David G. Clark has joined the Law Offices of Peter B. Canalia in Lansing and Chicago. Former vice president and senior trust officer at First National Bank of Illinois in Lansing, Clark is treasurer of the Nordic Law Club.

James E. Morgan has joined Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, as a partner in the Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors' Rights Practice Group. He was a principal at Much Shelist.

The firm has promoted three associates to partners: Kellye L. Fabian and Catherine A. Miller in the Litigation Practice Group, Todd A. Labinsky in Business Law Services, and Terrence J. Sheahan in Litigation and Government and Regulatory Law.

Emily A. Bateman has joined the firm as an associate in the Business Law Service Practice Group. She was an associate in real estate practice with Lord, Bissell & Brook.

Adam J. Hamilton (Litigation Practice Group) and R. Brian McMaster (Corporate Practice Group) have joined Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, Swansea and St. Louis, as associates.

Chicago attorney Jeffrey J. Kroll has established his own practice after more than 17 years with the Clifford Law Offices, including seven years as a partner.

The Chicago-based firm of Meckler, Bulger & Tilson opened a Dallas office on Sept. 1 with six insurance and reinsurance attorneys (two partners and four associates) from Baker & McKenzie's Dallas office.

Two Meckler partners, Paul R. Garry and Steven D. Pearson, will open a Phoenix office on Oct. 1 in general litigation and labor and employment matters.

Patent attorney Georgia C. Evans has joined the Chicago office of Nixon Peabody as an associate in the Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Deborah Singer has joined Polsky & Associates, Chicago, in land use, planning and municipal law issues. She was general counsel to the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Washington, D.C.

The Los Angeles law firm where Linda Faith Cantor, a member of the Illinois bar, is in practice has changed its name to Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl & Jones.

Named partners in Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck of Chicago, Lake Forest and Wheaton are Deborah A. Carder, Claire R. McKenzie and James R. Galvin. Galvin is president of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois.

New associates in the firm are Karen M. Schetz and Kristine L. Ward.

Former Illinois solicitor general Gary Feinerman has joined Sidley Austin, Chicago, as a partner in the Appellate and Litigation Practices. He is secretary of the Appellate Lawyers Association.

Springfield attorney April G. Troemper, a member of the ISBA Assembly and Illinois Bar Foundation board, joins Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran on Sept. 17. She has been an associate at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen.

Mark H. Horwitch has been elected to partnership in Tabet, DiVito & Rothstein, Chicago. He represents manufacturers, banks, professional service firms and other clients in business litigation, appeals and arbitrations.