In the courts
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Lake County Associate Judge Mitchell L. Hoffman to a circuit judge seat in Lake County Circuit Court’s 4th Subcircuit.
His term runs from Feb. 3 until December 2016.
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Fifth District Illinois Appellate Justice Thomas M. Welch has been appointed to the Illinois Judicial Conference’s Criminal Justice Committee for a term expiring Dec. 31.
In the law firms
Roetzel & Andress LPA added Christian M. Auty as counsel and Anne E. Brown as an …