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Six Associates Join Much Shelist

CHICAGO – August 8, 2007 – Chicago-based law firm Much Shelist has recently added six new Associates. Myles A. Cochran has joined the Real Estate practice group, from Associate at Stahl Cowen Crowley LLC in Chicago. Joining the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group are Andrea E. Forsyth, from Assistant State’s Attorney in the Criminal Appeals Division of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office; Christopher J. Petelle, from Assistant State’s Attorney in the Criminal Appeals and Civil Divisions of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office; and Autumn L. Sharp, from Associate in the Columbus, Ohio, office of Jones Day. Additionally, the Business & Finance practice group has added Chad J. Van Den Top, from Senior in Transaction Advisory Services at Ernst & Young in Chicago.

Joseph M. Martin has also joined the Business & Finance practice group after spending a year as a volunteer attorney at the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic. Prior to that, Martin worked for seven years as an Associate in the commercial finance practice at Goldberg Kohn in Chicago and served as an Associate focusing on finance and securitization at Mayer, Brown & Platt (now Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP) in Chicago.

About Much Shelist

Much Shelist, established in 1970, is an independent, Chicago-based law firm with approximately 85 attorneys. The firm offers business and litigation services in a wide range of practice areas, including real estate; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions; corporate finance and securities; commercial finance; taxation and business planning; bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors' rights; business litigation; employee benefits and executive compensation; health care; insurance coverage and risk management; intellectual property; labor and employment; and wealth transfer and succession planning. Clients include middle-market businesses, financial institutions, public and private companies, families and high-net-worth individuals.