In the law firms The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform named Kirkland & Ellis LLP associate Evan C. Palenschat to its board of directors. Palenschat practices in debt financing transactions and represents private equity groups, public and private companies, borrowers and issuers as well as commercial lending institutions. •Ismail H. Alsheik and Timothy J. Melton — partners at Jones, Day — led a team that represented Cardinal Health Inc. in a $1.9 billion deal to acquire Johnson & …