Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Howard L. Huntington to its litigation team. Howard has over 13 years of experience focusing his practice on business torts, commercial litigation, construction, product liability, public entity, civil rights and transportation litigation. He has successfully represented corporations, banks and municipalities in a wide variety of civil litigation. Prior to joining our litigation team, Howard was a partner at Williams Montgomery & John, Ltd., where his work included defending the insureds of several major insurance carriers. He is "AV Preeminent" peer review rated by Martindale-Hubbell, reflecting the highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability. Howard was selected by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin as one of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch in 2012.

Howard has defended numerous construction contractors and subcontractors in catastrophic injury and wrongful death suits. He also has defended high-stakes injury and wrongful death claims brought against trucking and motor freight companies. In the employment area, Howard has defended municipalities and public entities in Title VII discrimination cases, Section 1983 public employee cases, employment contract and other matters.

Daley Mohan Groble, P.C. takes great pleasure in announcing that James T. McGovern has joined the firm as an Associate Attorney.

James is a 2002 graduate of DePaul University College of Law and started his career as an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the City of Chicago. After gaining experience in the Tort Division of that office, James was promoted Special Litigation Counsel for the City of Chicago, defending police officers in high exposure Civil Rights cases. Most recently, he continued defending those cases at a private firm. During his career, James has tried over 20 jury cases to verdict and handled a wide variety of Tort, Commercial and Civil Rights Litigation. At Daley Mohan Groble, James will use his diverse experience to represent the firm’s clients.

Polsinelli Shughart welcomes Nura A. Yanaki to the Chicago office as an associate in the Litigation Department where she will concentrate her practice in the defense of companies involved in complex toxic and mass tort litigation. Yanaki joins a national team of toxic and mass tort attorneys who practice in Chicago, Kansas City, Phoenix and St. Louis.

“We are pleased to have Nura join our growing Chicago office,” said Chicago Managing Director Anthony J. Nasharr. “Nura was an outstanding law student and excelled in her undergraduate work in California. Her work since leaving law school has also prepared her for the broad-based litigation she will help handle for clients at the firm.”

Yanaki most recently worked with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, with a team of trial attorneys on class action cases involving Title VII and ADA violations.

While in law school Yanaki externed with various federal agencies including; the U.S. Department of Justice – Executive Office for Immigration Review, and the U.S. Department of Labor – Employee Benefits Security Administration, as well as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She also served as an Illinois 711 certified senior law student where she represented a child as a guardian ad litem in Cook County Probate Court.

William J. Snyder and Dee A. Runnels have joined Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton and Noe, LLP as Of Counsel attorneys.

Snyder earned both his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Iowa, graduating from law school with distinction. He has 45 years of experience and was most recently President of a Rock Island law firm.

Runnels is a magna cum laude graduate of Luther College and graduated with distinction from the University of Iowa Law School.

Both of these attorneys concentrate in the fields of business transactions, estate planning, probate and real estate.

The firm’s principal office is in Moline and can be reached at (309) 797 0850.