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Local attorney and community leader Douglas Dee Mustain passed away at the age of 75 on September 15,2021. He leaves behind a wife of 54 years, six children and six grandchildren.
Royal Oak, Mich.-based Howard & Howard is proud to announce that partner Tim Gronewold has been elected to a two-year term as Chair of the Board of the American Red Cross, serving the Central Illinois Region, following his nomination by the Board Development & Engagement Committee. His term will begin in June of 2022.
Few attorneys are as knowledgeable or passionate about tax law as is Evan Schanerberger. After 9 years working in local government starting with the City of Chicago, then moving on to Cook County and to the State of Illinois. Today, Schanerberger is an international tax law specialist with the Internal Revenue Service, where he administers tax treaties on international tax reporting.
Royal Oak, Mich.-based Howard & Howard is pleased to welcome Ryan W. Gardner to the firm. He joins a thriving Trust and Estate Planning Group and will continue his practice out of the firm’s Chicago office.
Croke Fairchild Morgan & Beres is pleased to announce that accomplished employment attorney and commercial litigator Tracey Wolfe has joined the firm as partner. Tracey brings more than 20 years of experience across a broad range of commercial and employment matters, adding depth of knowledge and litigation experience to two key areas of practice within the growing firm.
Redgrave LLP, the premier law firm focusing exclusively on eDiscovery and information law, is proud to announce that Martin T. Tully has joined the Firm as a Partner in Chicago. Tully comes to Redgrave with over three decades of high-stakes litigation experience in addition to extraordinary depth in information law issues and most recently was a Founding Partner at Actuate Law LLC.
Long-time ISBA member James M. Allen was born November 17, 1956 and grew up in Hoffman Estates. He passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, July 27, 2021. James was the beloved husband of Rosa C. Allen (nee Arrospide); loving father of Jessica R. Allen, James C. Allen and Jeffrey F. Allen; dear son of the late Marvin and Shirley (nee Weinstein) Allen.
The Will County Bar Association in collaboration with the Black Bar Association of Will County, Latino Bar Association of Will County, Will County Women’s Bar Association and Spesia & Taylor Attorneys at Law has awarded its Will County Legal Opportunity Scholarship. The Scholarship awards a $5,000 per year up to three years for Law School tuition ($15,000 over three years), a $1,000 payment for Bar preparatory course, and up to $10,000 per year for three years after law school in loan reimbursement to the recipient.