Barnes & Thornburg added Adam Kaufmann as a partner in its Chicago office.He joins the firm’s Intellectual Property Department with a focus on patent and trade secret litigation. Kaufmann is a patent litigator who represents clients in federal court, before the International Trade Commission, and in America Invents Act proceedings.• The Illinois State Board of Elections added two new board members — Catherine S. McCrory and Rick Terven — and elected a new chair — Ian Linnabary — and …