CBA Record April-May 2019

phony No. 9, at the legendary Orchestra Hall/Symphony Center on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. Featured perform- ers with the CBA’s Orchestra and Chorus will be the winners in The American Prize in Voice from Chicago’s Oratorio Award, DePaul’s Community Chorus and Niles Metropolitan Chorus. The musical num- bers will include a Piano Concerto com- posed by Shumann, a Clarinet Concerto composed by Mozart, and Violin Concerto No. 3 composed by Saint-Saens. More than 300 lawyer musicians and friends will join together on Orchestra Hall’s historic stage for this joyful concert. Members and guests are cordially invited to attend this special CBAmusical event. Tickets may be ordered at bit.ly/OdeToJoy_OrchestraHall. Congratulations U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca R. Pall- meyer will succeed Judge Ruben Castillo as Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court in early July…Judge Pallmeyer will be the first woman to serve as Chief Judge of our U.S. District Court…CBA Treasurer Timothy S. Tomasik delivered Law Day remarks at the Daley Center…Judge Margaret J. Mullen (ret.) will become President of the Illinois Judges Association at IJA’s Annual Meeting onMay 31… Linda F. Friedman, Stowell & Friedman, will receive the Alli- ance for Women’s 2019 Founder’s Award and Kathryn C. Liss, DePaul University

College of Law, will receive the Alliance’s 2019 Alta May Hulett Award…Clark Hill lawyers LaTonya Ellis and Latasha Thomas created a new program with CPS to develop future lawyers of color… Sandra Yamate, CEO of the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession, sponsored a special program for large law firms entitled: “Why Work Allocation Can Be an Effective D& I Strategy” featuring Dave Cook and Robert Brown, Mason & Cook, from the U.K… Kirkland & Ellis tops the American Law top 100 list of U.S. law firms… Robert P. Cummins received Fenwick High School’s Accipiter Award for meritorious service to the legal profession…Judge Diane Joan Larsen (ret.) has joined JAMS… Anita K. Krug will become the new Dean of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, effective August 1… Robert M. Fishman, Roth- schild LLP, is the firm’s new chair of the financial restructuring and bankruptcy department… David L. Kane was added as a shareholder at Vedder Price P.C… Richard J. Skrodzki, a partner at Golds- tine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec and Hoff, Ltd., was elected General Counsel of the Chicago District Golf Association…CBA Past President Daniel A. Cotter, Latimer LeVay Fyock LLC, has published an excit- ing new book The Chief Justices: 17 Men of the Center Seat… Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary JaneTheis received the South Asian Bar Association’s Award of Judicial Achievement. Stephanie L. Stewart has joined Mary Robinson and Sari Montgomery as a partner in Robinson Stewart Montgomery & Doppke, LLC… George K. Flynn has joined Karbal Cohen Economou Silk & Dunne, LLC… Joseph L. Kish, a Segal McCambridge shareholder, received the U.S. District Court and Federal Bar Asso- ciation’s Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service… Elizabeth Kaveny, Kaveny + Kroll, was a panel participant at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s May program… Brandon P. Knop is a new associate at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagel- berg LLP… Danielle N. Harris, an associ- ate at Cozen O’Connor was selected to the 2019 National Employment Law Council Academy… Jennifer Y. Tolsky, Gould & Ratner LLP, was named partner to the

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new partnership, which will significantly increase and enhance the educational pro- gramming available to CBA and LACBA members. CBA Symphony Orchestra “Ode to Joy” Concert at Chicago Symphony Center Maestro David Lazaar Katz will lead the Association’s Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of “Ode to Joy,” the Choral Finale from Beethoven’s Sym-

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