Chicago’s Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon has hired a founding partner from a local rival. William Kunkle joins from Cahill Christian & Kunkle to work in the 200-lawyer Wildman Harrold’s litigation practice. Before moving into private practice,

Kunkle spent 13 years as a prosecutor with the Cook County state attorney’s office. Last year litigation and IP specialist Wildman Harrold opened a London office with two English patent agents and a US patent attorney.