Retired Cook County judge Dean M. Trafelet has been named managing trustee of the $5.3 billion Owens Corning Fiberboard Asbestos Settlement Trust and sole trustee of the ABB Lummus Global Asbestos PI Settlement Trust.

Margaret A. “Peggy” Reetz has joined Kerns, Pitrof, Frost & Pearlman in Chicago as a partner in professional liability and reinsurance groups, concentrating in technology, media and e-commerce matters. She was with Cozen Connor.

Alicia Wartowski has joined the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation as director of its guardian ad litem program. She was family law attorney at the Cabrini Green Legal Clinic.

Anne Geraghty has been named pro bono manager in the Chicago office of DLA Piper. The new position includes assisting national pro bono programs and overseeing the Juvenile Justice Project in Cook County.

Heidi E. Ruckman has joined the Rockford office of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen in defense of civil and commercial litigation and real estate. She was with Lowry & Hardiman.

Maribel Mata Benedict has joined the Chicago office of Katten Muchin Rosenman as a partner in the Public Finance Practice. Previously a sole practitioner, Benedict counseled Hispanic clients, Chicago taxing bodies and financial institutions in matters of municipal finance, civil litigation, real estate and estate law.

Robin Drey Maher has joined the Trust and Estate Controversy Resolution Group at Levin & Schreder, Chicago. She practiced major trust litigation at Winston & Strawn.

ISBA Assembly member Dion U. Davi has joined Mirabella, Kinkaid, Frederick & Mirabelli, Wheaton, as an associate. Previously an assistant DuPage County state's attorney, he serves on the ISBA Committee on Government Lawyers and the Young Lawyers Division Council.

Roger H. Stein, Peter M. Klobuchar and Richard C. Himelhoch have joined Schwartz Cooper in Chicago as principals in the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Transfers Practice. All three were with Wallenstein & Wagner.