Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elevated several attorneys to equity partner, effective June 25.
The firm’s new equity partners include Shelly A. DeRousse and Steven D. Pearson. The attorneys previously were partners.
Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elevated several attorneys to equity partner, effective June 25.
The firm’s new equity partners include Shelly A. DeRousse and Steven D. Pearson. The attorneys previously were partners.
Art Hubacher and Matthew Ames are pleased to announce the formation of Hubacher Ames & Taylor, PLLC with the addition of J. Kirk Taylor as a name member of the firm.
With the addition of Taylor, the firm will also add a Chicago office to the firm's base in Fairfax, Virginia.
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., has announced that Thadford A. Felton has been named managing officer of the firm’s Chicago office, effective May 3.
Felton succeeds David B. Goodman, who recently left the firm after serving as the Chicago managing officer since March 2014.
The Illinois Lawyers’ Assistance Program (LAP) has announced that Diana Uchiyama, JD, PsyD, has been named executive director.
LAP Board President Mary K. O’Brien said: “Dr. Uchiyama was selected from a number of talented candidates because her qualifications as an attorney, psychologist, and program administrator demonstrated to our board that she will be successful in increasing the reach of LAP to every part of Illinois. We are looking forward to working with Dr. Uchiyama in her new role as executive director and offer her our sincere congratulations.”
Kansas City-headquartered Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC, has added Laura K. Beasley to the firm’s Belleville, Illinois office.
Beasley, who joined the firm as a member, practices in the areas of civil litigation defense, general liability, class action/mass torts, insurance coverage, personal injury, and product liability. She brings to the firm clients in the medical device and other manufacturing sectors.
John D. Simmons joined Califf & Harper, P.C. as a new associate of counsel in 2019.
Simmons, born in Cedar Rapids and raised in northern Illinois, graduated from Northern Illinois University in 2003, and went on to receive his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2006.
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., has announced the launch of an office in the Cortex Innovation Community, an innovation hub and technology district integrated into the historic Central West End and Forest Park Southeast neighborhoods of St. Louis.
Peter V. Baugher, principal in Baugher Dispute Resolution LLC Chicago, was recently appointed to the board of directors of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative.
Freeborn & Peters LLP has been named among the top regional law firms for real estate in 2018 by Midwest Real Estate News.
Included in the list for eight consecutive years, Freeborn this year is ranked in the top 20 among the 42 law firms recognized for their real estate practices. Each year, Midwest Real Estate News issues its “Best of the Best” edition, which ranks the industry’s top regional law firms, owners, financial intermediaries, brokers, direct lenders, property managers, and construction companies.
Mirabella, Kincaid, Frederick & Mirabella, LLC, recently announced the addition of Dana B. Fortunato as an associate attorney at the firm.
She focuses her practice on family law, criminal defense, juvenile law, and traffic law.