroff, Gosselar & Acker, Elmhurst, as a partner in prosecution and defense of complex civil litigation matters. He was a partner in Gardner, Carton & Douglas.

Mitchell S. Chaban has joined Levin Ginsburg, Chicago, as an associate in commercial litigation and employment law. He was with Sugar, Friedberg & Felsenthal.

Eric R. Moran and Andrew W. Williams have been promoted to partners in McDonnell, Buehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff, Chicago. Moran practices in preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications, and litigation of disputes.

Raymond P. McSteen has joined McNamara & Phelan, Joliet, as a principal. The firm name has been changed to McNamara Phelan McSteen, with Patrick J. McNamara and Harry C. McSteen of counsel.

Robert H. Butzow and Mitchell B. Friedman have been named partners in Morici, Figlioli & Associates, Chicago. Butzow concentrates in petitioners' workers' compensation and Social Security disability. Friedman is in plaintiff personal injury litigation.

Neil B. Posner has joined Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, Chicago, as a principal and head of its Policy-holders' Insurance Coverage Department. He was a partner in Sachnoff & Weaver.

Querrey & Harrow has elected three attorneys as shareholders in litigation: Jeanne Miller in Crystal Lake, and Ernie Burden and Fuad Sulayman in Chicago.