Trial attorneys Elizabeth A. Kaveny and Jeffrey J. Kroll have partnered to establish Kaveny + Kroll, a boutique personal injury law firm, opening their office at Two Prudential.
Previously, both practiced at separate firms. Kaveny + Kroll’s focus will be medical malpractice, trucking/car accidents, police misconduct, and catastrophic personal injury.
Craig T. Wright, a longtime Joliet attorney, died March 29, 2019. He was born in Newton, Iowa, on Oct. 1, 1931.
He was a graduate of the University of Iowa and was the fifth generation of his family to graduate from the University of Iowa College of Law, which was founded in 1865 by his great, great grandfather, George G. Wright.
The ISBA Young Lawyers Division hosted a yoga and brunch event on Saturday, March 30 at the Chicago Regional Office.
Applications are now being accepted for judicial vacancies in the Tenth and Eighth Subcircuits of Cook County, according to an announcement made by the Illinois Supreme Court.
The vacancy of the Tenth Subcircuit judicial position was created by the retirement of Judge Thomas Allen. The vacancy of the Eighth Subcircuit judicial position was created by the retirement of Judge John Fleming.
The Illinois State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division hosted a free lunch and learn on Tuesday, March 26 at the Chicago Regional Office. Panelists included ISBA Third Vice President Anna Krolikowska, ISBA Board of Governors Members Bridget Duignan and Daniel Saeedi, Karen VanderMeer, Kelly Bennett, and Judy Conway. Topics included networking, how to attract clients, how to make the most of networking, and expanding business opportunities.
Howard & Howard has announced the official formation of an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practice group. The practice group’s attorneys assist clients in resolving disputes out of court.
According to research conducted by Fairway Resolution, over 80 percent of Fortune 1000 companies are likely to use arbitration or mediation in the future to resolve disputes with customers, employees, or vendors. That same percentage also said they used ADR because it was a “more satisfactory process.”
The Illinois Bar Foundation hosted its 2019 Lawyers Rock on March 14 at Lincoln Hall in Chicago.
A. Traub & Associates has announced that it relocated its Lombard office to 200 W. 22nd St., Suite 210.
The office is between Finley Road and South Highland Avenue, about a mile east of Interstate 355 and a mile west of Yorktown Shopping Center. The new location is a block west of the firm’s previous Lombard office.
Golan Christie Taglia, LLP is excited to announce that Steven J. Rosenberg has joined the firm.
As a civil and criminal litigator trying cases to verdict in both state and federal courts, Rosenberg brings extensive experience in mail and wire fraud and other white-collar crime, SEC investigations, accounting and securities fraud, complex civil litigation, medical negligence, and employment cases involving breach of contract and civil rights violations.
Members of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and the DuPage County Bar Association (DCBA) represented the profession by marching in the 2019 West Suburban Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 16 in Naperville.