Lewis Brisbois’ Chicago office has enhanced its Labor & Employment Practice by securing Stephen L. Sitley to assist with labor and employment matters as a partner. After serving Sears as Senior Vice-President, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer for more than two decades, Mr. Sitley brings expertise from the Fortune 500 company’s legal department, with a specialty focus in employment law, labor relations, corporate governance, due diligence, and complex litigation. More >>

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Matthew P. Dixon as a partner in the Insurance practice group in the firm’s Chicago office. Dixon was previously with Querrey & Harrow, Ltd. in the firm’s Chicago office. He grew up and attended college in Iowa and will be returning there in January 2020 to lead the firm’s Des Moines, Iowa office. More >>

Patent trial lawyer Eugene Goryunov has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s IP Litigation Practice. He will lead the firm’s Chicago post-grant review trials practice. Prior to joining Haynes and Boone, Eugene was a partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was instrumental to the firm’s post-grant review practice. More >>

King & Spalding has added Karl Heisler as a partner to its Government Matters practice in Chicago, where he will be part of the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) team. Heisler was previously a partner and co-head of the Internal Environmental Investigations and Incident Response practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. More >>

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Mark A. Carter has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Transactions Practice in the Chicago office. With almost three decades of experience, Carter adds depth to Hinshaw’s corporate governance, transactional and bankruptcy teams, bringing a specific focus on advising companies with regard to insolvency preparedness. Previously a partner at Chicago-based business and securities law firm Lawrence Kamin LLC, Carter’s addition will compliment Hinshaw’s strong corporate practice. More >>

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Charles “Chuck” Chejfec to the Litigation department in Chicago. He joins from Chicago-based Actuate Law LLC, where he was a founding partner. Chejfec returns to Seyfarth, where he started his private practice as a Litigation associate for six years in the Chicago office. More >>

Steven Trybu‎s, a veteran litigator who focuses on complex patent disputes, has joined Locke Lord’s Chicago office as a Partner in the Firm’s IP Pharmaceutical Practice Group. Trybus brings to Locke Lord a wealth of litigation experience across a variety of cutting-edge technologies in the fields of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and life sciences. More >>

The firm is pleased to announce the addition of partner Daryll Marshall to its Chicago office. Marshall joins the Corporate & Securities Practice Group as Chair of the Corporate/Private Equity Finance Group.
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Continuing a string of recent high-profile hires, Nixon Peabody is again expanding its Government Investigations & White Collar Defense practice with the arrival of Christopher P. Hotaling as partner in the firm’s Chicago office. Chris is the former chief of the Narcotics and Money Laundering Section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois and brings extensive experience investigating and trying matters related to the Bank Secrecy Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). More >>