Brooke Bailey ’04 has been named principal of Pond Springs Elementary School in Austin, Texas. Brooke was assistant principal for the school since 2013 and has over 12 years experience in her field.

Of her recent promotion, Superintendent of Schools Steve Flores said, “She has a strong relationship with the Pond Springs community and I am confident that she will continue to further build connections and develop their culture for academic achievement.”

Congratulations!

You can read more about it here: http://patch.com/texas/round-rock/round-rock-isd-names-new-principal-pond-springs-elementary-school

Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney is pleased to announce the addition of five new shareholders. The five attorneys selected represent many of Segal McCambridge’s varied practice areas in several offices throughout the country. “These five young attorneys have displayed strong skill sets in construction, transportation, toxic tort, employment, environmental, and products liability litigation matters throughout their careers,” says Mark Crane, managing shareholder of Segal McCambridge. “The firm congratulates our five newest shareholders, Eric Conn, Will Irwin, Matt Jardine, Simon Lee and Chris Triska.”

William R. Irwin ’04, who is based in Segal McCambridge’s Chicago office, has experience with a wide variety of litigation matters, and focuses particularly on defending products and premises liability claims associated with the use of asbestos. As part of a national coordinating counsel team for a large industrial products company, Will oversees asbestos litigation in some of the country’s most active and dangerous jurisdictions, including New York, Louisiana, Missouri, Illinois, and Michigan, and handles all aspects of large-liability wrongful-death and terminal illness claims, including fact and expert depositions, pleadings and motion practice, trials, and appeals. Will is grateful to the Illinois Wesleyan biology and economics faculty for the scientific and analytical training they provided, as his practice requires a deep understanding of cellular biology, genetics, and carcinogenesis, as well as an ability to analyze economic modeling of damages and long-term claim trends.

Congratulations to Will on his achievements!

Katie Coleman ’04 has started a new position as Corporate Communications Manager at IFF (CDFI). Congratulations on your new role!

Jordan Ault ’04 was recently promoted to partner at Husch Blackwell LLP.  He practices product liability and mass tort litigation in the firm’s Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation business unit.

Jordan is active in the community and serves on the board of directors of Grace Hill Settlement House.  His wife, Chelsey Hillyer ’05, received her Master of Divinity degree from Eden Theological Seminary in 2015 and serves as pastor of Union United Methodist Church.  They live in St. Louis with their daughter, Jo.