Firm Life

Stephen M. Passen and John J. Driscoll (pictured) have joined in partnership to form Law Offices of Passen & Driscoll. The new firm will handle personal-injury cases. Sullivan, Ward, Asher & Patton, a full-service law firm based in Southfield, Mich., has opened a new office in Chicago, at 70 W. Madison St., suite 1400.

Baker & Daniels, an Indianapolis-based firm, has opened a new office in Chicago, at 311 S. Wacker Dr. The office will be headed by Richard E. Michaels, domestic and international transactions, and David M. Allen, business litigation; both were shareholders with Schuyler Roche. Five additional attorneys have joined the firm from Schuyler Roche: partners Andrew W. Geier, corporate finance; Catherine C. Gryczan, corporate finance; and Rachel T. Nguyen, business litigation; senior mergers and acquisitions and securities counsel Mary K. Walter; and associate Randall R. Schwartz II, corporate finance.

Herbert A. Glieberman & Associates has moved its office to 70 W. Madison St., suite 1400.

Barnes & Thornburg has named Rick Carpenter the firm’s new chief marketing officer. Carpenter previously served as the director of marketing and business development at Shearman & Sterling in New York.

Baker & McKenzie has appointed David M. MacLeod as director of global business solutions. MacLeod most recently ran a consulting firm focused on setting and monitoring business goals.

Evan L. Merberg has joined Mayer Brown as chief operating officer, succeeding Executive Director Stephen R. Wells, who is retiring from the firm at the end of 2008. Merberg served most recently as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of Citi Home Equity, a division of Citigroup Inc.

Philip Hartnett Corboy, Jr., a partner at Corboy & Demetrio, was installed as president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Two Schiff Hardin attorneys were elected to leadership positions in the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc.: associate Marla Shade Harris was re-elected as the board’s recording secretary, and partner Tracy A. Campbell was elected board member-at-large. Donna L. Moore, an associate at Quarles & Brady, was also been elected board member-at-large.

>Partners

SmithAmundsen has elected Linda F. Newman, health care practice, partner in the firm.
Much Shelist has elevated Gregory B. Mann, wealth transfer and succession planning, from principal to equity principal. The firm also named three new principals: Jonna Daleiden Eimer, business and finance; Joel E. Resnick, real estate; and Wendy M. Reutebuch, real estate.

Rock Fusco has named Eileen E. Rosen, commercial litigation and civil rights defense, a partner in the firm.

Leydig, Voit & Mayer has promoted three associates to members: Kevin C. Parks, trademark and copyright; Robert T. Wittmann, electrical, computer, software, and mechanical engineering; and John Gase, biotechnology, chemistry, and related arts.

Michael Best & Friedrich has elected two associates to partnership: Carrie A. Hall, litigation; and Christopher R. Parker, litigation.

>Moves

To Kaye Scholer: partner Eric H. Sussman, regulatory enforcement and white-collar litigation, from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.

To Cheng Cohen: partner Michael Daigle, business transactions and franchising, from Quizno’s, where he was executive vice president of international development and legal.

To Greenberg Traurig: shareholder David L. Newman, intellectual property and technology, from Seyfarth Shaw.

To Butler Rubin: associate Joelle K. Blomquist, litigation, from Jenner & Block.

To Katten Muchin Rosenman: partner David C. Bohan, financial services litigation, from Reed Smith.

To Holland & Knight: partner Deborah T. Haddad, real estate transactions, from Lennar Corp., where she was senior vice president; senior counsel David D. Streicker, real estate, from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, where he served as general counsel and ethics officer; and senior counsel Christopher DeLise, mergers and acquisitions, from DLA Piper.

To McGuireWoods: counsel Emily C. Tremmel, health care, from the American Dental Association, where she was a staff attorney.

To Vedder Price: shareholders Arlene N. Gelman and John E. Zummo, both in bankruptcy, insolvency, and corporate reorganization, and both from Reed Smith.

To Anderson, Rasor & Partners: associate Bradley Z. Schulman, medical malpractice, from McKay, Nora, Tanzillo & Kott.

To Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman: partner Mary Smith, litigation, from the U.S. Department of Justice, where she served as a trial attorney and associate counsel to the president; of counsel Sarah R. Marmor, litigation, from Jenner & Block; and Joan E. Slavin, employment and labor law, from Sidley Austin; and associate David Austin, complex litigation, from Jenner & Block.

To Rock Fusco: associate Stacy A. Benjamin, commercial litigation and civil rights defense, from the City of Chicago Law Department.

To Dykema: counsel Daniel J. Zollner, litigation, from Ross, Dixon & Bell.To Levenfeld & Pearlstein: partner Jonathan Friedland, restructuring and insolvency, from Schiff Hardin.

To Michael W. Hansen (Joliet): associate Valerie N. Breitbarth, real estate, estate planning, and corporate, from the Law Office of Valerie N. Breitbarth (Homer Glen).

To Perkins Coie: partner Joseph Q. McCoy, real estate, from Schwartz Cooper.

To Hinshaw & Culbertson: partner (Lisle office) Andrew D. Braetzel, from ServiceMaster Clean, where he was vice president, secretary, and general counsel.

To Ungaretti & Harris: partner Steven F. Banghart, health care, from Katten Muchin Rosenman.

To DLA Piper: partner Stuart M. Berkson, corporate and finance, from McDermott Will & Emery.

To Jones Day: of counsel William C. Martin, health care, from DLA Piper.

To Freed & Weiss: partner Michael J. Lotus, complex and class-action litigation and arbitration, from Winston & Strawn.

To Susan E. Kamman & Associates (Barrington): associate John C. Wroblewski, family law, from Downs Law Offices.

>Changes

Florence E. Miller, an intellectual property attorney who worked at Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, died at age 94.