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1990 - 1999

1999:

Roberto Anguizola
was elected to partner in Chicago firm Schwartz Cooper. (8.1.06)

William M. Barnes
was elected as a litigation partner for Wildman Harrold. (1.9.07)

Richard Bernstein
was honored by the Jewish Community Relations Council with its 2007 Activist of the Year Award. (5.30.07)

Richard Bernstein
was elected vice chair of the Wayne State University Board of Governors. (2.27.08)

Richard Bernstein
was elected chair of the Wayne State University board of governors. (2.18.09)

Monika Blacha
was named partner at Winston & Strawn. (10.09.08)

David Bluestone
was named a Rising Star by Law and Politics magazine. (1.24.08)

J. Erik Connolly
was named partner at Winston & Strawn. (10.09.08)

Michael Friedman
was named partner at Winston & Strawn. (10.09.08)

Gayle Gorvett
joined Brink’s as Corporate Counsel International in the EMEA headquarters in Paris with responsibility for the legal affairs for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific relating to the transport and storage of valuable goods. She works closely with their operations as well as outside counsel on contracts, joint ventures and other legal issues in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.

Joshua P. Hanna
was promoted to partner in Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw’s Chicago office where he is in the real estate group. (12.13.06)

Kristin Hickman
received tenure at the University of Minnesota Law School. She also welcomes new son, Jack. (10.09.08)

Dana Hill
was promoted to firmwide director of pro bono and philanthropy at Chicago law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP. (3.17.08)

R. Nicolas Mallo Huergo
is to be named a director of Ragusa Capital once it completes acquisition of a number of assets in Argentina and changes its name to Andes Energia plc. (9.14.07)

Martin Kasten
joined Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard as an associate. (10.09.08)

Jeffrey Knox
was named the "Federal Player of the Week" by the Washington Post (10-14-09).

Christopher Lokken
was elected to partnership in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin LLP. (9.13.07)

J.C. Lore
recently accepted the position of Co-Director of the newly formed Children’s Justice Clinic at Rutgers University School of Law-Camden where he is also a visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law. Also, he and wife Melissa Lore (JD ’00) welcomed their first child, Olivia Noelle on December 1, 2006. (1.25.07)

Aaron Mendelsohn
has moved to New York City with his wife, Miriam Gassel. Aaron is working at Troutman Sanders LLP and Miriam is attending Columbia Business School. (1.23.08)

Thomas Noonan
was elected as a shareholder of law firm Butzel Long. (2.08.08)

Viviana Romo Rohde
and Konrad Rohde (LLM ’99) welcomed their daughter Alejandra to their family on January 31, 2006. (5.9.07)

Christian Salaman
was named a partner in the San Diego office of law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. (12.17.08)

Victor Sapphire
joined the Los Angeles office intellectual property practice of law firm Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz. (3.17.08)

Victor K. Sapphire
accepted a position with law firm Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP as a senior associate. (10.23.07)

Kenyanna M. Scott
has joined Jenner & Block’s Chicago office as a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department. After serving in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago for the past four years, Ms. Scott brings extensive experience as a federal criminal prosecutor and trial attorney. Prior to her career as a federal prosecutor, she was a civil trial attorney at Chapman and Cutler in Chicago where she represented financial institutions in commercial litigation. Ms. Scott is currently Vice President of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago Inc. and an Executive Board Member of the Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women. (12.5.06)

Michelle Speller-Thurman
has been elected a partner with Chicago firm Jenner & Block. (1.9.07)

Michelle Speller-Thurman
was named partner at Winston & Strawn. (10.09.08)

William A. Starshak
was promoted from associate to principal of Goldberg Kohn’s Chicago office. (1.24.07)

Thomas R. Stiebel
was appointed to the role of arbitrator of the International Arbitration Court of the Wuhan Arbitration Committee (WIAC) in Wuhan, China. (4.3.07)
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Thomas Stiebel
a partner at McCracken & Frank, was appointed to the panel of arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC). (5.07.08)

Thomas Stiebel
Thomas Stiebel has joined Quarles & Brady LLP as a Partner in the Intellectual Property practice in the Chicago office. Mr. Stiebel has extensive experience counseling clients on all aspects of intellectual property acquisition, protection and enforcement. He regularly advises clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and mechanical arts sectors on various intellectual property matters. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Stiebel was an equity partner at McCracken & Frank LLP. He received a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1999.(2.03.09)

Andrew M. Stroth
joined law firm Handler, Thayer & Duggan, LLC. (5.05.08)

Jonathan Swain
recently received his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. (1.4.07)

Christopher Verstrate
has been elected partner in the Chicago office of McGuireWoods LLP. (1.24.08)

Terufumi Yorita
joined Lenovo Japan as General Counsel. (3.17.08)

1998:

Terri Brieske
joined the firm Fischel & Kahn, LTD. (2.04.09)

Alycia Broz
was named a partner in the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. (1.12.09)

Faith E. Bugel
left firm Sidley & Austin to accept a two-thirds drop in salary to join the Environmental Law & Policy Center as a staff attorney. (5.9.07)

V. Marc Cali, III
was hired as vice president for private placements and private investments in public equity for Baltimore investment banking firm Signal Hill Capital Group. (7.24.07)

Neal Creighton
has been named a regional finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Award. (5.29.07)

Robert M. Davis
was included in Crain’s Chicago Business’ annual “40 Under 40” listing. (10.26.06)

Zack Dong
has joined Baker & Daniels as a partner in its Indianapolis office where he practices in the international group and focuses on China-related transactions. (8.9.06)

Erick Haynie
was named a partner in the litigation group of Portland, Oregon law firm Perkins Coie. (2.16.09)

Scott Kapp
and wife, Sunshine Kapp, welcomed a baby boy, Gibson Leo Kapp, on May 14, 2009 in Chicago.

Tadas Kisielius
was profiled by Law & Politics Book Review as an attorney who has had an unconventional career path. Mr. Kisielius, a classically trained violinst, toured with the band Three More Shallows for five years before entering the law field. (12.18.08)

Marlen Kruhkov
joined the law firm Butzel Long as a shareholder, co-leading the firm's Russian and Former soviet Union Practice Initiative.

Zhu (Julie) Lee
a partner at Milwaukee law firm Foley & Lardner recently accompanied senior executives of the Milwaukee Bucks to Hong Kong to complete negotiations with basketball player Yi Jianlian. (9.14.07)

Betty Louie
was appointed counsel in the corporate practice of DLA Piper in Rome. (3.05.09)

Alaya Meyers
has joined Littler Mendelson as of counsel to help start their new Orange County, California office. (10.26.06)

Michael Y. Scudder
was appointed to be associate counsel to President George W. Bush. (2.12.07)

Michael Scudder
was named senior associate counsel to the president in the Bush administration. (10.24.07)

Michael Scudder
was named a partner in the Chicago office of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. (2.16.09)

Roxanne Spiegel
In 2006, Roxanne Spiegel left private practice and joined the non-profit sector as in-house counsel for Program for Appropriate Technology in Healthy (PATH), an international nonprofit organization committed to improving the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors. Roxanne and Dugan welcomed a baby girl, Sofia, in September 2007. (1.14.09)

Francisco Videgaray
joined Ortega y Videgaray, S.C., in May, 2006 as a partner. It is a small Mexican law firm based in Mexico City, mainly specialized in corporate law in general, and health regulation. (7.31.08)

Madeleine Young
and husband Dr. Steven Minaglia welcomed a baby boy, Luke Matteo Young Minaglia, on January 21, 2007, in Los Angeles. Luke joins big sister Isabel, 5 and a half, and twin sisters Vivienne now three years old. After almost eight years in Southern California, Madeleine and her family relocated to Hawaii, in October 2007. Madeleine's husband Steve, a urogynecologist, will join the University of Hawaii as an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. (5.07.08)

1997:

Russlynn Ali
was selected as President Obama’s nominee for the position of assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education. (2.16.09)

Lee E. Allison
was hired by New York Law firm Ropes & Gray as a partner. (9.14.07)

Courtney Armstrong
has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Business Affairs, Warner Bros. Pictures. In his new post, he will continue to be responsible for negotiating agreements with filmmakers and talent, as well as for the acquisition of source material in connection with Warner Bros. Pictures' film projects. He recently worked on Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ocean's Thirteen, Fred Claus and the Academy Award winning The Departed, as well as the upcoming, Fool's Gold and the sequel to Batman Begins. The link to the official announcement is below. http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1664745,00.html (1.24.08)

Peter T. Berk
was elected to membership at the firm McDonald Hopkins LLC. (10.08.08)

Ari Brumer
joined Los Angeles law firm Greenberg Glusker as a partner in the Real Estate Group. (2.28.08)

Elizabeth A. Butler
was promoted to special counsel in the New York litigation department of law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. (11.9.06)

James Clessuras
was elected a partner at Palo Alto law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. (12.05.07)

Gregg Cosimi
was named co-chair of the Leasing Committee of the Real Estate Section of the Boston Bar Association. (12.17.08)

Khoa Do
was hired as a partner in the Corporate and Securities practice group of DLA Piper LLP’s Palo Alto office. (9.13.07)

Mark Dubnoff
and wife Valerie celebrate the birth of their son, Micah Simon Dubnoff. (10.24.07)

Mitchell S. Feinberg
was elevated from Partner to Shareholder at Chuhak & Tecson (9-28-09).

Peter C. Gyr
was hired by New York-based international law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP as special counsel in the Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions department. (10.6.06)

Kyungwon Lee
was elected to partnership in the Hong Kong office of international law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP, specializing in capital markets. (1.23.08)

Sheila Mikhail
the founder of Life Sciences Law, a law firm that specializes in representing biotech startups, was profiled as "one of the most connected people" in the Chapel Hill biotech startup community. (5.05.08)

Sheila Mikhail
started the company Molecular Orthopaedics, which hopes to develop a gene-based treatement for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. (1.09.09)

Heather Piper
recently relocated to San Francisco with her husband, Michael. (12.12.06)

Patrick G. Ryan, Jr.
CEO of INCISENT Technologies, was featured in a news release about the company’s introducation of INSIGHT business intelligence software. (10.27.06)

Raymond Sinnappan
was named partner in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice, and Private Equity/Investment Management Practice groups of Jenner & Block.

Caroline Soodek
has been named one of Chicago's outstanding young professionals by Crain's Chicago Business (11-6-09).

Daniel F. Wilhelm
was named Chief Program Officer of Vera Institute of Justice. In his new position, he will supervise all of Vera’s centers and programs. (4.3.07) http://www.vera.org/
Related Links: Vera Institute of Justice

Mary Beth Wilkinson
was promoted to partner at the Chicago law office of Lovells. (5.9.07)

1996:

Joel Dalinka
has joined the Chicago office of McDonald Hopkins LLC as a member and will head its Banking and Finance practice. (5.29.07)

William Essig
was elected partner in the products liability practice group of Chicago firm Drinker Biddle & Reath. (4.3.07)

Carrie Elizabeth Hamilton
married Eric Harel Sussman on October 25th in Berkeley, California. (12.18.08)

Max Heerman
an attorney in the business litigation section of Minnesota law firm Briggs and Morgan, named a shareholder in the firm. (9.14.07)

David Hernandez
joined the Washington, D.C. office of Vedder Price as a partner. (11.14.06)

Catherine Isely
was ranked among the top reinsurance lawyers in Illinois. (8.01.08)

David Lee
was hired as a partner in the corporate and securities practice of Chicago law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP. (2.12.07)

Jessica Natkin
and husband Blair welcome their second son, August Asher Biddle on October 23, 2006 on his big brother Roger’s 5th birthday. (9.14.07)

Kristin Graham Noel
was selected as one of Wisconsin's Super Lawyers in 2009 by Law & Politics magazine (11-20-09).

Saundra Rice
was named a principal at law firm Griffin McCarthy & Rice. (2.15.09)

Heather L. Rosing
was featured in "Super Lawyers" as one of its Top 25 Woman Lawyers for 2009 (10.7.09).

Heather L. Rosing
was elected president of the San Diego County Bar Association. She will be president elect in 2007 and president in 2008. (11.15.06)

Titus Weinheimer
was hired by New York law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. (1.24.08)

Shinwon Yoon
relocated to Korea in February of 2006 and taught at the Princeton Review. She got married in December of 2006 and recently had a baby boy. (2.24.09)

Steven McMahon Zeller
named of counsel with Dykema’s intellectual-property litigation practice group. (12.18.08)

1995:

Steven Berryman
a partner at Quarles & Brady LLP, has been named chair of the Firm's Commercial Litigation practice for the Milwaukee office. (12.17.08)

Stephanie Burch
has become Assistant General Counsel for Millennium Challenge Corporation, a United States government foreign aid agency. (1.4.07)

Michael Condron
Michael Condron was appointed executive vice chairman of Careguide. (7.25.08)

Mikhail Dikopolski
was appointed a partner in the Moscow office of international law firm Salans. (2.12.07)

Carnot Evans
was promoted to Vice President and Senior Counsel of Marriott International, Inc., located in Bethesda, Maryland. (1.9.07)

Alison Fox
was promoted to partner at South Bend, Indiana law firm Baker & Daniels. (1.24.07)

Ronald Francis, Jr.
announced his candidacy for the U.S. Congress, representing Pennsylvania’s 4th District. (7.24.07)

T. Markus Funk
received the Attorney General’s Award in Washington, D.C., for the prosecution of the Chicago mob in the “Family Secrets” case. (12.18.08)

Carl Gedo
joined Adorno & Yoss as a partner. (10.09.08)

Halley Gilbert
was appointed vice president and general counsel of Microbia Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based entrepreneurial pharmaceutical company working on treatments for irritable bowel syndrome. (5.07.08)

Jason Joseph
was named vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Unica Corporation, an enterprise marketing management company in Waltham, Massachusetts. (7.24.07)

Mitchell Kaye
CEO of Xmark Asset Management, was elected a director of Genaera Corporation. (10.23.07)

Jeffrey Lowry
was selected for inclusion in the New Mexico Business Weekly's 40 Under 40 (Class of 2007-2008) and Southwest Super Lawyers 2007. (12.05.07)

Susanne MacIntosh
joined the Los Angeles real estate, resort and hotel practice of law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP as an associate. (10.24.07)

Mark Moyer
a partner at Harrisburg law firm Thomas, Thomas and Hafer, has announced his candidacy for the Derry, Pennsylvania township board of supervisors. (2.18.09)

Mark Moyer
a partner at Harrisburg law firm Thomas, Thomas and Hafer, has announced his candidacy for the Derry, Pennsylvania township board of supervisors. (2.18.09)

Stuart Plunkett
was named to the board of directors of the Bar association of San Francisco. (9.13.07)

Lisa Reategui
was included in Crain’s Chicago Business’ annual “40 Under 40” listing. (10.26.06)
Related Links: "40 Under 40"

Geoffrey Richards
was named a partner in corporate finance at William Blair & Co. (1.21.09)

Matthew Salzman
a partner at Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP was selected as one of Missouri’s “rising stars” and was recognized in a recent issue of Missouri Lawyers Weekly. The 10th annual “Up and Coming Lawyers” issue honored 35 Missouri attorneys. There were a record number of nominations this year, which a selection committee read through in search of those attorneys who “do something extra to distinguish them as rising bar members.” Each honoree shows exemplary dedication to the practice of law and a commitment to making their communities better places to live. Founded in 1972, Lawyers Weekly, Inc. publishes state-specific weekly publications in Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia and a bi-weekly national newspaper, Lawyers USA. The state newspapers cover legal news, appellate decisions, verdict and settlement reports, passes and pending legislation, and more. Lawyers USA offers up-to-the-minute coverage of court decisions, legislation, litigation trends and practice management information.

Kevin Slaughter
Kevin Slaughter has joined Quarles & Brady LLP as a Partner in the Corporate Services Group in the Chicago office. Mr. Slaughter possesses extensive experience in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, privacy, data security and e-commerce technology transactions. He represents issuers, underwriters and investors in a variety of public and private offerings of common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities and debt securities and has significant experience in initial public offerings. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Slaughter was of counsel with law firm Dykema. He received his law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 1995.(1.26.09)

Andrei Yakovlev
joined Baker Botts in London as a member of its corporate department. (7.24.07)

1994:

Andrew Block
presented the Robert E. Shepherd Jr. Award for Child Advocacy, which was created by the Virginia Bar Association (6-10-09).

Michael Brodsky
was named president and chief executive office of Youbet.com, Inc. (5.07.08)

Erica L. Calderas
was elected to the Board of Directors of Hahn Loeser + Parks. (1.24.07)

David Fisher
was promoted to president of OptionsExpress Holdings Inc. (4.3.07)

Jeffrey Hamera
was promoted to partner at law firm Duane Morris LLP. (1.24.08)

Ellen Papadakis
joined the firm Nixon Peabody LLP. (1.23.09)

Ivan Presant
joined law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf as a partner. (7.31.08)

Steven Schulman
was hired by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as the firm’s first full-time pro bono partner; he will lead the law office’s pro bono practice. (9.5.06)

Andrew Stover
an attorney with intellectual property law firm Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, was named to its board of directors for 2008. (1.24.08)

1993:

Alan H. Abes
was named as an Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star by Law & Politics Media. (7.24.07)

Gary August
a named shareholder in the Michigan based firm Zausmer, Kaufman, August & Caldwell, P.C., was named a Michigan Super Lawyer in the field of Construction Litigation in September 2006. (10.6.06)

Gary August
a named shareholder at Zausmer, Kaufman, August, Caldwell & Tayler, P.C. was appointed by Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to the Michigan Residential Builders and Maintenance Alteration Contractors Board. Mr. August was also recognized as a Michigan Super Lawyer for the second consecutive year. (12.04.07)

Jared & Wendy Bartie
welcomed the birth of their daughter, Madison Gabrielle Bartie, on November 15, 2007. (12.05.07)

Jared Bartie
was named executive vice president and general counsel for World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (10.09.08)

Jared Bartie
joined the Charlotte Bobcats Sports & Entertainment as Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel. (5.9.07)

Jim Baskin
earned his Ph.D. in English on the topic of Legal Rhetoric from the University of Illinois at Chicago. (7.31.08)

Michael Ben-Isvy
Michael L. Ben-Isvy has joined the Chicago office of Quarles & Brady LLP as a partner in the Real Estate practice. Mr. Ben-Isvy brings a wealth of experience in commercial real estate, both locally and on a national and international level. He has extensive experience representing corporate, commercial and not-for-profit clients in the acquisition, disposition, development, financing and leasing of commercial, industrial and residential real property, including office buildings, shopping centers, industrial properties, golf courses, hotels, mixed-use properties and multi-family developments. He recieved a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1993. (3.11.09)

William Campos
has been appointed as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York. (7.24.07)

Ted Chung
was hired as a partner in the litigation practice of Perkins Coie in Chicago. (4.3.07)

Ted Chung
was named chief legal counsel to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. (2.16.09)

David Ellis
attorney and part-time novelist, has been selected as prosecutor in the impeachment trial of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. (1.19.09)

David W. Ellis
recently became the Chief Legal Counsel for Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Michael J. Madigan. (1.9.07)

David Ellis
David Ellis' fifth novel, EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, made the bestseller charts in Germany. He is also finishing up his sixth novel tentatively titled THE HIDDEN MAN. (8.01.08)

Thomas Gilson
has been named to the board of directors for the Phoenix Symphony. (1.23.08)

Kenneth Korea
joined Dechert's Mountain View, California office as a partner in the intellectual property practice group. (12.05.07)

Laura Lane
is Executive Director of Woodlawn Preservation & Investment Corporation (WPIC). WPIC is one of the partners in the New Communities Program in Woodlawn where they are building 204 new homes, townhomes and condos in preparation for the Olympics. (7.25.07)

Tamara Meyer
was promoted to Vice President, Global Public Affairs & Litigation for Kellogg Company in Battle Creek, Michigan. (8.01.08)

J.B. Pritzer
was nominated to the board or directors of Youbet.com Inc. (5.9.07)

JB Pritzker
received the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center's 2008 Momentum Award (3.11.08)

Craig Stoehr
chairman of the Milwaukee Mile racetrack, appointed to the board of directors of the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation. (8.9.06)

Douglas J. Tucker
has been promoted to partner at Quarles & Brady’s Milwaukee office. (10.6.06)

Robert Vanecko
vice president of real estate banking at Everen Securities, was profiled in the Chicago Sun-Times. (10.23.07)

Anthony White
was recognized as a 2006 Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star. (6.27.06) Mr. White was also appointed to serve on The Ohio State University Hospital Board as a citizen member. (8.9.06)

1992:

Thomas Bluth
was promoted to vice president with responsibility for Asia Pacific operations at Caterpillar Inc. (10.24.07)

David C. Carroll
was promoted from acting president to president and chief executive officer of the Gas Technology Institute in Des Plaines. (10.6.06)

Eric Dreiband
a partner in the Washington, D.C. law office of Akin Gump Staruss Hauer & Field, testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in a hearing on the employment section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. (10.23.07)

Eric Dreiband
Eric Dreiband was named to the Washington, D.C. office of Jones Day's labor and employment practice. (7.25.08)

Matthew Ferguson
was named to the board of directors of ExactTarget. (7.31.08)

Roland M. Franklin, Jr.
has been appointed to the editorial board of South Carolina Lawyer magazine. (7.25.07)

Tyler Goldman
was promoted to the new position of CEO at social networking site Buzznet Inc. He will remain the company’s chairman. (9.13.07)

Marlene Mitchell Gordon
joined law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP as Of Counsel. (2.07.08)

Michael Gray
a partner in law firm Jones Day, recently participated as a panel member before the House Committee on Education and Labor's subcommittee hearing on workplace discrimination.

James Keane
was named chief executive officer of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago. (8.04.08)

Daniel J. La Fave
was selected as one of Wisconsin's Super Lawyers in 2009 by Law & Politics magazine (11-20-09).

Charles Levesque
was named chief operating officer of Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago nonprofit. (7.24.07)

Scott Semenek
joined the commercial and bankruptcy group at Baker & Daniels LLP as counsel (4.10.09).

Melissa Siebert
has returned to Bell, Boyd, Lloyd LLP. (8.01.08)

Melissa Siebert
was named partner in the labor and employment law group of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd. (10.09.08)

Peter Vanhecke
was named head of investment banking and financing at Renaissance Capital Ukraine. (2.08.08)

Mitchell D. Weinstein
elevated from Partner to Shareholder at Chuhak & Tecson (9-28-09).

1991:

Scott Browdy
welcomed baby Lucia on June 23, 2009 (9.16.09)

Scott Browdy
welcomed the birth of daughter, Mary Estelle, on January 15, 2008. Mary joins big brother Wyatt and big sister Claire. (1.30.08)

Scott Browdy
Scott Browdy became a partner with Sugar, Friedberg & Felsenthal LLP. (7.25.08)

Marianne Coulton
joined Morris Law Group P.A. in Boca Raton, Florida to practice estate planning, wealth preservation planning and business planning. (7.30.08)

Kathryn Erickson
joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner. (10.09.08)

Marguerite H. Griffin
was recently promoted to Senior Vice President at The Northern Trust Company, Chicago and was named the National Director of Philanthropic Services. (9.29.06)

Shari C. Hyman
was appointed as the Director of the Office of Special Enforcement by New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg. (1.9.07)
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Glenn Jones
was named senior counsel at Washington, D.C. law firm Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. (9.13.07)

Adam Meek
joined DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP as a partner in its real estate practice group. (9.5.06)

Heidi Rauh
was hired as general counsel at AlphaMetrix LLC. (1.23.08)

Kathy Roe
was hired as principal at Health Law Consultancy in Chicago (10-2-09).

Kenneth Rollin
joined Domino's Pizza as executive vice president and general counsel, and a member of the company's Leadership Council. (1.24.08)

David Wirt
David Wirt joined Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell as a partner. (7.25.08)

1990:

Patrick Bitterman
was named Chair of Quarles & Brady’s Chicago Office Trusts & Estates Practice. (1.21.09)

LaDale George
was named partner in the health law and life sciences practice groups at Neal Gerber & Eisenberg. (2.17.09)

Randall L. Klein
was elected as a Fellow of The American College of Bankruptcy 3-30-09.

Stephen Koslow
joined CUNA Mutual Group in Madison, Wisconsin in the new position of senior vice president, chief ethics and compliance officer. (3.17.08)

James Lidbury
joined the new Chicago law office of Ropes & Gray as a partner. (3.17.08)

Tammy McCutchen
joined Littler Mendleson as a partner in the employment law practice. (4.4.07)

Scott Olken
opened his own law office in Los Angeles, practicing in business and real estate property transactions, estate planning, and probate and trust administration. (5.9.07)

Mark Segal
was promoted to president and CEO of Habitat Co. (2.16.09)

Bart Servaes
recently rescued a man from a burning car after the car was in an accident. (4.4.07)
Related Links: WTOP News Article

Timothy Weaver
was promoted to partner in the business department of South Bend, Indiana law firm Barnes & Thornburg. (1.24.07)