Arthur B. Muir has been appointed a partner in the Chicago office of McGuireWoods and member of the firm's Capital Markets Department.

R. Hugh Magill has been appointed to the new position of national director of trust services and chief fiduciary officer for the 84 offices of Northern Trust Personal Finance Services.

Paul A. Greenberg and Mary Vidal Hays have been named members of Aronberg, Goldgehn, Davis & Garmisa, Chicago. Greenberg practices appellate advocacy, business litigation and dispute resolution. Hays is in business transactions, estate planning, probate, tax, trademark and copyright law.

New associates at Aronberg Goldgehn include Sean M. Anderson in commercial litigation, dispute resolution and appellate advocacy, and John F. Costello Jr. in commercial litigation, labor and employment law.

Also Frank J. Ferraro in commercial and industrial real estate transactions, finance and leasing, and Michele A. Rosenfeld in divorce and family law issues.

Katherine Smith Dedrick has joined the Chicago office of Childress Duffy Goldblatt as a partner in risk management, insurance recovery and disaster preparedness for corporate and sophisticated policyholders.

Richard A. Wendy has joined Freeborn & Peters in Chicago as a partner in the Business Law Services Practice Group, focusing on land use, historic preservation and real estate development. He was a partner in DLA Piper and former Chicago deputy commissioner for zoning and central development.

Amanda M. Lundeen and Colin M. Haley have joined Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, Springfield, as associates. Lundeen practices in municipal law, land use, zoning, real estate and not-for-profits. Haley concentrates in estate planning, elder law and business formation.

Goldstine, Skrodski, Russian, Nemec & Hoff, Burr Ridge, has named two partners: Diana K. Pecen in corporate and business law, and James D. Healy in municipal law and land use.

Richard S. Reizen has joined Gould & Ratner, Chicago, as a partner in the Litigation Group. A founding member of Kubiasiak, Flystra, Reizen & Rotunno, he has extensive experience in construction-related disputes.

Two lawyers have joined Handler, Thayer & Duggan, Chicago as associates in both the Commercial Practice Group and Advanced Planning and Family Office Practice Group. They are Michael J. Cassel and Michael A. Passananti.

The partners who joined HeplerBroom are Paul L. Price, Anthony J. Tunney, Catherine Coyne Reiter, Steven J. Martin and Dina L. Torrisi. Price and Tunney are past presidents of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, as is Gordon R. Broom of the Edwardsville office.

Matthew M. Neumeier has joined the management group in the Chicago office of Howrey LLP, where he is a member of the Global Litigation Practice Group and head of the Products Liability and Mass Tort Class Action Practice.

Scott T. Schutte also has joined Howrey in class action defense, insurance coverage and complex business litigation. He and Neumeier were with Jenner & Block.

Candace N. Levy has joined Longwell Associates as an associate in divorce, custody, paternity and related family law matters. The firm has offices in Chicago and Oak Brook.

MaryBeth Wilkinson, who joined Lovells Chicago in 2002, was elected a partner on May 1. One of 31 new partners in the firm's 26 offices, she practices in complex commercial disputes, including foreign litigation and arbitration of cross-border matters.

Terrence W. Stein has joined the Chicago office of Quarles & Brady as a partner in the Tax Group. Formerly head of the Income Tax Practice Group at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, he chaired the Corporate Taxation Division of the Chicago Bar Association Federal Taxation Committee.

Matthew R. Wildermuth has joined Sugar, Friedberg & Felsenthal, Chicago, as a partner in commercial, civil and insurance coverage litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He was with Meckler, Bulger & Tilson.