Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres added Michael Schierl to chair the firm’s new public finance practice group. He will also co-chair its new non-profit advisory practice group with Croke Fairchild partner David Skelding.Schierl will counsel clients on traditional bond financing structures, both tax-exempt and taxable, and on structures that integrate finance and balance sheet philanthropy.• Clifford Law Offices partner Keith A. Hebeisen will speak on closing arguments during the Illinois Trial Lawyers …