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was named to the Top 10 2015 edition of
Illinois Super Lawyers and Paula E. Litt,
Schopf & Weiss was named to the Top
50 Women Super Lawyers…Michael P.
Rohan is nowDeputy Director, Consumer
Education and Protection, Illinois Depart-
ment of Insurance…Hugo Chaviano was
asked by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
to become the new Director of the Illinois
Department of Labor… Leslie Landis
received the 2015 Purple Dove Award
from the Center for Advancing Domestic
Peace…Deane B. Brown, Hughes Socol
Piers Resnick Dym, Ltd., was named to
Top 50 Women Lawyers in the 2015 edi-
tion of Illinois Super Lawyers…Thomas J.
Shannon has become Legal Counsel to the
Center for Financial Services Innovation.
Ungaretti & Harris has merged with
Nixon Peabody LLP…Grippo & Elden
LLC has merged with Shook Hardy &
Bacon, LLP…Chastity Boyce is working
in Governor Rauner’s administration…
Amanda C. Andrews is a new associate
at Gould & Ratner LLP…LaKeisha C.
Marsh is a senior attorney at Miller Canfield
PLC…Karen Osiecki Meehan was named
a partner at Gould & Ratner LLP…Anne
M. Coghlan and Patrick J. Johnson are
new associates at Arnstein & Lehr LLP…
Nenad M. Milenkovich and Harold B.
Hilborn were named principals at Much
Shelist, P.C.…Jeffrey D. Hoffenberg has
become a member of Levenfeld Pearlstein’s
real estate group…AntonioM. Romanucci
was reappointed by the Illinois Supreme
Court to the Rules Committee…Jeffrey S.
Becker and Mark S. Nazarof have become
partners at Swanson, Martin & Bell LLP…
Afton L. Gauron has been elected a part-
ner at Hamilton, Thies and Lorch LLP…
Emily L. Peel has been named a partner
at Thompson Coburn LLP…Thomas P.
Conley, a partner at Arnstein & Lehr, LLP,
was elected President of the Illinois Asso-
ciation of Healthcare Attorneys…Seth E.
Darmstadter has become of counsel in the
commercial disputes practice of K&L Gates,
LLP… Amy J. Zdravecky is a new principal
at Miller Canfield, PLC…Thomas A. Lang
ll has become a shareholder at Cunningham,
Meyer & Vedrine, P.C.
Amy Kosanovich Dickerson and Jac-
queline F. Wernz have become partners
at Franczek Radelet, P.C…Ernesto R.
Palomo, partner at Locke, Lord, Edwards
LLP, was elected to a two-year term on the
Indiana Advisory Committee of the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights…Jena M.
Valdetero, partner at Bryan Cave LLP, has
been named Co-Chair of the International
Association of Privacy Professionals’ Illinois
Regional Network…Lauren J.Wolven has
become a partner at Levenfeld Pearlstein
LLC…Timothy K. Sendek was elected a
partner at Lathrop & Gage LLP…Jordan
C. Olejniczak is a new associate at Burke &
Handley, P.C.…Debra K. Lefler is a new
associate Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd,
LLP…Peter C. Spier, a partner at Gould
& Ratner LLP, was named to the board of
directors of the Association for Corporate
Growth…Judge Leonard Murray and
Lawrence DavisWood presented a senior
enrichment seminar on Landlord-Tenant
Law at Cook County’s new Elder Justice
Center…L. Michael Tarpey and Krista
D. Luzio were recent speakers at a seminar
entitled “Understand and Avoid Dental
Malpractice Litigation”…Kathrin M.
Deutschle and Paul A. Ruscheinski were
named partners at Litchfield Cavo, LLP…
Clifford C. Histed has become a partner at
K & L Gates, LLP…Megan G. Riley and
Kevin C. Klagos have become associates at
Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum&Nagel-
berg LLP…Clifford L. Meacham was
appointed to the Committee on Character
& Fitness…Andrew J. Roth and Brett M.
Mares, associates at Heyl Royster Voelker
&Allen, P.C., are now in the firm’s Chicago
office…Benjeman L. Nichols has become
a partner at the Cavanagh Law Group…
Samuel B. Cavnar is a new partner at
Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton &
Taylor Ltd…Christopher A. Cali is a new
associate at Latimer, LeVay, Fyock, LLC…
Azuka C. Dike and Sean J. Jungels were
elected shareholders at Banner & Witcoff
Ltd…Michael A. Wilder, a shareholder at
Littler Mendelson P.C., has been named a
fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal
Diversity…Robert E. McKenzie, partner
at Arnstein & Lehr LLP, is the new Vice
President of the American College of Tax
Counsel…BrianW. Doherty has become
an associate at Motherway & Napleton,
LLP… Gabriel M. Rodriguez received the
Uhlich Children’s Advanatage Network’s
Volunteer of the Year Award…Tammy
L. Wade has become a shareholder at
Johnson & Bell Ltd…Kevin E. Trabaris
has joined Latimer, LeVay, Fyock LLC as
a partner…Karen K. Harris, Joseph M.
Kuo and Kevin H. Morse were named
partners at Arnstein & Lehr LLP… Erin
K. Schreiber has become an associate at
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman &
Dicker LLP…William F. Mahoney and
Jeffrey Singer were named Executive
Committee members of Segal, McCam-
bridge, Singer &Mahoney Ltd…Michael
R. Dockterman has become a partner
at Steptoe & Johnson, LLP…Jason B.
Elster has become a shareholder at Green-
berg Traurig, LLP…Matthew A. Passen,
Passen Law Group, is Chair-Elect of the
CBA’s Young Lawyers Section.
Condolences
Condolences to the family and friends of
Retired Illinois Appellate Court Justice
Calvin C. Campbell, Retired Cook
County Circuit Court Judge Henry A.
Budzinski, Michael Thomas Norris,
Retired Cook County Associate Judge
Ronald E. Magnes, William J. Gibbons,
Robert S. Brody, Thomas F. Monico,
and Michael W. Morrison.
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