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Schwartz Gilligan Ltd. has announced the addition of two new associates.
James P. Minogue and Anna L. Green both will work in civil litigation in the firm’s Chicago office.
Barnes & Thornburg has added Tejas Shah as a partner in the firm’s labor and employment department in the Chicago office. Shah is the seventh attorney to join the Chicago office this year, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Winters Salzetta O’Brien & Richardson LLC has announced that Bart J. Galvin, III is its newest partner.
As a partner, Galvin will work to further the firm’s goal of providing personalized representation for clients in personal injury cases.
Woodruff Johnson & Evans has announced that attorney Russ Haugen was named a partner in the firm.
He started at Woodruff Johnson & Evans in 2000 as a clerk while still in high school. In 2006, he was promoted to paralegal. Those experiences as a paralegal lead to a desire to pursue a law degree. He graduated from Cooley Law School at Western Michigan University in 2009 with a concentration in litigation and he became a member of the Illinois State Bar later that year.
The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) has announced that Elizabeth R. Boe is its new managing attorney.
She will be responsible for helping to expand and enhance pro bono legal assistance across the state by overseeing the activity of PILI’s Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committees and PILI’s participation in the Illinois Armed Forces Legal Aid Network (IL-AFLAN).
Attorney James Bock, Jr., of Glen Carbon, is the new director of the Office for Legal Services and Policy Development for the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.
Most recently, Bock was a litigation associate with Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale, P.C. in their Belleville office from 2015 to 2019, where he practiced in Madison and St. Clair counties. Prior to that firm, Bock was an assistant public defender with the Madison County Public Defender’s Office from 2013 to 2015.
The law firm of Laraia & Laraia, P.C. recently welcomed its newest member, attorney Kiley M. Whitty, who joined as principal and partner with James J. Laraia, forming the new partnership of Laraia & Whitty, P.C.
Joseph M. Laraia will be of counsel, a role in which he will contribute his vast knowledge and experience. The new legal team of Laraia & Whitty, P.C. looks forward to continuing to provide existing and new clients with excellent service.
Faegre Baker Daniels continues to bolster its product liability practice with the addition of five lateral hires across four offices.
FaegreBD’s product liability practice has now grown to over 125 professionals in nine offices. Through high-stakes trials and multidistrict litigation across the country, the practice has grown steadily over the last six years serving as national trial counsel for companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, consumer products, vehicular, and aquatics industries. The following lateral lawyer was added to its roster in the Chicago office:
Michael Best has announced that partner Marshall Schmitt has been elected as the 116th President of the Rotary Club of Chicago, also known as Rotary/One. An installation ceremony will take place on July 2 at the Union League Club.
Schmitt and Mark Maloney, President of Rotary International, the international body that oversees the over 34,000 Rotarians worldwide, will also host an open house on July 1 at the home of Rotary/One’s founder, Paul Harris, which the club is helping to restore.
Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elevated several attorneys to equity partner, effective June 25.
The firm’s new equity partners include Shelly A. DeRousse and Steven D. Pearson. The attorneys previously were partners.