Motherway & Napleton LLP has added Dominic C. LoVerde as an associate.
LoVerde’s practice is focused on trials involving serious injury and wrongful death. He handles cases stemming from construction accidents, dangerous products, auto and truck accidents, medical malpractice, unsafe property conditions, civil rights violations, and class actions.
HesseMartone has announced that Tim O’Grady has joined the firm as an attorney.
Prior to joining HesseMartone, O’Grady has represented employers in race, gender, age, and disability claims. He has represented construction companies in numerous contractual disputes in court, and he has advised construction companies concerning legal issues for Missouri, Illinois, and federal projects. He has also represented corporate clients in insurance coverage and subrogation litigation, and he advises clients on employment agreements and non-compete agreements.
Freeborn & Peters LLP has announced that Nellie Stoeckel has joined the firm’s Chicago office as an associate in the litigation and intellectual property practice groups.
Prior to joining Freeborn, Stoeckel was an IP/litigation paralegal at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP with a focus on patent litigation. Her early career concentrated in commercial litigation and multi-district products liability cases. Stoeckel has significant case and trial management experience in both state and federal courts including large-scale discovery for complex cases, fact research and analysis, client interviews, trial team supervision, and on-site, courtroom supervision. She has also appeared before Chicago municipal judges on behalf of clients.
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces that one lateral attorney and five recent law school graduates have joined the firm’s Chicago office as associates.
Storino, Ramello & Durkin has announced that Andrew Y. Acker and Melissa M. Wolf have become partners of the firm.
Andrew Y. Acker received his bachelor's degree from Denison University in 1983. He is a 1991 graduate from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, cum laude. He was admitted to practice law in the state of Michigan in 1991 (presently inactive), in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1992 (presently inactive), and in the state of Illinois in 1993.
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces the arrival of partner James W. Harkness to the firm’s Chicago and Lisle offices.
Harkness focuses his practice on commercial litigation, manufacturing disputes, partnership and membership disputes, class action defense, intellectual property litigation, and real estate litigation. Formerly he was a partner at Momkus LLC in Lisle.
Sidley Austin LLP has announced the names of its newly elected partners.
McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips (MVP) opens their eighth office across the midwest in Springfield.
The Springfield office is the second office opened in 2019 by MVP and follows the opening of the Des Moines, Iowa, office in August. MVP has served Illinois for over 20 years out of the St. Louis office, and is excited to expand to the capital city of Illinois to better serve its clients throughout the state.
Freeborn & Peters LLP has announced that Bianca E. Ciarroni, an associate in the firm’s Chicago office, has been appointed co-chair of the Chicago/Midwest chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Network of Women (NOW), beginning in January 2020.
The TMA NOW is an affinity group within the TMA, created to foster female leadership by creating the premier business development and networking group for women in the turnaround community. TMA NOW aims to provide substantive educational programming and networking opportunities to promote career growth and help women break through the glass ceiling. The TMA is a leading trade organization in the corporate restructuring, renewal, and corporate health space. Established in 1988, the TMA has almost 10,000 members in 53 chapters worldwide, including 33 chapters in North America.
Attorney Mike Knippen has been selected the new firm chair of Traub Lieberman.
Knippen was elected by the firm's management committee after Rich Traub, founder and managing partner, transitioned to chair emeritus.