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CORNERSTONE EXPANDS: Cornerstone Government Affairs is opening a Chicago office and adding Mike Forde and Bill Smith to lead the expanded presence. Forde joins from Mayer Brown, where he co-chaired the firm's commercial litigation practice. Forde's clients have included then-candidate Rahm Emanuel in his residency litigation challenging his qualifications to run for mayor of Chicago. Smith comes on board following a stint as general counsel to a state-charted community bank. "Since its founding, Cornerstone has successfully represented Illinois interests before the federal government, so the establishment of an Illinois office is a logical extension of our growing state government relations practice," said Campbell Kaufman, managing partner, state government relations. The firm's Washington-based employees-Mike Smith, Amy Souders, Mark Mioduski and Timothy Wolfmeyer - are Illinois natives and are expected to be engaged in growing the Illinois presence. The firm already has a number of Chicago-based clients, including United Airlines, Boeing, The Y,University of Chicago and DePaul University.


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