2010s | DEV-College of Law | Illinois

Charles Yordy ’11

Krista Gaedtke — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:13:00 +0000

Charles Yordy was named the 2024 Employee of the Year for the Office of Finance and Operations of the U.S. Department of Education. He was subsequently appointed as the Alternate Designated Agency Ethics Official.

Paul Schmitt ’17

Chris Davies — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:33:10 +0000

Paul Schmitt has joined the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy.

Dominique J. Carroll ’11

Chris Davies — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:26:21 +0000

Dominique J. Carroll was selected by the Garden State Bar Association as a recipient of the 2025 Professional Lawyer of the Year Award. Presented by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law, the award recognizes attorneys who are respected by colleagues for their character, competence and exemplary professional behavior.

Adam A. Field ‘12

Krista Gaedtke — Thu, 29 May 2025 19:22:44 +0000

Adam A. Field was promoted to head of the Violent Crimes Unit at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, where he oversees prosecutions of homicides, aggravated assaults, and robberies within the City of St. Louis, Missouri.

Jerome Murphy ’14

Chris Davies — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:21:45 +0000

Jerome Murphy has been promoted to Partner at Tressler LLP, where he continues to excel as a defense litigator. His promotion reflects years of dedicated advocacy and leadership within the firm.

Matthew O’Malley ’14

Krista Gaedtke — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:21:02 +0000

Matthew O’Malley has joined Equity Residential as In-House Counsel, making the move after a successful career in litigation. He’ll be supporting Equity’s national legal operations and strategic initiatives.

Fernando Diaz ’16

Krista Gaedtke — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:42:22 +0000

Fernando Diaz has joined Gunster’s Real Property practice as of counsel at its Fort Lauderdale office. Experienced in transactions, compliance, and litigation, Diaz brings a 360-degree perspective in helping clients mitigate and resolve environmental risks and disputes. With his specialty in the complex environmental issues that arise in transactions, Diaz advises clients on risk allocation, environmental due diligence, provisions in purchase, sale and financing agreements, and environmental insurance. He also helps clients with annexations, site plans, comprehensive plan amendments, rezonings and large-scale master plan approvals.

Pam Sran ’18

Krista Gaedtke — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:44:36 +0000

Pam Sran was elected to serve as a General Director to the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of Chicago for the 2025 bar year. SABA’s mission is to promote the professional growth of members, mentor law students and new lawyers, provide services to the local community and partner with other minority organizations. Sran previously served as a General Director during the 2023 bar year and was a member of the Judicial Reception Committee and Annual Gala Committee.

Alex Garel-Frantzen ’15

Chris Davies — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:47:47 +0000

ArentFox Schiff has promoted Alex Garel-Frantzen to partner, effective January 1, 2025. Alex represents businesses in a wide variety of environmental regulatory, permitting, transactional, and litigation matters for the firm.

Hassen Al-Shawaf ’12

Chris Davies — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:45:46 +0000

Hassen Al-Shawaf recently joined the Board of Directors of RefugeeOne, a Chicago-based organization that has helped more than 20,500 refugees since 1982.