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Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
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JSSI welcomes Carly Anderson as Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, and Chief Strategy Officer. Anderson will oversee all legal and compliance matters, partnering with the leadership team to shape JSSI’s business strategy and direction. Prior to joining JSSI, Carly held several senior roles at The Boeing Company. Before her time at Boeing, Anderson held a variety of positions in the United States federal government. She also served as Deputy Associate Counsel in the White House. |
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Wintrust Financial Corp., a financial services holding company based in Rosemont, Illinois, with more than 200 locations in the greater Chicago, southern Wisconsin, west Michigan, northwest Indiana, and southwest Florida market areas, is pleased to announce two promotions. Jennifer O’Neill was promoted to SVP, Team Leader, Government, Non-Profit, & Healthcare. Jennifer joined Wintrust in 2022. Joe Szatmary was promoted to SVP, International Sales and FX Manager, International Treasury Management. Joe joined Wintrust in 2018. |
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Chicago-based Advocus National Title Insurance Company recently announced Lynne Crotty as Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer and Kelli A. Fogarty as Senior Vice President – Counsel to the President. Lynne Crotty, a 25-year veteran of the title insurance industry, brings specialized expertise in operational growth and industry efficiency. Kelli Fogarty, an experienced real estate attorney and title agent, is a longtime advocate for consumers’ access to legal counsel in real estate transactions. Advocus (formerly ATG) is celebrating 60 years as a title insurance underwriter whose mission is to protect the role of attorneys in real estate transactions for the benefit of the client. |
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Katherine M. Oswald has joined Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella as a Partner in the firm's Wealth & Succession Planning, Trust & Estate Litigation, and Tax Advisory groups. Katherine focuses her practice on estate planning, trust and estate administration and litigation, and tax matters. She brings considerable experience with business succession planning, charitable planning, asset protection, planning for digital assets, organizational planning, trust and will contests, and guardianship. |
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Burke Warren welcomes Joseph Frank and Jeremy Kleinman to their Restructuring, Insolvency, and Bankruptcy practice. Joe serves as bankruptcy counsel to some of the largest public and private corporations in the country. He represents creditors’ committees and asbestos claimants’ committees, and he has confirmed Chapter 11 plans on behalf of committees in bankruptcy courts throughout the U.S. Jeremy’s practice is focused on the representation of secured/unsecured creditors, commercial landlords, creditors’ committees, trustees, and other clients in all stages of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Jeremy also has extensive experience litigating preference and fraudulent conveyance avoidance actions, claim disputes, and other bankruptcy-related issues. |
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Alex Grabowski has been elected a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP in Chicago, effective January 1. A member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice and Litigation & Trial Department, he represents clients in complex patent litigation, helping to both enforce and defend against pharmaceutical and other life sciences patents covering drug products, medical devices, and chemical technologies. |
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Nick Helmer has joined Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC as a Partner. Nick’s expertise in real estate encompasses structuring and negotiating acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, capital raises, real estate finance, and institutional SFR and BTR properties. Prior to joining MPS, Nick practiced at an AmLaw Top 5 international law firm, served as General Counsel for a large private real estate company, and worked as Chief Real Estate Counsel for a publicly traded FinTech single family rental owner. |
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von Briesen welcomes Linnea A. Agner as an Associate in the Chicago office. Linnea is a member of the Trusts and Estates Section and focuses her practice on estate and succession planning with an emphasis on tax minimization. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association. She received a J.D. from UIC John Marshall Law School and a B.S. from Elmhurst University. |
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von Briesen is pleased to welcome Shareholder, Thomas J. Burns, to its Chicago office. Tom joins von Briesen's Litigation and Risk Management Group with more than 25 years of litigation and trial experience and focuses his practice on product liability, mass tort, environmental and toxic tort. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute. He received a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago and a B.A. from John Carroll University. |
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von Briesen is pleased to welcome Abosede Odunsi to its Chicago office. As a Shareholder in the Trusts and Estates Section, Abosede focuses her practice on estate planning, tax planning, probate administration and guardianship matters. She holds an LL.M. in Taxation (Wealth Transfer and Legacy Planning Certificate) from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, received a Financial Planning Certificate Program from DePaul University and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin. |
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Robert W. Karr Jr. has rejoined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in the Corporate Department in Chicago. Bob has over 30 years of experience advising Japanese companies on domestic and international transactions, including mergers, joint ventures, and risk management. He has expertise across the manufacturing, automotive, construction, and banking industries. |
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Scott Fishman is a Managing Associate in the firm's Corporate & Securities Practice Group. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, tax credit financing, and the formation and structuring of corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships. He also handles dissolutions, conversions, UCC, and SEC filings, and advises sponsors and lenders on real estate debt financing transactions. |
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As executive director of the Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund, Rebeccah Sanders will ensure that the transition to renewable energy in Illinois is inclusive and community driven through collaboration, partnership, and elevating the voices that most need to be heard. She works to uplift community voice, foster green job opportunities, and support clean energy and efficiency projects led by those on the front lines of climate change. |
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