CBA Nov.-Dec. 2020

Bar Show Goes Virtual with a Home Edition The CBA’s annual musical comedy revue, The Bar Show , has gone virtual this year. The cast’s creative spirit remains as strong as ever and will continue our 97-year-old tradition of trying to make sense, or non- sense, of the year’s events. This year, you will receive notice of new Bar Show videos in your email box, the Bar Show webpage (barshow.org) and on CBA social media, including the Bar Show’s Facebook Page (facebook.com/CBABarShow). Congratu- lations to the talented cast! Congratulations Jackson Lewis attorney James Botana was honored as Latino Lawyer of the Year by Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois… Lance D. Northcutt has joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard as a Partner… Corboy & Demetrio attorney Andrew P. Stevens was selected for the 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch … Corboy &Demetrio Attorney Michael D. Ditore was selected to Chicago Lawyer and Chi- cago Daily Law Bulletin’s “40 Under Forty” for 2020… The Chicago Office of Cozen O’Connor welcomed new attorneys to its bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring practice including Brian L. Shaw, Ira Bodenstein, Robert M. Fishman, Peter J. Roberts, David R. Doyle, Allen J. Guon, and Mark L. Radtke … Cozen O’Connor Labor & Employment Vice- Chair Anna Wermuth and Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale Franchising & Distri- bution and Intellectual Property Group member Susan Meyer have been named to Crain’s “Notable Women in Law” list. Michelle Gilbert has joined the Law- yers’ Committee for Better Housing as Legal Director… Elrod & Friedman is now on record as the attorneys for the villages of Arlington Heights and Lib- ertyville… The American Association of Justice awarded Robert A. Clifford , founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, its annual Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020. Firsel Ross attorneys Jessica T. Cooper and Karen Jerwood have been named to 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch” … Joe Tilson , co-chair of Cozen

O’Connor’s national Labor & Employ- ment Department, was named the 2021 Chicago Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America... Kate J. Fox has joined von Briesen & Roper as an associate in their new Chicago office…Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed commercial litigation partner Matt Wasserman to its growing Chicago office… Candice Kline has joined Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice. In late October, the CBA and Chicago Bar Foundation presented the Justice John Paul Stevens Award to Marisel Hernandez of Jacobs Burns Orlove & Hernandez; Jennifer T. Nijman , Nijman·Franzetti ; Terrence M. Murphy , Retired CBA Executive Director; Zaldwaynaka (“Z”) Scott , president of Chicago State Univer- sity; and Circuit Court of Cook County Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Jr … The Decalogue Society of Lawyers bestowed its annual awards in November to CBA Editor-in-Chief and Illinois Appel- late Court Justice Michael B. Hyman ; Debbie Berman , Jenner & Block; Diane Redleaf , Family Defense Center; Shomrim Society, Justice Alan J. Greiman (retired); Joshua Kreitzer , and Clifford Scott-Rud- nick … PILI’s Board of Directors elected John J. Bourke for a two-year term as

Board President... Additionally, the board elected Daniel Lange of Vedder Price as Vice President, Kyle Petersen of Seyfarth Shaw as Secretary, and Traci Braun of Exelon as Treasurer. Sarah Bernstein of Barack Ferrazzano is the Immediate Past President. New board members include Perry Browder , Simmons Hanley Conroy; Charles Golbert , Cook County Public Guardian; Juan Morado, Jr. , Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff; Culyer Robinson , Charles River Associates; Barry Taylor , Equip for Equality; and Judge Lisa Wilson , Tenth Judicial Circuit…InOcto- ber, the North Suburban Bar Association honored Justice Jesse G. Reyes with its L. Sanford Bluston Award and installed Judge Megan E. Goldish as president. CBA Staff News Ann Glynn has joined the staff as the CBA’s new Public Affairs Director. Condolences Condolences to the family and friends of Judge Blanche M. Manning and Joel Daly . Correction CBA Well Being &Mindfulness Committee Chair Brendan Cournane was listed with an incorrect first name in the 2020-21 CBA Committee Chair Directory.

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