INDUSTRY NEWS
Celebrating 20 Year Staff Anniversaries & New Employees
Keough & Moody is proud to announce that both Gabriella Comstock and Shannon Schwarzwalder will celebrate 20 years with Keough & Moody, P.C. in 2016.
The two veterans will also celebrate 20 years of service to the community association industry in 2016. Both started with the firm in 1996 and since that time, they have concentrated their efforts in providing legal representation and support to community associations. We are so lucky to have them!
Gabriella R. Comstock is primarily responsible for litigation related to community associations. Gabby regularly speaks on issues related to community associations and has published several articles. She was awarded the CAI Rising Star Award in 2008 by the Illinois Chapter of CAI. In 2014 Gabriella was admitted to the College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL). CCAL is a prestigious group of attorneys practicing community association law in the United States, and fewer than 150 attorneys have been granted membership in the College. Gabriella is also co- chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Real Property Law, Condominium Subcommittee. In April, 2015 Gabriella was appointed to a position on the planning committee for the CAI Law Seminar which is hosted annually by CAI National. Gabby received her undergraduate degree from Loyola University of Chicago, Cum Laude, in 1993 and her J.D. degree from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law in 1996. She is a member of the American, Illinois, Chicago and DuPage County Bar Associations. Gabby is licensed to practice before all courts in Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Gabby is also a member of the Federal Trial Bar.
Shannon V. Schwarzwalder is primarily responsible for management of the firm and staff and for maintaining all corporate formation/formalities for the firm’s clients. Shannon is actively engaged in the community association
industry, spending years on the Community Association Institute (CAI) golf committee as co-chair, and years on the social committee. She was awarded the CAI Rising Star Award in 2004. Shannon received her paralegal certificate in 1997, undergraduate degree in organizational communications in 2001 and her Masters in Leadership Studies in 2006 all from North Central College.
THERESE EDMISTON JOINS THE KEOUGH & MOODY TEAM
Keough & Moody, P.C. is proud to announce the addition of associate attorney, Therese Edmiston. Therese represents community associations in various transactional and litigation matters, including the collection of assessments. Immediately prior to joining the firm, Therese worked in civil legal aid in Chicago. She represented youth in special education matters and indigent individuals in expunging juvenile and criminal records. This involved regular appearances at school board hearings, the Cook County Juvenile Court, and the Cook County Criminal Court. Therese’s other previous legal experience includes representing and advising the Illinois State Charter School Commission as well as school boards in Texas.
Therese received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign in 2007. After college she was a high school teacher in Texas. She received her J.D. from the University of Texas in Austin in 2013. During law school, Therese was on staff for the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and authored a law review article published in that same journal. Therese was admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois in 2013.
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