CBA Record July-August 2021

CBANEWS New Officers Sworn In at CBA’s 148th Annual Meeting By Ann Glynn, CBA Public Affairs Director F or the second year in a row, the CBA hosted a virtual annual meet- ing to welcome its new President,

Officers, and Board of Managers for the 2021-2022 Bar Year. The June 24 meeting was held over Zoom and featured remarks from outgoing CBA President Maryam Ahmad and incoming President E. Lynn Grayson, and a tribute to the CBA’s mis- sion from past presidents. Grayson is a partner in the women- owned boutique environmental law firm of Nijman Franzetti LLC where she serves as lead environmental counsel in U.S. and international transactions. She was sworn in by Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke. Judge LaShonda Hunt, U.S. Bank- ruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, swore in the rest of the CBA’s Executive Committee and new members of the Board of Managers. The new slate of CBA Officers includes First Vice President Timothy S. Tomasik, Partner, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC; Second Vice President Ray J. Koenig III, Manag- ing Partner of Clark Hill PLC; Secretary Kathryn C. Liss, Executive Director, Schiller DuCanto and Fleck Family Law Center, DePaul University College of Law; andTreasurer John C. Sciaccotta, Partner, Aronberg Goldgehn. New CBA Board of Managers mem- bers include Michael Alkaraki, Partner, Leahy Hoste Alkaraki; Octavio Duran, Principal, Duran Law Offices; Robert

2021-22 CBA President E. Lynn Grayson and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke.

FromTop Left: Second Vice President Ray J. Koenig III, Treasurer John C. Sciaccotta, Secretary Kathryn C. Liss and First Vice President Timothy S. Tomasik, and Judge LaShonda A. Hunt.

W. Fioretti, Partner, Roth Fioretti LLC; Malcolm “Skip” Harsch, Director, ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; Risa R. Lanier, Chief Deputy, Office of the Cook County State’s Attorney; Patricia McCarthy, Regional Manager, LexisNexis; Judge James M. McGing, Partner, Miller &McGing; and Sandra S. Yamate, CEO, The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession. More than 30 former CBA presidents

were featured in a virtual tribute to the CBA’s purposes and objectives that guide the work caring for and supporting mem- bers, the justice system, and the communi- ties where we live and work. The meeting concluded with Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans shar- ing a look back at CBA’s history through a slideshow showcasing where it all started and how far the CBA has come.

Full video of the Annual Meeting is available on the CBA’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/chicagobar.

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