Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. (RSP) and DiMonte & Lizak, LLC (D&L) have merged their Chicago-based law practices to form Robbins DiMonte, Ltd. at robbinsdimonte.com. The combination expands the firms’ collective capabilities in core practice areas including business and real estate, finance, litigation, and trusts and estates, while bolstering their already strong presence in the Chicagoland and Midwest markets. Led by CEO Andrew M. Sachs and President Riccardo A. DiMonte, the combined firm has 60 lawyers, with 40 staff and paralegals located across two offices in downtown Chicago and Park Ridge, Illinois.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) welcomes new partner Kalia Coleman to the firm’s Government Enforcement, Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense practice. 

Coleman joins the firm following nearly six years with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where she most recently served as Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Division. 

Levin & Perconti has named trial lawyers Margaret Battersby Black and Michael Bonamarte as the firm’s co-managing partners. The partners, both of whom have spent their entire legal careers with the firm, will continue to handle substantial caseloads of personal injury and wrongful death matters as they share responsibility for strategic leadership of the firm.

Croke Fairchild Morgan & Beres announced today that Paige Bolinger has joined its transactional practice as an associate. Paige advises emerging companies, founders, investors, and funds through a variety of venture capital-related and general corporate governance matters.