Motyka is replacing COO Steven W. Smitham.
Motyka will be responsible for a variety of strategic initiatives, day-to-day operations, and management oversight of other firm administrators.
Before joining Butler Rubin, Motyka held positions as Manager of Illinois Offices at Dykema Gossett PLC, as Office Administrator in the Chicago office of Perkins Coie and as Manager of the Legal Assistant Department at Kirkland & Ellis.
Formed in 1980, Chicago based Butler Rubin is a well-known litigation boutique assisting clients nationally and internationally in the core practice areas of reinsurance and commercial litigation, including antitrust, competition law and opt-out antitrust litigation; business reorganization, bankruptcy and insolvency; class action; and products liability and mass tort matters.