March 18, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- Taylor Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAYC) (Current Market Cap: US$45.53 Mil.) has named Steven H. Shapiro as group senior vice president and general counsel. He joins Taylor Capital from eLoyalty Corp., where he was vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.

Prior to joining eLoyalty, Shapiro, was EVP and corporate secretary at First Midwest Bancorp in Itasca, Illinois, and deputy general counsel and assistant secretary at FMC. He had previously worked for law firms and businesses in the Chicago area.

Rosemont, Illinois-based Taylor Capital Group is the bank holding company for Cole Taylor Bank, a Chicago-based commercial bank specializing in serving the business banking, real estate lending and wealth management needs of closely held and family-owned small- and mid-sized businesses.

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