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  • September 18, 2019 | People
    Drumke Appointed Chair of ABA Cannabis Committee, Named Co-Chair of ABA Cannabis Program

    Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP partner Michael W. Drumke has been named chair of the Cannabis Law and Policy Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) of American Bar Association (ABA) for a one-year term.

    Drumke’s practice focuses on complex business litigation matters, including toxic tort, product liability, pharmaceutical, class action and commercial litigation. He serves as national trial counsel in mass tort litigation across the country and has served as national coordinating counsel for manufacturers in asbestos-related litigation and lead counsel for several premises owners named in toxic tort litigation in the midwest. He has represented clients in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Texas, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Alabama, Washington, Oregon, California, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Delaware, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

  • September 12, 2019 | People
    Howard & Howard Continues Expansion of Chicago Office

    Howard & Howard recently welcomed Christopher A. Cali. Expanding the firm’s corporate and business litigation practices, he will practice out of the Chicago office.

    Cali has a combined fifteen years of experience in the real estate industry as a managing real estate broker and attorney. He provides real world, practical solutions to his clients on a variety of real estate matters, including sales and acquisitions, leasing, eviction, landlord/tenant dispute resolution, and condominium formations and deconversions. Cali also acts a real estate co-counsel on litigation matters, including evictions, partitions, actions to quiet title, and breach of contract. 

  • September 12, 2019 | People
    Greensfelder Chicago Attorney Susan Meyer Promoted to Officer

    Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., announced that Susan Meyer, an attorney in the firm’s Chicago office and leader of the Trademark, Copyright, Media, and Advertising group, has been promoted to officer, effective Sept. 9.

    Meyer joined Greensfelder in June 2017 as a member of the Intellectual Property and Franchising & Distribution groups, advising businesses in the areas of intellectual property, franchising, and distribution. She represents companies in the United States and internationally in every stage of development. In addition to her work involving intellectual property prosecutions, licensing, and dispute resolution, Ms. Meyer has extensive experience in trademark law, representing clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and federal courts. She also works with franchisors on compliance issues and serves as outside general counsel for businesses on general business matters.

  • September 3, 2019 | People
    Kogut & Wilson Opens Park Ridge Office

    Kogut & Wilson have announced their expansion with the opening of a new office in northwestern Park Ridge. This is the firm’s second location and will allow firm attorneys to serve suburban clients

    This is the firm’s first suburban location and will allow firm attorneys to serve suburban clients.

  • August 28, 2019 | People
    Katlyn DeBoer and Zachary Iacovino Join Freeborn as Chicago Associates

    Freeborn & Peters LLP has announced that Katlyn E. DeBoer and Zachary K. Iacovino have joined the firm’s Chicago office as associates in the litigation and corporate practice groups, respectively.

    A member of Freeborn’s complex litigation team, DeBoer has experience drafting substantive motions and pleadings, developing case strategy, engaging in large-scale discovery, taking depositions, and preparing for trial.

  • August 26, 2019 | People
    Attorney Michael D. Gifford Elected President of Peoria County Bar Association

    Royal Oak-based law firm Howard & Howard has announced that attorney Michael D. Gifford has been elected president of the Peoria County Bar Association. After previously serving as chair of several committees, board member, treasurer, and president-elect, he will hold this position from July 1, 2019 through July 1, 2020. 

  • August 21, 2019 | People
    Thomas, Mamer & Haughey, LLP Announce Firm Name Change

    The Champaign law firm Thomas, Mamer & Haughey, LLP has announced the firm will now be known as Thomas Mamer, LLP.

    Founded in 1946 by attorneys James G. Thomas and Wallace Mulliken, the law firm of Thomas Mamer has been a pillar of the Champaign-Urbana community for 73 years. Thomas Mamer has continued to maintain a level of continuity that is second to none. Firm attorneys have spent three quarters of a century as active, practicing partners helping to build an unshakeable foundation.

  • August 20, 2019 | People
    Patricia L. Hall Joins WilliamsMcCarthy LLP as Associate Attorney

    The law firm WilliamsMcCarthy LLP today announced the recent addition of Associate Patricia L. Hall. Her practice will focus on civil litigation, employment and labor law, and appellate advocacy.

    Before joining WilliamsMcCarthy LLP, Hall practiced in the areas of workers’ compensation defense and appellate advocacy. She is an honors graduate of the Northern Illinois University College of Law, where she was president of the Student Bar Association and co-founded the Professionalism and Ethics Society.

  • August 19, 2019 | People
    Simmons Hanly Conroy Shareholder Amy Garrett Promoted to Assistant Managing Partner

    Simmons Hanly Conroy, one of the nation’s largest mass torts firms, is proud to announce the promotion of shareholder Amy E. Garrett to assistant managing partner.

    Garrett joined Simmons Hanly Conroy’s asbestos team in 2003 and became the firm’s first female partner in 2009. She oversees the Madison County and St. Louis dockets and works closely with attorneys in both the asbestos and complex litigation departments to ready cases for trial. Her asbestos litigation work has resulted in millions of dollars for the firm’s clients.

  • August 15, 2019 | People
    Drumke Elected to ABA Board of Governors

    Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP partner Michael W. Drumke has been elected to the American Bar Association (ABA) Board of Governors for a three-year term.

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