Joanne Molinaro, partner in the Chicago office of Foley & Lardner LLP, has been appointed Vice Chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy & Business Reorganization Practice. Molinaro is a seasoned trial lawyer and bankruptcy practitioner, litigating claims disputes in some of the largest Ponzi scheme bankruptcy cases in the U.S., defending and prosecuting multimillion-dollar avoidance lawsuits, and trying landlord and tenant disputes in complex chapter 11 cases.