People In Business

EDWARDSVILLE – Midwest litigation firm HeplerBroom says 13 of its attorneys have been listed as 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers and eight have been named 2018 Illinois Rising Stars by SuperLawyers Magazine. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and…

EDWARDSVILLE – Walton Telken Foster founding member Troy Walton has been selected an Illinois Super Lawyer for 2018. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than 2.5 percent…

SIHF Healthcare says Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Christal Gabrielson, has joined its team at 815 E. Fifth St., Alton. Gabrielson has experience in adult, adolescent and child counseling; trauma interventions for individuals, groups and couples; depression and anxiety treatment, as well as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy. “In working with individuals of all ages…

HSHS Medical Group has added Meghan Ziegler, APRN, to its team of providers in New Baden and Breese. She offers primary care for patients of all ages at HSHS St. Joseph’s Health Center, located at 211 East Hanover Street in New Baden; and at Clinton County Rural Health – Breese, located at 9401 Holy Cross…

Engineering and surveying firm Thouvenot, Wade & Moerchen Inc. has hired Brandon Poiter, PE, SE of Du Quoin. Poiter will work as a structuraleEngineer based out of TWM’s Waterloo office. Poiter earned both his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Civil Engineering from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Illinois, Missouri,…

EDWARDSVILLE – The Gori, Realtors Real Estate Co. announced today that Tess and Melissa Perica will be joining its team of professionals. Melissa Perica worked as a legal administrator for over 10 years before being persuaded by her daughter, Tess, to become a real estate agent. Tess Perica, a licensed attorney and University of Kentucky…

Daniel W. Farroll has joined the Personal Injury Group at the law firm of Goldenberg Heller & Antognoli, P.C., one of the most experienced personal injury and business and commercial litigation firms in the St. Louis-Southern Illinois region. He previously was a partner with Hepler Broom in Edwardsville, Illinois. “With more than 25 years of…

ST. LOUIS — Commerce Bancshares Inc. announced the appointment of Karen Daniel, chief financial officer of Black & Veatch, as a member of its board of directors. Daniel fills a vacancy created by the resignation of James. B. Hebenstreit, and will serve Hebenstreit’s remaining term and position on the board until 2020. Daniel will also…

Sara Salger, a partner in Edwardsville-based Gori Julian & Associates, P.C., has been recognized again as a recipient of the Super Lawyers “Rising Star” award by demonstrating excellence in the practice of law. It is the fourth time Salger has achieved the recognition. The “Rising Star” award is presented by Super Lawyers, a rating service…

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — John O’Bryan has been appointed president and chief executive officer of American Railcar Industries Inc. The board of directors had appointed O’Bryan as the president and interim CEO on Jan. 1. ARI’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, SungHwan Cho, stated, “John joined ARI as chief commercial officer in June 2017…