counseling and transactional group,
focusing on public and private clients
in a broad range of transactions,
including mergers and acquisitions.
Timothy R. Nelson (JD ’05)
was
promoted to partner at Aronberg
Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa. He
represents businesses, lenders, and
real estate clients
Amanda Ziemann (JD ’05)
has
joined Major, Lindsey & Africa as
a director of the firm’s in-house
practice group.
Brandon M. Anderson (JD ’06
)
was promoted to partner at Latham
&Watkins LLP.
Robert D. Boroff (JD ’06)
has joined
Gallagher Sharp as an associate.
Jake R. Downing (JD ’06)
was
promoted to partner at Seyfath Shaw
LLP. He practices in employee benefits
and executive compensation.
Nicole A. Paradiso (JD ’06)
and
Rennie Santilli announce the birth of
a daughter, Estella Paradiso Santilli,
born May 10, 2014.
Aseet Patel (JD ’06)
was promoted
to partner at Banner &Witcoff Ltd. He
focuses on patent prosecution and
counseling and litigation matters.
Christine R. W. Quigley (JD ’06)
was
promoted to partner at Holland &
Knight LLP. She is a member of the
firm’s business section, practicing in
the private wealth services group.
Fatema (Singaporewala) Zanzi
(JD ’06)
has been promoted to
partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath.
Zanzi is a member of the health care
practice group, based in Chicago. She
represents health care providers and
suppliers in all aspects of corporate
transactional and regulatory matters
and provides business and legal
advice to health care organizations
undertaking strategic transactions,
products, mass torts, and medical
malpractice cases.
Justin DeLuca (JD ’12)
has been
promoted to associate at Segal
McCambridge Singer & Mahoney
Ltd. He focuses his practice on the
litigation of toxic tort and complex
commercial litigation matters.
Andrew J. Doyle (JD ’12)
is a patent
attorney in Reinhart Boerner Van
Deuren SC’s intellectual property
practice and a member of the firm’s
patent prosecution group.
Mario Garcia (LLM ’13)
has joined
Anthony Robbins’s Robbins Research
International as a master peak
performance and business results
coach. Garcia is a professional
certified coach with the International
Coaching Federation and registered
mentor coach. Additionally, he is a
master mental game coach certified
by Peak Performance Sports. His
implementing health reform
initiatives, and addressing medical
staff quality and peer review matters.
Amy Kosanovich Dickerson
(JD ’07)
was promoted to partner at
Franczek Radelet. She is a member of
the firm’s education practice group,
representing Illinois school districts
and private schools as well as higher
education institutions. She counsels
clients in labor and employment,
special education, student rights
and discipline, and policy and
governance issues.
Daniel L. Farris (JD ’07
) was
promoted to partner at Polsinelli PC.
Thomas H. Gayle Jr. (JD ’07)
was
promoted to partner at Dworkin &
Maciariello. He represents individuals
injured at work.
Robert W. Hernquist (JD ’07)
has
joined Howard & Howard: Law for
clients include athletes, attorneys,
physicians, and business executives.
He has coached and trained more
than 50,000 clients in 55 countries in
both English and Spanish.
Ashley N. Leonard (JD ’13)
was
selected as a member-at-large for
the Indianapolis Bar Association
Health Care and Life Sciences Section
Executive Committee. Her term was
effective January 1, 2015.
Brenda A. McKinney (JD ’13)
is
a fellowship recipient of the
Fulbright US Student Program in
New Zealand, where she is currently
pursuing an LLM degree. As a
Fulbright fellow, she is conducting
research on restorative justice and
culturally appropriate responses to
youth who commit harm.
Peter A. Shepard (JD ’13, MBA ’14)
was elevated from apprentice to
associate in the business and finance
Business and will be practicing at
the firm’s Las Vegas office. Hernquist
focuses on all aspects of commercial
and complex civil litigation, which
includes shareholder disputes;
banking and real estate matters; and
business torts such as fraud, unfair
trade practices, and misappropriation
of intellectual property.
Jann M. Johnson (JD ’07)
is executive
director of business development
and marketing at ADR Systems in
Chicago. ADR Systems is a provider
of mediation, arbitration, and other
alternative dispute resolution
services. Johnson led rebranding and
redesign of the company’s website.
Patrick J. McCurry (JD ’07)
was
promoted to partner at McDermott
Will & Emery LLP.
Benjeman L. Nichols (JD ’07)
was
promoted to partner at Cavanagh
Law Group. He practices personal
injury law.
practice group at the Chicago-based
law firm Much Shelist.
Tracy A. Gibbons (JD ’14)
has
been named an associate at
Clifford Law Offices. She handles
aviation litigation, commercial
aviation liability, personal injury,
product liability, and transportation
liability matters.
Jamel A. Greer (JD ’14)
has joined
Franczek Radelet as a first-year
associate. He represents Illinois
public school districts on a variety
of education law matters, including
property tax, business matters, board
governance, and labor negotiations.
Dayna C. LaPlante (JD ’14)
has
joined Polsinelli’s Chicago office as an
associate. She focuses her practice on
health care matters.
Serj Mooradian (JD ’14)
has
joined Barnes & Thornburg
Lauren Norris (JD ’07)
has
been added to the 2015 Illinois
Super Lawyers Rising Stars list
by
Super Lawyers
magazine’s peer
rating service.
Daniel S. Rubin (JD ’07)
has
been added to the 2015 Illinois
Super Lawyers Rising Stars list by
Super Lawyers
magazine’s peer
rating service. He concentrates his
practice on business and financial
reorganizations, commercial and real
estate litigation, and secured lending
and insolvency litigation.
2010s
Christopher D. Blum (JD ’10)
has
joined Nicolaides LLP as an associate.
Andrew J. Burkavage (JD ’12)
has
joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard as
an associate. He concentrates his legal
practice on personal injury, defective
LLP as an associate in its health
care department.
Marcus R. Morrow (JD ’14)
has
joined Segal McCambridge Singer &
Mahoney as an associate. He focuses
his practice on the defense of civil
litigation and toxic tort claims.
Jillian B. Steinberg (JD ’14)
has
joined Clark Hill PLC as an associate in
its litigation practice group.
IN MEMORIAM
Hon. Henry A. Budzinski (JD ’50)
John A. Doyle (BA ’48, JD ’50)
David H. Addis (JD ’51)
John T. Keleher (BA ’47, JD ’51)
Joseph M. Palermo (JD ’52)
Ralph E. Andejeski (JD ’56)
Bernard J. Hennessy (BA ’53, JD ’56)
Thomas D. Nyhan (JD ’58)
Donald E. Cohen (JD ’61)
Michael D. Gubbins (JD ’61)
Paul V. Carelli III (JD ’64)
William A. Bean (JD ’66)
Noel C. Lindenmuth (JD ’70)
Joseph J. Burke (JD ’73)
Fredrick Rothenberg (JD ’73)
RichardW. Christoff (JD ’78)
Michael W. Morrison (JD ’79)
Stanley W. Wojciechowski (JD ’83)
Sheryl E. Healy (JD ’84)
Brendan Donovan (JD ’87)
Brian J. Lingle (JD ’87)
David F. Schmidt (JD ’90)
Charlene E. Coon (JD ’91)
The Fall 2014 issue of
Loyola Law
erroneously included Virginia M. Bigane
(JD ’84) in the listing of recently deceased
Loyola University Chicago law alumni.
We sincerely regret this error and
apologize to Ms. Bigane for the distress
this has caused.
HEARSAY
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YOUNGALUMNI NETWORKING LUNCH
Tess Feldman (JD ’12) was among recent law graduates to attend the Young Alumni Networking Lunch held at
River Roast in February.
LOYOLAALUMNAE SPEAKERS AT NAWL
Susan Sher (JD ’74, left), Lisa Madigan (JD ’94, second from right), and Laurel Bellows (JD ’74) were among the featured speakers at the
National Association of Women Lawyers’ midyear meeting. They are pictured with Dean David Yellen.
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