The law firm of Hassakis & Hassakis P.C. in Mount Vernon has announced that Paul E.H. Rademacher has joined the firm as an associate attorney. His practice concentrates in representing injured plaintiffs/petitioners in the areas of personal injury, medical negligence, and workers’ compensation.
Rademacher practices before Illinois and Missouri in state and federal courts and before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission.
Catherine Bross has joined ATG Trust Company, a subsidiary of Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. (ATG®, atgf.com) as trust officer.
Most recently, Bross was in private practice with her father, LeRoy R. Hansen, in Downers Grove. An ATG member firm, their practice focused on estate and trust administration, estate planning, and real estate law. Prior to that, she was a vice president in the Estate Settlement and Guardianship Divisions of JPMorgan Chase for six years. She also worked as an attorney in both the Adult Guardianship and Juvenile Divisions of the Cook County Office of the Public Guardian.
Janet Grove is pleased to announce she has been joined in full partnership by Angel Wawrzynek.
Grove and Wawrzynek will be focusing their practice on trusts, estates, and guardianships. Their firm, Armstrong, Grove & Wawrzynek LLC, is located on the second floor of the US Bank in Mattoon.
Faegre Drinker has built upon its strong foundation serving the construction and energy industry with the addition of Regina Pearson. Pearson joins the firm after serving as in-house counsel at a global engineering and construction company. Pearson will serve as counsel in the firm’s Chicago office.
Pearson delivers transactional, regulatory, litigation and operational counsel to clients in the planning, development and management of major construction projects. She has significant experience advising on energy projects in the liquefied natural gas (LNG), petrochemical, power and renewable energy sectors.
Angelina & Herrick, PC, a leading suburban law firm with a concentration in real estate law has announced that attorney Joseph F. Delaney has joined the firm as a Partner. Delaney brings more than three decades of experience to the firm.
As a life-long resident of the northwest suburbs, Delaney is highly regarded among his peers and the many real estate agents and mortgage lenders with whom he has worked throughout his career.
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., has announced that the firm’s attorneys Courtney A. Adair, Cassie L. Barr, Jody B. Forsee, and Heather M. Mehta have been elevated to Officer, effective Feb. 1.
Adair works from the firm’s Chicago office. Barr, Forsee, and Mehta are based in Greensfelder’s St. Louis office.
Today Foley announced the election of 18 lawyers to the firm’s partnership, including John Litchfield, a litigation attorney based in the Foley Chicago office.
The Illinois Office of Comptroller has named Debjani Desai as its general counsel to serve as the office’s main attorney and advise the comptroller on matters affecting the office.
Desai served as assistant general counsel in the Litigation and Eligibility group for the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, where she managed state and federal litigation and provided counsel to staff throughout Illinois.
Perkins Coie has announced that Michael Hanahan has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Construction practice.
Hanahan represents commercial and public project owners and other industry participants on a wide variety of construction-related matters, including contract drafting and negotiations, disputes, and overall contract administration. He also provides procurement counsel to government entities and private organizations, which in the past has included public entities in Chicago. In recent years, Michael has helped draft and negotiate contracts with a combined value of over $2 billion.
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces that seven associates based in the Chicago office have been named partner.