The law firm of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen announces that five attorneys have become partners with the firm: Renee Monfort, Jana Brady, Michael Denning, Heidi Ruckman, and Patrick Cloud.
Renee Monfort began practicing law in 1990. She joined Heyl Royster’s Urbana office in 2009. Her practice focuses on the defense of healthcare providers and other professionals in professional liability litigation. She provides general counsel to individual health care professionals, multi-specialty clinics and hospitals on administrative, policy and risk management matters. Her practice also includes representation of clients in administrative proceedings before the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Illinois Human Rights Commission.
Jana Brady joined the firm’s Rockford office following graduation from law school in 2003. She focuses her practice on the defense of civil litigation and federal practice, particularly in the context of employment law, civil rights, medical malpractice, correctional medicine, insurance coverage, school law, and nursing home cases, and further practices in the areas of health care law and creditors' rights in the context of lien adjudication.
Michael Denning was a summer associate for the firm’s Peoria office and served as Senior Law Clerk to Justice Tom Lytton of the Illinois Appellate Court, Third District prior to joining Heyl Royster’s Rockford office in 2004. He concentrates his practice in civil litigation, including defense medical malpractice and nursing home litigation; auto, premises and trucking litigation; and the defense of toxic tort and asbestos claims.
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January 30, 2012 |
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John M. Fitzgerald and Brian C. Haussmann have been promoted to partner at Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC and Katherine M. O’Brien has joined the firm as an associate.
Mr. Fitzgerald began working at the firm in 2006 and Mr. Haussmann started in 2008. Their area of practice is in commercial litigation.
Ms. O’Brien joined Tabet DiVito & Rothstein in November, after a Cook County Circuit Court clerkship with Stuart E. Palmer, who has since been appointed to the appellate court. Ms. O’Brien will concentrate her practice on commercial litigation.
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January 23, 2012 |
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Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC is pleased to announce that Michael Borree and Timothy Hogan have been elected to the partnership.
Michael Borree's practice is focused on professional malpractice defense, products liability defense, and commercial litigation. Mr.
Borree joined the firm after practicing at a Chicago litigation firm. He graduated from DePaul University College of Law, cum laude, in 2003. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999.
Timothy L. Hogan's practice is concentrated on professional liability, products liability and commercial matters. Mr. Hogan joined the firm following a clerkship with Judge Lynn M. Egan in the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. He is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law (2002), where he was on the Dean's List, staff editor of the Loyola University Consumer
Law Journal, and a member of the London Advocacy Program. He received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.
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Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC is one of Chicago's pre-eminent trial practice boutiques. Founded in 1995, the firm successfully tries difficult, high exposure cases in the country's most challenging jurisdictions. The firm is known as one of the "go to" firms in Chicago for particularly difficult or high stakes cases and, since its founding, no firm in Chicago has tried as many complex cases as successfully as DBMS. -
January 10, 2012 |
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Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, a leading national law firm in complex litigation, announced today the appointment of attorney Randy Cohn as a new shareholder. Cohn joined the Simmons Firm in 2004 and has recovered millions on behalf of families throughout the country injured by mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases.
“Randy is an integral part of our firm,” said firm Chairman John Simmons. “As one of the leaders of our asbestos department, he is both a skilled litigator and compassionate advocate for victims of mesothelioma.”
Cohn oversees a team of attorneys and investigators at the firm and has developed a unique focus on helping victims of Navy-related asbestos exposure. He recently represented World War II veteran Frank Curre, a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, until he succumbed to mesothelioma this past December.
“It’s a privilege to serve our clients,” said Cohn, “and I’m honored to become a shareholder at one of the nation’s premier plaintiff’s firms.”
Cohn earned his JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2001. Super Lawyers magazine recently recognized him as a 2012 Illinois Rising Star. He is licensed to practice in Missouri, before the Supreme Court of Illinois and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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January 5, 2012 |
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The Peoria, Illinois law firm of Johnson, Bunce & Noble, P.C. is pleased to announce that Patrick T. Chambers and Susan Dawson-Tibbits have become shareholders in the firm.
Chambers has practiced law since 1978, having graduated with honors from Chicago Kent Law School. He primarily practices in the areas of real estate, title insurance, estate planning, probate, and unemployment benefits.
Dawson-Tibbits has practiced law since 1979, having graduated from the University of Michigan Law School. A member of the Illinois State Bar Association Elder Law Section Council, the Board of Directors of the Central Illinois Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association and other related organizations for many years, she concentrates her practice in elder law, advanced directives, guardianships, long-term care advice, and other issues involving the elderly.
Johnson, Bunce & Noble, P.C. is a Central Illinois law firm primarily focusing in: business law, real estate, estate planning/probate, elder law, taxation, creditors’ rights, and related litigation.
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December 21, 2011 |
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Clifford Law Offices has hired two new associates, both recent graduates of the DePaul University College of Law.
Kristofer S. Riddle and Sarah F. King have been hired as associate attorneys at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago.
Riddle worked as a clerk at the firm for the past three years. Riddle received his undergraduate degree from the City University of New York's City College, majoring in Political Science where he was a McNair Scholar, a Rosenberg/Humphrey fellow and named to the Dean's List.
King graduated summa cum laude from DePaul Law School. She was on DePaul Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. King has served as a law clerk to partners Keith Hebeisen and Susan Capra at Clifford Law Offices. She received her undergraduate degree from Loyola University of Chicago.
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December 16, 2011 |
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Peter V. Mierzwa has been promoted to Group Vice President of the newly formed Legal Information Group at the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, Chicago.
Previously, he served as a General Manager, overseeing Jury Verdict Reporter, Sullivan’s Law Directory, Law Bulletin Seminars, and Index Publishing Corporation, divisions of the Law Bulletin Publishing Company.
Mr. Mierzwa also previously worked for Thomson West (now ThomsonReuters) and practiced law in Chicago. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and sits on the council of the ISBA's Committee on Legal Technology (CoLT).
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December 8, 2011 |
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Daley Mohan Groble, P.C. takes great pleasure in announcing that Jennifer E. Schuch has joined the firm as the newest litigation associate.
Prior to joining Daley Mohan Groble, Jennifer worked at Rymer, Moore, Jackson & Echols P.C. in Houston. Jennifer received her J.D. from the South Texas College of Law and her B.B.A. from the University of Iowa.
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November 30, 2011 |
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Robbins Schwartz Nicholas Lifton & Taylor, Ltd. is pleased to announce our newest associate.
David G. Weldon joins our Chicago office where he will concentrate on labor and employment law. He counsels employers in all aspects of employment law including hiring, terminations, employee discipline, labor relations, policies and practices, employee leaves and state and federal employment discrimination matters. David also represents employers in the defense of civil rights, employment, and tort claims in both state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative agencies.
David joined Robbins, Schwartz as a law clerk during his second year of law school. In that position, he worked primarily with the labor and employment practice group. -
November 29, 2011 |
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced today that Stephen Swedlow has joined the firm as partner in the Chicago office. Swedlow has 15 years of trial and appellate experience representing clients ranging from public corporations and individuals and classes in high-profile, complex and high-stakes matters. He has been repeatedly selected as a “Top Attorney” by Legal News. Swedlow was a Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist in 2003 by the Trial Lawyer for Public Justice.