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The DuPage County family law firm of Sullivan Taylor & Gumina, P.C. is pleased to announce the opening of their new law office. The firm has relocated their main office to 1250 E. Diehl Road, Suite 400, Naperville, IL 60563.

“We are thrilled to move to Naperville. The new, much larger office allows us to provide an excellent working environment for our attorneys and staff, and better serve our clients in DuPage and the surrounding counties,” says Partner Joseph Emmerth.

The Naperville law office is conveniently located just south of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway (I-88) and just west of Naperville Road. From its new location, the DuPage County family law firm will continue to successfully represent clients with a wide-range of legal matters including: divorce, high-net worth divorce, child custody and visitation, child support, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, adoption, paternity, mediation and collaborative law.

The dedicated attorneys at Sullivan Taylor & Gumina, P.C. bring a unique and valuable perspective to each case, as the team includes former public defenders, teachers, child advocates, state's attorneys and therapists. The firm also, when necessary, retains the professional services of counselors, business evaluators, forensic accountants, financial advisors and psychiatrists to help ensure their clients receive the most aggressive and comprehensive legal counsel.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced that Donald L. Mrozek, who has held the position of Chairman since 1989, has been succeeded by Kevin Joseph Burke, who was recently elected following Mr. Mrozek’s decision to step down.

Over the past 26 years, Mr. Mrozek led the growth of Hinshaw from a regional insurance firm, serving the Midwest and Florida, to a 550-lawyer firm with far more expansive services in 11 states and London. Mr. Mrozek’s tenure was also marked by critical initiatives that later became industry trends, including market segment differentiation, streamlined law firm management, and he was at the forefront of making diversity central to the firm’s culture and strategic priorities.

The University of Illinois has named Vikram David Amar as the next dean of the College of Law, pending approval from the University’s Board of Trustees at their July 15 meeting. Amar will assume the deanship, and also become the Iwan Foundation Professor of Law, on August 16. For the last several years, Amar has been the senior associate dean for academic affairs and a professor of law at the University of California, Davis School of Law.

“Professor Vik Amar stood out to all of us involved in this national search as the clear choice to lead the College of Law here at Illinois,” said Ilesanmi Adesida, the vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost of the Urbana campus. “His vision of a college recognized for its cutting-edge scholarship and for close connections to the profession and society in which its graduates will serve is one that aligns perfectly with the land-grant values of this university. He understands the challenges of providing world-class legal educational and professional experiences to our students while ensuring that those experiences remain affordable and accessible. I look forward to working with Dean Amar as he leads one of our oldest and proudest colleges to national and international pre-eminence.”

Amar said he has been “deeply impressed by the College’s highly productive and influential faculty in law and related disciplines, its dedicated staff, its talented student body, its loyal and accomplished alumni base, and its place in a premier research university located two hours from downtown Chicago, a city where the College is developing exciting programs for upper-division law students.”

William "Bill" Curtis, 67, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015, at St. John's Hospice.

He was born Oct. 19, 1947, to William and Dora Curtis of Galva, IL. He married Carol Nieman Egbert in Elmhurst on April 20, 1980.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his wife, Carol; two daughters, Elizabeth Harlan (husband Rick) of Cincinnati, OH, and Megan Curtis of Elk Ridge MD; one stepson, Brent Egbert (wife, Jennifer) of Summerville, SC; three grandchildren: Josephine and Caroline Harlan, and James Egbert; two sisters, Gladys (Don) Hopper and Mary Libby; and several nieces and nephews.

Bill graduated from Galva High School. He received a bachelor's degree from Augustana College and was a member of the Augustana Choir; a master's degree from Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago. He received a law degree from Chicago-Kent School of Law. Bill was a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Sangamon County Bar Association.

Bill was a member and past president of the congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church. He worked for the State of Illinois and served as Chief Legal Counsel for the Department of Mental Health and for Children and Family Services. He also was in private practice.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Trinity Lutheran Church, 220 S. 2nd St., Springfield, IL 62702 or St. John's Hospice, 800 E. Carpenter, Springfield, IL 62702.