King & Spalding today announced that Zachary Fardon, recent U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, has joined the firm as a partner and will open the firm’s office in Chicago. The new office, King & Spalding’s 20th globally and 10th in the U.S., expands the firm’s international platform into the Midwest with a particular focus on government investigations, related commercial litigation, and work across the financial services and life sciences sectors. More >>

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Judith Wethall and Finn Pressly have joined the Firm as partners in its Employee Benefits Practice Group. Ms. Wethall and Mr. Pressly are located in the Firm’s Chicago office. They join a forty-member strong team of U.S. and international Employee Benefits lawyers serving our clients’ needs from the international to local levels across every sector. More >>

Foley & Mansfield announced today that Jackie W. Miller and Meredith S. Hudgens have joined the firm’s Chicago office as partners. Both come from the Chicago-based firm of O’Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burns – former OTMB partner Tom Burns having joined F&M with two additional Chicago-area attorneys, Robb Sands and Maura Yusof on August 7, 2017. More >>

Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, announced today that intellectual property litigator John Snow joined its Chicago office as a shareholder. More >>

Morgan Lewis today welcomes Thomas V. Linguanti, a leading federal court tax controversy trial lawyer, as a partner. Mr. Linguanti, a former trial and appellate attorney in the Tax Division of the US Department of Justice, was the leader of the North American tax practice at his previous global law firm. His arrival brings additional recognition to the firm’s already top-ranked, market-leading tax practice. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Lee Morlock has joined the Firm as a partner in the Tax Practice Group in the Chicago office. He was previously a partner in the Chicago office of Mayer Brown. More >>

Foley & Mansfield today announced key additions to the firm’s national asbestos defense team. Joining the firm’s Chicago office as a partner is Thomas J. Burns from the Chicago-based firm of O’Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burns. Joining as Of Counsel is Robert H. Sands, former managing partner of the Chicago office of HeplerBroom, and Maura Yusof, formerly of Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen. All have extensive toxic tort experience, notably in asbestos litigation. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Terra L. Reynolds has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department, in the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice. A former federal prosecutor, Reynolds’ practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, internal and government investigations, and complex litigation for clients in the healthcare, life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. Reynolds joins Latham & Watkins from Paul Hastings in Chicago. More >>

Troutman Sanders LLP announced today the addition of Environmental partners Sue Charles and Russ Eggert and Business Litigation partner Trent Cornell. The group, to be based in the firm’s Chicago office, previously practiced at Lathrop & Gage LLP. More >>