Chicago Area

Chicago Law Partners, LLC has announced that Danielle N. Twait has joined the firm as an attorney in its trade and association law practice.

She has broad counseling and litigation experience, having handled matters involving defamation, invasion of privacy, commercial contracts, class actions, intellectual property, and consumer fraud. In the course of her practice, she also has represented clients in connection with employment matters, restrictive covenants, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, and a variety of trademark, copyright, and contract issues.

Schaumburg-based Lavelle Law has announced that attorney Lance Ziebell has been elevated to shareholder status at the firm. Lance joined the firm’s Litigation and Employment Law practice groups in 2008.

Over the last eleven years, Ziebell has been a major contributor to the success of the litigation and employment law practice groups.

Applications are now being accepted for judicial vacancies in the Thirteenth Subcircuit, Seventh Subcircuit, and First Subcircuit of Cook County, according to an announcement made by the Illinois Supreme Court.

The vacancy of the Thirteenth Subcircuit judicial position was created by the resignation of Circuit Judge Margarita Kulys Hoffman. Judge Kulys Hoffman had served as a judge since 2006. Her resignation took effect Dec. 31, 2017. 

The vacancy of the Seventh Subcircuit judicial position was created by the retirement of Circuit Judge Marianne Jackson. Judge Jackson had served as a judge since 1997. Her resignation took effect Dec. 31, 2018. 

The vacancy of the First Subcircuit judicial position was created by the death of Rhonda Crawford on April 26, 2018.

Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, partner Michael W. Drumke has been nominated to the American Bar Association (ABA) Board of Governors (SOC) for a three-year term that will commence following the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting in August.

Drumke’s practice focuses on trials involving complex business litigation matters, including toxic tort, product liability, pharmaceutical, class action, and commercial litigation. He serves as national trial counsel in mass tort litigation across the country and has served as national coordinating counsel for manufacturers in asbestos-related litigation and lead counsel for several premises owners named in toxic tort litigation in the Midwest.