Chuhak & Tecson, P.C., is pleased to announce that Eileen Sethna, an attorney who brings a deep knowledge of bankruptcies and commercial litigation, has joined the banking group as a principal.
Sethna most recently had been with Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., for seven years. She is a graduate of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
With a rich understanding of creditors’ rights, business reorganizations and individual insolvencies, Sethna is a trusted adviser to bank officers and a respected trial attorney as well. She has extensive courtroom experience representing debtors, trustees and creditors, both in state and federal courts and at the trial and appellate levels.
Sethna also counsels clients through transactional workouts, reorganizations and other commercial remedies.
“Eileen brings an increased depth in handling bankruptcy cases,” said Josh Hyman, principal and banking group head. “She’s very knowledgeable, and from my perspective as head of our group, it’s nice to have another principal who can help mentor attorneys who haven’t yet attained her level of experience.”
Sethna never set out to become a bankruptcy lawyer. After earning her bachelor’s degree, she worked as a human resources manager for a hospitality company and found herself immersed in union issues interpreting a collective bargaining agreement.
“There was a lot of discovery and investigation. I likened it to trial readiness, and I thought it was pretty interesting,” Sethna said. She started in night law school, later remaking her schedule to study full-time.
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O'Fallon attorney Paul Evans has been selected to finish the term of the retiring Ron Stephens in the Illinois House. Evans is an ISBA member and a former chair of the Ag Law Committee.
Evans, who has been practicing law for over 20 years, was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1988 and the Illinois Bar in 1989. He graduated from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1988.
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August 11, 2011 |
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Rolfe Ehrmann, co-founder of the Dixon firm Ehrmann, Gehlbach, Badger and Lee, passed away on July 26 at his home. He was a graduate of the DePaul University College of Law and a member of the American, Illinois and Lee County bar associations.
Read the full obituary in the Sterling Daily Gazette.
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August 11, 2011 |
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Former Mayer Brown co-chair Leo Herzel passed away on July 21 at his suburban Chicago home. Mr. Herzel was an expert in securities law and is known for his theories on economics and communications that influenced three Nobel Prize-winning economists.
He attended the University of Iowa and the London School of Economics before moving to Chicago in 1949 to study at the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago. He led Mayer Brown from 1984-1991.
Read the full obituary in the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune.
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August 11, 2011 |
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ISBA Council member Michael G. Bergmann took the gavel as the new president of the ABA Young Lawyers Division on Saturday, August 6 at the ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto. Bergmann is the Executive Director of the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) in Chicago. Bergmann is pictured (second from right) with fellow ISBA Section Council members (from left) Tarek Fadel, Kenya Jenkins-Wright and Bob Fink (ISBA YLD Immediate Past Chair).
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On Friday, August 5, a group of attorneys from Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. spent the day volunteering at Misericordia on Chicago’s North Side. In the very back left is Mary Doherty, Misericordia’s head of development and volunteer coordinator. In front of her is Lindsey Rodgers. Then (left to right) Carly Everett, Bridget Carlson, Anna Gonis, Christopher Gardino, Emily Zapotocny, Jana Scalzitti, Adam Bautista, Donald Segal, and Melissa Fallah, who coordinated this event for the law firm.
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August 5, 2011 |
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The Law Offices of McCready, Garcia and Leet are very pleased to announce the addition of Edwin Reyes to head their Workers’ Compensation department.
Mr. Reyes received his B.A. from Loyola University of Chicago and JD from Northeastern Law School, Boston, Mass.He is a founding member, past president and current treasurer of the Puerto Rican Bar Association.
Mr. Reyes has practiced law for over twenty years and handles workers’ compensation cases. Prior to joining McCready, Garcia and Leet, Mr. Reyes was with Briskman, Briskman and Greenburg.
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August 4, 2011 |
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Geri Lynn Arrindell, an attorney in the Springfield, Illinois office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, has been elected President of Central Illinois Women's Bar Association (CIWBA). The appointment became effective on July 1, 2011. Ms. Arrindell also serves on the Illinois State Bar Association's Judicial Evaluations Committee and the ISBA Labor and Employment Law Section Council.
The CIWBA was founded in 1982 and promotes the full participation of women in the practice of law and the judiciary, to facilitate interaction between the practicing bar and women attorneys in alternative careers and public service, and to promote and foster interests of women attorneys, including but not limited to community outreach service.
Ms. Arrindell has been a member of CIWBA for several years and most recently served as the Vice President for the bar association. As President, Ms. Arrindell seeks to increase the involvement of governmental attorneys in CIWBA and to honor the contributions of women in Central Illinois to the field of law during the organizations 30th Anniversary.
Ms. Arrindell focuses her practice in commercial litigation matters, including labor and employment law, governmental affairs and regulation. She is a former Assistant Attorney General in the General Law Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s office. Ms. Arrindell earned her J.D. in 2006 from the University of Illinois College of Law, an M.S.W. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996, and a B.S.W. in 1995 from Clark Atlanta University, where she graduated magna cum laude.1 comment (Most recent August 12, 2011) -
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Judge James N. Sherrick of Villa Grove passed away on June 20, 2011, at Meadowbrook Health Center in Urbana.
He was born on April 13, 1918, the sixth child of Noah and Josephine (Gabel) Sherrick, in South Greenup Township, Ill.
He married Phyllis Vines on Dec. 21, 1947. She died in August 1966. He then married Frances Linafelter on Nov. 28, 1981.
He is survived by his loving wife, Frances; his three children, Elizabeth (Robert) Roman of Pinehurst, N.C., John (Mindy) Sherrick of Mansfield and Richard (Susan) Sherrick of Albion; one stepson, Steve (Shirley) Bradbury of Tuscola; six grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Edna Bradley of Carbondale.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Connie, Ralph and William, and three sisters, Lena, Mary and Betty.
Mr. Sherrick was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a POW and received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Purple Heart and the Silver Star.
He was a teacher and a lawyer before serving as Douglas County judge from 1954 to 1958. He served as circuit judge in the Sixth Judicial District from 1968 to 1984.
He was a member of the Villa Grove United Methodist Church, where he served in many capacities, as well as the Tuscola and Villa Grove Rotary Clubs, the Villa Grove Lions Club, Walter Jones VFW Post 2876, the Moose Lodge, Tuscola American Legion, the Tri-City Country Club, the Douglas County Bar Association and other service clubs and organizations.
Memorials may be made to the Villa Grove United Methodist Church, the ALS Association or to the American Diabetes Association.
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August 2, 2011 |
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Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C. welcomes Joshua Davis and Melanie Riley to the firm as new associates.
Josh is a member of the firm’s Products Liability Practice Group. Prior to joining Sandberg Phoenix, Josh practiced for several years with an insurance litigation firm in St. Louis where he was responsible for all aspects of insurance law, focusing on fire and explosion litigation. Josh is a member of the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Subrogation Professionals. He also serves on the firm’s Associate and Charitable Efforts Committees.
Melanie is a member of the firm’s Health Law and Products Liability Practice Groups. Prior to joining Sandberg Phoenix, Melanie practiced for several years with a defense firm in Edwardsville, Illinois. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Madison County Bar Association, the Missouri Bar, and the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, Missouri. She also serves on the firm’s Associate, Charitable Efforts, and Wellness Committees.
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