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Engagement). Past Board of Managers Members Nina Fain and Greta Weath- ersby along with CBA Secretary Ray J. Koenig III and Past CBA President and Illinois Appellate Court Justice Michael B. Hyman have developed a comprehensive list of topics and programming that pro- mote an opportunity for transformational involvement for members in their learning about the tenets of diversity, inclusion, culture, equity, and engagement with their colleagues. The group will help offer guid- ance in internal program development and collaborate with all other committees when requested in the development of public-fac- ing projects and programs that encourage and enhance the equal treatment of persons with equal skill and qualification, free from socio-cultural biases. The committee will also encourage and promote activities and events that motivate the understanding of the culture, customs, and norms that define our diverse members, which are derived from a common core set of beliefs from their various communities. Watch your inbox and the CBA Record for more information. Committee News As we move forward in re-opening Chi- cago, CBA and Young Lawyers Section Committees will be offering both virtual and in-person opportunities for meeting in the fall. Please review your committee selections this summer at www.chicagobar. org/committees (or email areyes@chica- gobar.org) to join or remove committees from your member account. Members are welcome on all practice committees and may attend any committee meeting (even if you aren’t a member of the committee). A full list of committees in available online. Members interested in real estate law should note that the Real Property Com- mittee is dividing into two specific groups, Commercial Real Property and Residential Real Property. Request a Complimentary Cyber Liability Insurance Estimate Cyber risk claims are up over 725% since the pandemic started and show no signs of slowing down. It seems like we are hearing about another cyberattack every day. Law firms are primary targets for ransomware/ extortion criminal syndicates. Cyber liabil- ity insurance covers many issues that are not typically covered by a legal malpractice

THE CBA PULSE BY BETH McMEEN, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Secretary of State Jesse White recently spoke with the CBA on how his office has responded to the challenges presented by the pandemic. View the recording on the CBA’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/chicagobar. Pictured from top left: CBA Treasurer John C. Sciaccotta; 2020-21 CBA President Maryam Ahmad; Secretary of State Jesse White; and Assistant General Counsel to Secretary of State of Illinois Terrence McConville.

Justice John Paul Stevens Award Nominations for the Association’s 2021 Justice John Paul Stevens Award are due in early August. The CBA established the award in 2000 to honor lawyers and judges whose careers emulate the integrity and commitment to public service of Justice Stevens, who was a lifelong member of The Chicago Bar Association. Mail nomina- tions for the 2021 Justice Stevens Award to BethMcMeen at bmcmeen@chicagobar. org by August 9, 2021. 2021 CBA Leadership and Board of Managers E. Lynn Grayson succeeded Maryam Ahmad as the CBA’s new president at the Association’s 148th Annual Meeting on June 24. Timothy S. Tomasik moved up to First Vice President, and John C. Sciaccotta will serve another year as the Association’s Treasurer. Newly elected members of the Association’s Executive Committee are: Ray J. Koenig III , Second Vice President, and Kathryn C. Liss , Secretary. Outgoing President Maryam

Ahmad will remain on the Executive Com- mittee for the new bar year. Newly elected members of the Board of Managers include: Michael Alkaraki, Octavio Duran, Robert W. Fioretti, Malcolm “Skip” Harsch, Risa R. Lanier, Patricia L. McCarthy, Judge James M. McGing , and Sandra S. Yamate . Holdover members of the Board of Managers are: Judge Charles S. Beach II, Alexis Crawford Douglas, Judge Clare Elizabeth McWilliams, Juan Morado Jr., Brandon Peck, Ashley Rafael, Antonio M. Romanucci , and Judge Maria Valdez . A big thanks to our outgoing CBA Board members: Jonathan B. Amarilio, Charles P. Golbert, Michael R. Lufrano, Jeffrey Moskowitz, Lauren S. Novak, Judge Nichole C. Patton, Jesse H. Ruiz, Trisha Rich, Ajay N. Shah, and Adam M. Zebelian. D.I.C.E. Initiative Launches this Summer The CBA is pleased to announce the launch of a new special initiative, D.I.C.E. (Diversity, Inclusion, Culture, Equity and

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