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Thursday, February 6, 2025 |
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Jason Frank has joined BDO Capital Advisors, a FINRA/SIPC member firm, as President and CCO. The company serves as a trusted advisor to business owners, corporations, capital providers, and investors by specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital-raising, ESOP, and strategic advisory services. The team focuses on middle-market companies and transactions ranging from $50 million to $500 million, as well as larger companies wishing to acquire, merge or divest divisions. |
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SomerCor, one of the largest Small Business Administration 504 lenders in the Midwest, is proud to announce the hiring of Michael Piazza as Senior Vice President. Piazza brings over 15 years of experience in commercial lending, with a strong record in SBA financing of owner-occupied real estate and equipment. Most recently, Piazza served as a Senior Commercial Relationship Manager at JPMorgan Chase, where he was recognized as a 7-year top producer of SBA 504 loans in the Midwest market. |
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Pepper Construction has promoted Anthony Alleman to Vice President, Operations. With 18 years of experience, he’s an expert in Institutional work, completing projects like the award-winning Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts and the St. Louis Art Museum. Anthony excels in building relationships and representing Pepper’s best. He chairs the Chicagoland AGC and AGC of America Construction Leadership Committees and holds a BS in Construction Engineering from Iowa State University. |
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Ryan Eberly has been promoted to Vice President, Operations at Pepper Construction. With experience across multiple offices and a wide range of vertical markets, he has recently concentrated on education and industrial sectors. Ryan also plays a key role in shaping the company’s strategy for the expanding cold storage market. He is an active member of industry organizations NAIOP and AIRE. Ryan holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University. |
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Tim Rogers joined Skyline Construction’s Chicago office as senior project executive in December. A 25-year construction veteran with more than 4 million square feet under his belt, Tim will be integral in developing staff and creating high performing teams that deliver on all client expectations. He will manage and oversee projects from start to finish, ensuring success throughout the entire construction process. |
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Eddie Chambers will join the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as the Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Professor in Art History, Theory, and Criticism. As a renowned scholar and celebrated artist, Chambers brings with him decades of experience in both higher education and the art world. Chambers comes to the School from University of Texas at Austin, where he is currently the David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor in Art History. |
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Oncourse Home Solutions, a leading provider of home protection plans, is pleased to announce the company's first Chief Technology Officer Arul Sugunakumar. Sugunakumar joins Oncourse with over 25 years of technology leadership experience including most recently as CTO of Pampered Chef, a Berkshire Hathaway company. As Oncourse continues to grow, he will play a critical role in steering technology initiatives and ensuring the delivery of our commitments to customers, partners, and employees. |
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Beth Chiarello joined the Chicago office of Alston & Bird as partner in the Litigation & Trial Practice Group. Chiarello has nearly 20 years’ experience in managing clients’ high-stakes mass tort, toxic tort, products liability, class action, and other complex disputes. She is known for advising on crisis management and strategic response, developing cases for trial, and creative and innovative settlement strategies. She handles all stages of class, tort, and products liability litigation. |
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Aronberg Goldgehn, a premier full-service business law and litigation firm with offices in Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, is pleased to announce Chip De Preter and Ben Haskin have been elevated to equity membership. De Preter joined Aronberg Goldgehn as a Member in 2019 in the firm’s Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation, Business Law and Transactions and Appellate Litigation practice groups. He is highly regarded for his patent, trademark, trade secret and false advertising litigation work. Haskin started his career with Aronberg Goldgehn in 2010 as a law clerk. He became an Associate in 2011 and a Member in 2020. Haskin is a business litigation attorney and co-chair of the firm’s Business Litigation practice group. |
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Aronberg Goldgehn, a premier full-service business law and litigation firm with offices in Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, is pleased to announce Rob Andalman has joined the firm as a Member. Andalman has more than three decades of experience in matters regarding appellate litigation, business divorce and complex ownership dispute resolution, business litigation, white collar criminal defense, and unclaimed property. |
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Aronberg Goldgehn, a premier full-service business law and litigation firm with offices in Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, is pleased to announce Rachael Blackburn has joined the firm as a Member.Blackburn’s experience involves business and appellate litigation, and business divorce and complex ownership disputes, including matters regarding insurance coverage, employment and restrictive covenants, reinsurance, breach of contract, financial fraud, and tortious interference. |
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Aronberg Goldgehn, a premier full-service business law and litigation firm with offices in Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, is pleased to announce Will Norman has joined the firm as an Associate. Norman handles matters regarding appellate litigation, business litigation, insurance coverage litigation and analysis, and real estate and construction. |
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Aronberg Goldgehn, a premier full-service business law and litigation firm with offices in Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, is pleased to announce David Staub has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Staub has more than four decades of experience in corporate law, finance, mergers and acquisitions, technology law, tax planning, and joint ventures. He also advises on venture capital, private equity, and strategic business relationships. |
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Aronberg Goldgehn, a premier full-service business law and litigation firm with offices in Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, is pleased to announce Taylor May has joined the firm as an Associate. May is part of the firm’s Employment Law practice group where she handles matters including discrimination and harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, and wage and hour disputes. |
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Paula McKay Angelini joined Dykema as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Corporate Finance Practice Group. Angelini followed her family’s footsteps into Chicago’s legal banking community, starting her career at LaSalle Bank and, ultimately, Bank of America through an acquisition, where she spent more than 17 years in-house. She served most recently as Bank of America’s Associate General Counsel & Senior Vice President - Team Leader, a role in which she led a team of commercial lending lawyers. At Dykema, Angelini’s practice will focus on commercial lending, bank regulatory matters, banking compliance, and commercial litigation. |
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Litigation boutique Eimer Stahl LLP is pleased to promote Greg Schweizer to partner. Greg represents clients in complex commercial litigation, antitrust disputes, and international arbitration. He clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and applies his background in politics to counsel clients on public relations strategies. Greg is also dedicated to pro bono work, representing hate crime victims and defending voting rights. Greg earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School. |
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Hicks Johnson is pleased to announce the promotion of attorney Daniel Scime to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2025. Dan focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, including trials and appeals. He has played a key role on cases in the renewable energy and oil and gas spaces, and on securities class actions, antitrust matters, international arbitrations, and cybersecurity matters. Dan also assists corporations with internal investigations and government enforcement matters. |
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Honigman LLP welcomes David Vallas as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department in its Chicago office. His practice consists of offering comprehensive legal solutions for complex issues, representing owners, operators, and managers of super-regional and regional shopping centers around the nation. As counsel to some of the leading shopping center groups in the country, his practice supports clients’ entire portfolios, irrespective of their size or location. |
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Chief Financial Officer Ryan Spohn has assumed the title and additional responsibilities of Chief Operating Officer, furthering strategic alignment between finance and operations. A six-year Sikich veteran and Board of Managers member, Ryan’s financial expertise and business acumen will drive operational efficiency, organic growth, service expansion and streamlined acquisitions. He holds a degree from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. |
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