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recipient of CARPLS’ Gold Gavel Award...
Jeanne M. Kerkstra has published a new
book “Dead Celebrities Lessons in Estate
Planning”...U.S. District Court Judge
Sharon Johnson Coleman received the
Women’s Bar Association’s prestigious
Mary Heftel Hooton Award and Judge
Lynn M. Egan received the group’s
Women with Vision Award...Manuel
Flores, partner at Arnstein&Lehr, recently
spoke at the Chicago Chapter of the Asso-
ciation of Certified Anti-Money Launder-
ing Specialists...Brandon E. Peck has
become a partner at Peck Ritchey LLC...
Daniel B. Lange is a new shareholder at
Vedder Price...Bruce R. Pfaff , Michael
T. Gill and Matthew D. Ports planned a
mock trial for the American Board of Trial
Advocates at IIT Kent College of Law...
Steven S. Scholes, McDermott Will &
Emery, was appointed operations partner
for the firm’s litigation practice group...
Sevan A. Avakian is a new associate at
Gould &Ratner LLP...LaShonda A. Hunt
was recently installed as a U.S. Bankruptcy
Judge…Patrick N. Wartan was added to
Taft Stettinius &Hollister LLP to lead the
firm’s food and beverage practice.
David A. Newby was named a partner
at Momkus McCluskey Roberts LLC...
Lazar P. Raynal was added as a partner
at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
LLP...Marci A. Eisenstein, Schiff Hardin
LLP, was elected to a third term as man-
aging partner...Gabriel M. Rodriguez,
Stephen J. Dragich and Kenneth M.
Roberts serve on Schiff Hardin’s Executive
Committee...Martin Healy, Jr., served
as the Grand Marshall of this year’s St.
Patrick’s Day Parade...David P. Lindner
and E . Brandon Nykiel, Brinks Gilson &
Lione, recently spoke at ACI’s Advanced
Summit on Medical Device Patents...
Michael S. Nelson is a new associate at
Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa...
Matthew C. Jardine was elected a new
shareholder at Segal McCambridge Singer
& Mahoney Ltd.
James L. Komie and Michael D. Lee,
Howard and Howard PLLC, were featured
speakers at the CBA’s Commercial Litiga-
tion Committee...Keith A. Hebeisen ,
partner at Clifford Law Offices, recently
spoke at ITLA’s Ethics and Professionalism
seminar...Joseph E. Tilson and Jeremy
J. Glenn, Cozen O’Connor, spoke at the
firm’s Fort Lauderdale, Florida seminar...
Michael H. Erde recently spoke about
estate planning at Liberty Bank… Ken-
nethM. Crane is a new partner and senior
counsel at Freeborn & Peters LLP...Laura
BethMiller, Brinks Gilson & Lione share-
holder, was a recent speaker at Women In
Bio-Chicago’s Women’s History Month
program...Michael Mannion will join
former state senator Kirk W. Dilliard at
Locke Lord, LLP as a senior counsel in
the Chicago office...Daniel A. Cotter,
partner at Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd,
spoke at the Society of Insurance Financial
Management Conference on data sharing
and regulatory issues...EhrenM. Fournier
is an associate at Schoenberg, Finkel,
Newman Rosenberg LLC...Gregory R.
Meeder, Holland & Knight LLP, was a
featured speaker at the Chicago Building
Congress’s Conference “Forecasting Your
Future”...Justin T. Evans is an associate at
Anderson, Rasor & Partners LLP...David
A . Johnson, Jr. is an associate at Aronberg
Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa... Steven
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