Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that seasoned labor law attorney Thomas “Tom” J. Posey has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor & Employment practice in Chicago. Previously with Faegre Baker Daniels, Posey represents companies from a wide array of industries in all aspects of labor law and employment issues, including serving as a chief labor negotiator. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that R. Matthew Hiller has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in Chicago. Hiller joins DLA Piper from the US Attorney’s Office, where he served as an Assistant US Attorney in Kansas City, Missouri, and in Chicago. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of leading corporate attorney Richard E. (Rick) Ginsberg as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office, as Chair of its Technology and Emerging Companies practice, and member of its Private Investment Funds practice. Rick rejoins Winston from DLA Piper, where he was Co-Chair of DLA Piper’s Fund Formation and Operations Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Emerging Companies/Venture Capital National Leadership Group. Previously he was a Winston partner from 2005-2007. More >>

Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, continues to see strong growth and welcomes a new attorney to its Health Care Department in Chicago. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has dramatically grown its Chicago office with a team of 13 real estate lawyers, including six partners: Eugene “Gene” Leone, Marc Benjamin, Michael McKeever, David Pezza, Aaron Potter and Ruth Schoenmeyer, as well as five associates and two counsels. This new group joins the Firm as part of its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and Real Estate Industry Group. The group joins White & Case from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, a top boutique law firm specializing in real estate. More >>

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Daniel E. Larkin to the Corporate department in Chicago. Larkin joins from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, where he was a partner in its Chicago and London offices. More >>

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Adam M. Damerow has joined the firm as a partner in its Chicago Trusts and Estates practice. More >>

King & Spalding today announced that Amy Peters has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in the Chicago office. Peters joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis. She received her B.A. from Vanderbilt University and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  Peters will focus on representing credit funds, banks, investors and borrowers in a variety of leveraged finance transactions, as well as recapitalizations, workouts and restructurings. More >>