William “Bill” K. Kane has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Business Trials practice group. Kane joins from Baker Hostetler in Chicago. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Laura Bader has joined the Firm’s Chicago Office as a partner in its Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice. More >>

The Chicago office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Carl E. Volz and George C. Summerfield as partners in the firm’s securities and transactional litigation and intellectual property litigation practices, respectively. Volz joins K&L Gates from Dechert LLP, while Summerfield arrives from Stadheim & Grear, Ltd. More >>

National law firm Wilson Elser announced today that Cheryl Yakey has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner. More >>

Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added William E. Turner II to its 100-attorney Chicago office as a partner in the Corporate Department. He joins the firm from Barack Ferrazano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, where he was a partner in the corporate and securities practice. More >>

Husch Blackwell welcomed Julie Miceli as partner to its Chicago office on October 3, 2016. More >>

Joel M. Hammerman has joined Faegre Baker Daniels as a partner to lead the firm’s white collar defense and investigations practice in Chicago. More >>

The Chicago office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Joseph Condo as a partner in the energy and infrastructure projects and transactions practice. He joins from global renewable energy firm Invenergy LLC, where he served more than a decade as senior vice president and general counsel. More >>

Avanti D. Bakane has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. She is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Bakane comes to the firm from Hinshaw & Culbertson. More >>