Stephan D. Blandin, a partner in the Chicago personal injury law firm of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, has been appointed as a member of the Hearing Board of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). The Commission has administrative responsibility for the registration and discipline of Illinois lawyers.  Members of its Hearing Board, who are appointed for a one-year term, sit in panels of three and preside over the hearing of disciplinary, disability, and reinstatement cases. Blandin, who has been practicing law for nearly 25 years, received his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1986 and his undergraduate degree from DePaul in 1983.  He resides in Park Ridge. Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, is a law firm concentrating in catastrophic personal injury.  The firm provides clients with experienced, skilled and caring representation in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and workers’ compensation claims.  To date, the firm has won nearly 40 verdicts or settlements of $1 million or greater.  They have obtained the largest medical malpractice verdict in Cook County in 2009 against a hospital ($22.3 million). Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, is located at 33 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60602, contact www.rblaw.net or call (312) 458-1000.