On the Move – 7/6/11

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New Associations
Diane Gianos has joined Ice Miller as a partner in the firm’s Chicago and DuPage office. She is a member of the firm’s labor and employment practice group.

Jason D. Schultz and Kurt M. Eaton have joined Krieg DeVault as associates in the firm’s Indianapolis office. Schultz is a member of the firm’s health care practice, and Eaton is in the firm’s intellectual property and technology practice, focusing on patent law. Jude Anne Carluccio has joined Krieg DeVault in an of-counsel capacity in the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation and employee stock ownership plans practice groups. She will establish the firm’s legal presence in Minneapolis, Minn.

J. Eric Davis and J.R. Hensley have joined Indianapolis firm Alerding Castor Hewitt in an of-counsel capacity, serving as advisers to start-up businesses and sports organizations.

Jessica Benson Cox has joined Baker & Daniels as an associate in the firm’s downtown Indianapolis office. She is a member of the product liability group, focusing her practice on defense of pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers, and others in litigation.

Jordan L. Tandy and M. Josh Petruniw have joined Wabash firm Tiede Metz & Downs as associates.

Angela L. Gidley has joined Indianapolis and Lebanon law firm Parr Richey Obremskey Frandsen & Patterson as an associate. She will concentrate her practice in utility law and business and employment law.

Rebekah E. Pierson has joined Indianapolis law firm Wooden & McLaughlin as a paralegal in the firm’s real estate and business practice areas.

ELECTIONS & APPOINTMENTS
Anne M. Hamilton, an Indianapolis estate planning attorney with Kroger Gardis & Regas, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Central Indiana affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Trent A. McCain, a litigator with Merrillville firm McCain Law Offices, has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

AWARDS & HONORS
Michael O. Nelson has been recognized by the National Association of Environmental Professionals. Nelson, an Indianapolis attorney with Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson, represented the Evansville Greenway & Remediation Trust and General Waste Products in two lawsuits that generated proceeds later used to fund creation of a greenway near downtown Evansville. The NAEP named the newly opened section of greenway, built on a remediated scrap yard owned by GWP, as winner of its 2011 National Environmental Excellence Award in the category of environmental stewardship.

Sharon B. Hearn, a partner with Indianapolis firm Krieg DeVault, was recently presented the national 2011 Membership Recruitment Award for a Professional Member by the ESOP Association.

Andrew Buroker, a partner with Indianapolis firm Krieg DeVault, received the Gold Heart Award from the American Heart Association. This is the AHA’s highest award for volunteers who have supported the association’s mission at the national level.•