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Merel Family Law is proud to welcome Jody Meyer Yazici as a Partner. With more than 30 years in Illinois family law, Yazici authors The Illinois Practice of Family Law treatise, regarded as the primary resource for Illinois family law attorneys and judges alike. Yazici has written every one of its 25 editions, first created with the late Muller Davis, with the most recent published in March 2026. Yazici is an alumna of Northwestern University and Cornell Law School. |
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Lisa Silverman, a senior leader in the corporate investigations industry, has joined Quinlan Partners in Chicago. She advises law firms, corporations, hedge funds, private equity firms, and government and regulatory agencies on sensitive matters, including multijurisdictional investigations, corporate activism, asset searches, litigation support, strategic intelligence, and due diligence. At Quinlan, she will co-chair the firm’s shareholder activism practice. |
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Mark Skertic, an intelligence professional with more than two decades of investigative experience, has joined Quinlan Partners in Chicago. Skertic leads complex investigations for clients that include law firms, corporate counsels, investors, family offices, universities, and non-profit organizations. He oversees assignments spanning strategic business intelligence in M&A and corporate dispute contexts, background and fraud investigations, and multijurisdictional asset tracing and recovery. |
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Confluence is pleased to welcome Terry Warriner Ryan, FASLA, PLA, a nationally respected landscape architect known for her horticultural expertise and design excellence. Her portfolio features iconic projects such as the Chicago Riverwalk and the Chicago Botanic Garden. Her broader experience spans campus landscapes, public libraries, transit-related projects, and other complex public-realm environments. As an ASLA Fellow, she joins the firm to provide leadership and deep technical expertise. |
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Aronberg Goldgehn, a full service business law and litigation firm with offices in Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, is pleased to announce that Chris Niro has joined the firm as a Member. Niro advises on decisions that drive enterprise value, including growth strategy, acquisitions, financings, and strategic partnerships. He helps clients protect and leverage intellectual property as a core business asset, aligning brand and innovation strategy with broader commercial objectives. |
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Golan Christie Taglia LLP welcomes Doug Conomy as Chief Operating Officer. He brings a combination of legal, operational, and HR leadership experience and will oversee the firm’s financial performance, operational infrastructure, people systems, and technology platforms. As a graduate of The University of Wisconsin Law School, Doug began his career practicing labor and employment law at an Am Law 100 firm. He most recently served as Chief HR Officer at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck. |
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Mark Gentile has joined J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Chicago as a Vice President and Banker. He brings deep experience advising ultra-high-net-worth families, founders and executives through consequential inflection points—from preparing for a liquidity event to managing concentrated wealth and planning across generations. Mark’s approach helps clients weigh tradeoffs and coordinate thoughtful strategies across investments, lending and long-term planning. He joins the firm from Goldman Sachs. |
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Mitch Evans has joined J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Chicago as a Vice President and Banker. He brings a detail-oriented, analytical perspective to help investment professionals, executives and other sophisticated clients navigate complex balance sheets and make confident, well-informed decisions. Mitch anticipates needs, simplifies complexity and delivers clear, tailored advice with seamless execution. He joins the firm from Mercer. |
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Yoav Sharon has joined J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s Winnetka office as an Executive Director and Banker. He brings more than two decades of financial markets experience across multiple asset classes and strategies. Yoav helps successful individuals and families navigate the complexities of their wealth by pairing the firm’s global capabilities with a highly local, relationship-driven experience. He joins the firm from Driehaus Capital Management. |
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HKS announced Camila Simas as a Principal and Studio Design Leader. Inspired by the coexistence of city and nature, Camila brings a systems-based approach to urban design, working across form, ecology and culture to deliver visionary yet buildable projects. She helps transform projects into regenerative, mixed-use urban neighborhoods that evolve, combining urban design, placemaking and phased strategies to create vibrant, walkable districts that are economically and socially active year-round. |
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Fortune Brands Innovations welcomes Gabe Halimi as its General Manager, Connect Products – Water. Halimi is a visionary leader with deep expertise in IoT, smart home technologies, and consumer-centric innovation. He will play a key role in driving the Connected Water business strategy, which includes the award-winning Moen Flo solution, a home technology he helped to invent during his time as founder and CEO of Flo Technologies Inc. Halimi is also a founding board member of Lumo, Inc. |
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Molly O’Loughlin Pajauskas, a marketing leader with more than two decades of experience, has an elevated role at Fortune Brands Innovations: VP, Marketing. Pajauskas will own the full marketing function for the Security business, connecting consumer insight, product marketing, channel execution and brand storytelling into one commercial strategy. In a prior role at Kerrygold Butter, she grew the business from zero name recognition to the 2nd largest butter brand in the U.S. |
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A partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, Jen represents developers, owners, landlords, tenants, and property management firms in commercial real estate transactions and in the operational aspects of their business across office, multifamily, retail, and industrial properties. She has led complex leasing transactions, acquisitions and dispositions, development projects, financings, joint ventures, land use and entitlement matters, private placements, and tax-advantaged structures. |
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First Bank Chicago, one of the five largest privately held banks in Chicago, is pleased to announce Kerry Duellman has been promoted to EVP/Risk Officer. Kerry has over 30 years in community banking and is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the Bank’s risk management framework to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate various risks to the Bank’s capital and earnings while fostering a strong risk culture across the organization. Kerry joined the Bank in 2018. |
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First Bank Chicago, one of the five largest privately held banks in Chicago, is pleased to welcome Ada Roman, VP/Senior Compliance Officer. Ada has 15+ years in banking and is responsible for developing, administering, and maintaining Compliance Management Programs which encompass governance and oversight for consumer and commercial operations including CRA activities, regulatory change management, risk assessments, compliance testing, and examination support. Ada joined us in February 2026. |
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First Bank Chicago, one of the top five privately held banks in Chicago, announces the promotion of Daniel Shepherd to Commercial Real Estate Officer. Dan is responsible for originating and managing client relationships, as well as underwriting new loan opportunities. With 8+ years in commercial real estate and financial services, Dan specializes in loan origination, credit analysis, and financing solutions for multifamily and commercial assets. Dan joined the bank in 2025. |
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Brian Cramer has joined Mark-It Express as Strategic Operations Manager. In this role, he will help identify opportunities to strengthen processes, support growth, and enhance customer and partner experiences. Cramer brings nearly 20 years of expertise in transportation, logistics, and manufacturing, developing teams, building customer relationships, and helping organizations grow through thoughtful planning and execution. |
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Kahler Slater is pleased to announce Tom Daly, AIA, LEED AP has joined as Associate Principal and Project Leader. In this role, Tom will support Kahler Slater’s multifamily, hospitality, and corporate markets, leveraging over 25 years of design leadership and technical experience. He will play a pivotal role in our continued growth leading projects across the nation including build-to-rent, mixed use, residential multi-family, affordable housing, and soft brand and full-service hotels. |
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