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Recent News About Northwestern University
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Cozen O’Connor Attorney Anna Wermuth Named one of Chicago’s “Notable Women in Law”
AnnaWermuth, vice-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s national Labor and Employment Department, was recently named to the list of Chicago’s “Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s Chicago Business. -
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Cozen O’Connor attorney Anna Wermuth Elected Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Anna Wermuth, vice-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s national Labor and Employment Department, has been elected a Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. This distinguished honor recognizes attorneys with sustained outstanding performance in the legal profession, and who also exemplify integrity, dedication, and excellence. -
Appeals panel: Northwestern didn't 'overwhelm' retirees with too many investment options
Former Northwestern University workers and retirees accused the school of violating federal law by presenting workers with so many investment choices it would "overwhelm" investors. -
THOMPSON COBURN LLP: Eric Tower joins Thompson Coburn’s Chicago office
Thompson Coburn is pleased to announce that Eric Tower has joined the Firm as a health care partner in our Chicago office. -
CLIFFORD LAW: Clifford Law Offices Welcomes Personal Injury Attorney John V. Kalantzis
Clifford Law Offices is excited to announce a new addition to its roster of award-winning Chicago-area attorneys. -
Renowned ALS researcher suing Northwestern University, administrators for allegedly trying to push him out of job
A longtime Northwestern University researcher and renowned expert on Lou Gehrig's disease has sued the university, claiming he is being forced out of his position. -
Doubling Illinois' gas tax, other tax hikes will go to fund more than $1.4 billion of waste and pork
Lawmakers sold 21 new taxes and fees as necessary to rebuild crumbling roads and bridges and balance the budget. Instead, taxpayers will be funding dog parks, swimming pools, snowmobile paths, a vacant theater and pickleball courts. -
THOMPSON COBURN: Lesley Wynes joins Thompson Coburn as Director of Partner Recruiting and Integration
Thompson Coburn is proud to announce that Lesley Wynes has joined the Firm as Director of Partner Recruiting and Integration. -
BARACK FERRAZZANO: Barack Ferrazzano Adds New Practice Leaders
It's been 35 years since a couple of Northwestern University law professors and big-law attorneys came together with a vision to create Barack Ferrazzano. -
SWANSON MARTIN & BELL LLP: Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Names Six New Partners
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces that six associates have been promoted to partner. -
JACKSON LEWIS: Jackson Lewis Adds Depth to Litigation Team with Karen R. Glickstein in Kansas City Region
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Karen R. Glickstein has joined the firm’s Overland Park office as a Principal. -
CLARK HILL PLC: Clark Hill Adds Prominent Political Law Attorney John G. Fogarty, Jr. as Senior Counsel in Chicago
Clark Hill PLC announced the addition of John G. Fogarty, Jr. to the firm as Senior Counsel in its Chicago office, where he is a member of the Government and Public Affairs Practice Group. -
Judge nixes P.I.'s bid to unseal Alvarez deposition, other evidence in Alstory Simon wrongful conviction case
A private investigator who was a central figure in a prominent wrongful murder conviction case has lost a bid to persuade a judge to unseal the video recorded deposition of former Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and other evidence, as he pursues a defamation lawsuit of his own against the county’s ex-chief prosecutor. -
LITTLER MENDELSON: Thomas Burns Joins Littler as Chief Financial Officer
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has named Thomas Burns as its chief financial officer (CFO), based in the firm’s Kansas City office. -
CLARK HILL PLC: Clark Hill Adds Banking & Financial Services Lawyer Nancy Schimmel as a Member in Chicago Office
Clark Hill PLC announced that Nancy Schimmel has joined the firm as a Member in the firm’s Banking & Financial Services Business Unit based in the Chicago office, where she will focus on advising financial institutions and other entities on securitization and structured finance transactions, as well as representing both lenders and borrowers in traditional bank and asset based finance and secured and unsecured bank debt. -
W.E. O'Neil Construction worker accuses company, Northwestern of negligence
An employee is suing W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. and Northwestern University, citing alleged construction negligence. -
First Mercury Insurance doesn't have to cover private investigator accused of helping frame man for murder
A Chicago appeals panel has ruled an insurance company doesn't have to pay to defend a private investigator associated with Northwestern University’s Innocence Project in a lawsuit brought by Alstory Simon, who claimed the investigator forced him to falsely admit he killed two teenagers in 1982. -
Judge rules female student can move forward with suit against HarperCollins over sexual assault book
A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that a graduate student can move forward with her suit against HarperCollins LLC and a Northwestern University professor over a book on Title IX and sexual assault. -
PI counter sues for $25M claiming defamation involving Alstory Simon, Northwestern University saga
Nearly a year after his first attempt to sue was rejected by Chicago federal judge, private investigator Paul Ciolino has returned to court, this time in Cook County, claiming former Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez defamed him, partnered with others to ruin his career and set a murderer free to settle a score with Northwestern University. -
Ex-development director at John Marshall Law School says firing was part of 'pattern of bias' vs older men
Saying he became the target of anti-male bias from certain female administrators at the college, who used a lunch meeting with an influential donor at a Trump hotel to brand him as “anti-gay, anti-Muslim and anti-black,” the 59-year-old former head of alumni relations at John Marshall Law School has sued the school and two deans at the school, saying he is owed at least $4 million after he was fired on allegedly trumped up accusations to cover for alleged age and sex discrimination.