CBA Record April-May 2019

Tecson P.C., co-moderated a CBA semi- nar on “Guardianship 101 & The Basics of Elder & Disability Care”… Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Clifford Law Offices’ communications partner, was sworn in as President of the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago… Olga Schwier was named an ssociate at Green, Griffith & Borg-Breen LLP, in the firm’s intellectual property group… Andrew R. Gelman, a partner at Holland & Knight, and Alan E. Sohn, a sole practitioner, were featured speakers on estate planning at the North Pulaski Branch of the Chicago Public Library… AbrahemWehbi is a new associate at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP… W. Andrew Douglass was named a partner in Reed Smith LLP’s global corporate group… Brendan P. McGarry was named a partner at Kaufman Dolowich & Volluck LLP… Elizabeth E. Ballek was named a partner at SmithAmundsen LLC… Barbara R. Barreno, Andrea Valentine Belard, Lisa Duarte, Elizabeth V. Lopez and Donald E. Goff, Jr., were selected by the Hispanic National Bar Association to receive its “Top Lawyers Under 40 Awards for 2019… Erin E. McAdams was named a partner in Freeborn & Peters LLP’s litigation practice group…Judge Sheila M. Murphy (Ret.) was honored at the First Defense Legal Aid’s 2019 Award Reception…Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Lloyd A. Kar- meier, U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Illana Diamond Rovner, Judge Rus- sell W. Hartigan (ret.) and Illinois Appel- late Court Justice and Past CBA President JoyV. Cunningham were recently honored by the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois at the group’s annual judicial reception. Birthday Greetings Birthday greetings to the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Timothy C. Evans. Condolences Condolences to the family and friends of: Judge George W. Lindberg, Thomas C. Hynes, Leslie Arenson Auslander, Rudolf “Rudy” G. Schade, William E. Rattner and Veronica M. Paprocki.

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