CBA Record April-May 2019

ness luncheon at 12:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the Standard Club. Jesse H. Ruiz, Deputy Governor of Illinois, having served as First Vice President, will succeed to the office of President. MaryamAhmad, having served as Second Vice President, will become First Vice President. E. Lynn Grayson, Nijman Franzetti LLP, was selected to serve as Second Vice President. Ray J. Koenig III Managing Partner of Clark Hill’s Chicago office, was selected to serve as Secretary, and Timothy S. Toma- sik, Tomasik Kotin & Kasserman, was selected to serve as Treasurer for a second year. Members selected to serve a two-year term on the Board of Managers include: Jonathan B. Amarilio, Taft Stettinius & Hollister; Charles P. Golbert, Acting Cook County Public Guardian; Michael R. Lufrano, Executive VP, Community Affairs and Chief Legal Officer, Chicago Cubs; Lauren S. Novak, Schiff Hardin LLP; Judge Nicole C. Patton, Circuit Court of Cook County; Trisha Rich, Hol- land & Knight LLP; Ajay N. Shah, CEO, Globetrotting Engineering Corporation, and AdamM. Zebelian, Schiller DuCanto & Fleck, LLP. The CBA and Los Angeles County Bar Association are planning a number of collaborative programs which will be avail- able to our joint memberships during the coming bar year. Preliminary plans are underway for a Joint CBA/LACBA CLE Program; shared leadership development programming; piloting a joint national podcast on Legal Talk Network; providing CBA and LACBA members with online access to our extensive CLE programming at member rates; and extending an open invitation (home away from home) to CBA and LACBA member to visit, schedule client meetings, depositions, etc., at our respective Association Headquarters. CBA President Steven M. Elrod, Ronald F. Brot, Incoming President of the Los Ange- les County Bar Association, Stanley Bissey, Executive Director of the LA County Bar Association, and I met to discuss this new partnership at the ABA’s mid-year meeting in Las Vegas. More to come on this exciting CBA Joint Programming with the Los Angeles County Bar Association

MURPHY’S LAW BY TERRENCE M. MURPHY, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

CBA President Steven M. Elrod (center) moderated a panel discussion with General Counsels of Chicago Sports Teams at a special CBA luncheon in April. Pictured (left to right) are RamPadmanabhan, VP and GC, Chicago Bulls; Michael Lufrano, EVP, Chicago Cubs; Lydia Wahlke, Chief Legal Counsel, U.S. Soccer Federation; John Corvino, VP and GC, Chicago White Sox; and Cliff Stein, Sr. VP and GC, Chicago Bears. Photo by Bill Richert.

E ach year, the Association honors lawyers and judges whose careers best exemplify U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’ integrity and commitment to public service. Justice Stevens served as Second Vice President of the CBA until his nomination and appoint- ment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1970 by President Richard M. Nixon. In 1975, President Gerald Ford nominated Justice Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed his nomi- nation. Justice Stevens was sworn in at the Court on December 19, 1975 and served until his retirement in 2010. The Justice John Paul Stevens Award was established by the CBA and Justice Stevens’ former law clerks in 2000 and is the Association’s most prestigious award. Justice Stevens is the author of several books including: Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution, Five Chiefs and

his latest, The Making of a Justice: Reflec- tions on My First 94 years, out soon. The Justice John Paul Stevens Award Luncheon is held each year during September. Look for the e-mail announcement in August with specifics for this year’s luncheon. The Justice John Paul Stevens Award Commit- tee is accepting nominations for the 2019 Award. Nominations should be submitted on or before Friday, August 9, to Terrence M. Murphy, CBA Executive Director, 321 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604 or tmurphy@chicagobar.org. 2019 Nominating Committee The 2019 Nominating Committee, chaired by former CBA President Daniel M. Kotin, has completed its work and the following slate of new officers and board members will assume office at the Association’s 146th Annual Meeting on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, beginning with a reception at 11:30; followed by the busi-

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