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  • March 1, 2012 | People
    Raysa & Zimmermann LLC Announces Merger with Chicago‐Based Tressler LLP

    Raysa & Zimmermann LLC, a premier Local Government Law Firm in Illinois, has announced that it will merge effective March 31, 2012, with Tressler LLP, a Chicago‐based firm with offices in California, New York and New Jersey. The combined firm name will be Tressler LLP.

    Through this merger, Tressler gains seven lawyers and an office in Park Ridge, Ill., from which the firm will continue to support its governmental practice in the Chicago suburbs. The Raysa & Zimmermann attorneys join Tressler’s existing local government law practice comprised of 13 attorneys based in the firm’s Chicago and Bolingbrook, Ill., offices.

    Joining from Raysa & Zimmermann are: Michael F. Zimmermann, Marshall Seeder and Erik R. Peck as partners; John J. Zimmermann and William G. Raysa as senior counsel; and Jeffrey Stein and Eric Yehl as associates.

  • February 23, 2012 | People
    Arnstein & Lehr promotes 2 ISBA members to partner

    Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce that two attorneys elevated to partner in the firm’s Chicago office.

    W. Matthew Bryant is a member of the firm’s Construction and Litigation Practice Groups in Chicago. He focuses his practice on construction and commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Bryant received his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and his law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

    Mary Ann Sullivan is a member of the firm’s Property Tax Appeals, Real Estate and Tax Practice Groups in Chicago. Her practice focuses on property assessment law, ad valorem taxation and real estate law. Sullivan received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and her law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

  • February 22, 2012 | People
    Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund appoints Arden Miner to run process service subsidiary

    Arden Miner, who joined the legal department of Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. (ATG) in 2001, has been promoted to executive vice president and CEO at ATG LegalServe, Inc., a subsidiary of ATG.

    ATG LegalServe, formed during the fall of 2009, is a process service company that has grown from two employees to 12 in less than three years. LegalServe is also a full-service litigation support provider. Miner and Operations Manager Robert Rusch have a combined 32 years of serving the legal profession.

    “LegalServe is a logical service for ATG to provide because we already have a broad reach through our extensive network of lawyers,” says ATG CEO Peter Birnbaum.  “We’ve come a long way in just two years. Arden’s deep and varied experience with ATG and her wide range of skills make her the perfect fit for the top position at this subsidiary. We are confident she will provide the kind of leadership that will continue to grow this business and make it the premier process server in the Midwest.” 

    Starting in 2001, Miner worked as an attorney in the ATG legal and underwriting departments;  in 2004 she was promoted to senior manager of the demanding underwriting and escrow departments. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, a past chairperson for the CBA Real Property Law Committee, and current Vice Chair of the UPL and Multi-Disciplinary Law Committees. Miner served on the board of the Illinois Land Title Association until her switch to ATG LegalServe and has been a frequent speaker for IICLE and ATG Legal Education seminars.

  • February 17, 2012 | People
    Casciato and Ouyang join Stellato & Schwartz as associates

    Stellato & Schwartz, Ltd. is pleased to announce the addition of two new associates, who are recent admittees to the Illinois Bar: Jack J. Casciato, a graduate of the University of The District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law and Ryan H. Ouyang, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School. Mr. Casciato will be working in the Chicago office and Mr. Ouyang in the firm's Schaumburg office.

  • February 17, 2012 | People
    Arnstein & Lehr elevates 3 ISBA members to partner/equity partner

    Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce that three ISBA members have been elevated to equity partner/partner in the firm’s Chicago office.

    The following attorney has been elected to equity partner:

    Thomas F. McGuire is a member of the firm’s Estate Planning and Tax Practice Groups in Chicago. His practice is concentrated in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, and taxation. McGuire received his undergraduate degree and law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

    The following associates have been promoted to partner:

    W. Toby Eveland is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group in Chicago. His practice focuses on business litigation, class action litigation and complex insurance disputes, in fields such as real estate, construction, higher education, risk management, professional liability, health care, employment, intellectual property, warranty, and condominium law. Eveland received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of North Alabama and his law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

  • February 9, 2012 | People
    Jason P. Eckerly named new shareholder at Segal McCambridge

    Jason P. Eckerly has been elected to shareholder status at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.

    Mr. Eckerly is an experienced litigator and trial counsel whose practice focuses on the defense of toxic tort, asbestos and general liability litigation. He serves on many of the firm’s national coordinating counsel teams, developing and coordinating the defense of large corporations across the country.

    He is a 1998 graduate of Michigan State University and a 2002 graduate of DePaul University College of Law.

    From its roots as a four-lawyer shop in Chicago just over 25 years ago, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., has grown to a law firm with approximately 150 lawyers and offices in Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Jersey City, New York and Philadelphia. To learn more about the firm, visit www.smsm.com.

  • February 9, 2012 | People
    Sarah E. Fanto joins Quarles & Brady's Intellectual Property Group

    The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Sarah E. Fanto has joined the Firm's Chicago office as an associate in the Intellectual Property Group.

    Ms. Fanto has experience in preparing and prosecuting utility and design patent applications in the U.S. and abroad, advising clients in matters related to patentability, patent validity, and patent infringement, and drafting non-disclosure agreements, joint development agreements, and licensing agreements. Ms. Fanto also has experience prosecuting and enforcing Trademarks. During law school, Ms. Fanto served as a law clerk at the Chicago Legal Clinic where she prepared FOIA requests, researched the Clean Air Act and applicable Illinois statutes, and wrote opinion letters and memos to clients.

    She earned her law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law and her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. 

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  • February 6, 2012 | People
    Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP announces new name partners, growth in lawyer ranks

    Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP (“SugarFGH”), formerly known as Sugar & Felsenthal LLP, has added two name partners: tax partner, Adam J. Grais, and bankruptcy and creditors’ rights partner, Aaron L. Hammer. Douglas J. Antonio has also joined the firm as partner, bringing his extensive experience in taxation, real estate, affordable housing and community development matters.  Attorneys joining the firm’s expanded bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice include Mark S. Melickian as counsel and associates Michael A. Brandess and Jack R. O’Connor.

    “After 30 years of successfully building this firm with Steve Felsenthal, I am proud to have Aaron and Adam establish a springboard for our continued success over the next 30 years,” said founding partner Richard A. Sugar. “The energy and resourcefulness that these two talented attorneys bring to the firm’s clients will assure a continued high level of service in keeping with our firm’s traditions and values,” added Sugar.    

  • February 2, 2012 | People
    Arnstein & Lehr adds Thompson and Jarmusz to growing Chicago office

    The Chicago-based law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce the addition of attorneys Erik Jarmusz and Elizabeth Anne Thompson to the firm’s Chicago office.

    With the opening of the firm’s new Milwaukee office, Arnstein & Lehr has 145 attorneys working across 10 offices throughout Illinois, Florida, Wisconsin and Milwaukee.

    Erik M. Jarmusz joins as an associate in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. He has significant real estate experience that includes commercial real estate, corporate transactions and office leasing.Jarmusz also has extensive experience negotiating leases on behalf of both landlords and tenants, and has also focused on general real estate transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, 1031 exchanges and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure. He received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago and his law degree, cum laude, from DePaul University College of Law. Previously, Jarmusz was an associate at Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona.

  • February 1, 2012 | People
    Foley & Mansfield names Sawyer new Chicago partner

    Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce that Jacob Sawyer has been elected as partner. Jacob focuses his practice in the areas of products liability and toxic tort litigation, as well as construction and premises liability litigation. He represents manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, premises owners, and contractors defending claims alleging asbestos, benzene, and welding rod exposure.

    Jacob received his J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a member of the Illinois and Missouri bars, the Defense Research Institute, and the Chicago Bar Association.

    Founded in 1989, Foley & Mansfield has grown to become one of the nation’s leading civil litigation law firms. Its attorneys serve clients ranging in size from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and their owners in the areas of commercial litigation, commercial finance and corporate transactions, construction law, employment litigation, medical malpractice defense, product liability, toxic tort and mass tort litigation. F&M is headquartered in Minneapolis and has additional offices in Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Oakland, Miami, Seattle and New York. To learn more, visit the firm’s web site at www.foleymansfield.com.