CBA Record Feb-March 2018

G. Douglass are co-chairs of Novack & Macey LLP’s Energy Practice Group... Lindsey Sullivan was named counsel at Ropes & Gray LLP… Hannah Y.M. Jurowicz , Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, is the incoming chair of the Chicago Committee for Advancing Minorities in Large Law Firms... William E. Walsh was added as counsel to Dentons US LLP... William Bogot , a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, spoke at the winter meeting of the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States... Ellen M. Babbitt , Peter G. Land and Scott L. Warner were named partners at Husch Blackwell LLP... Kenneth Levinson , Levinson & Stefani, published the new edition of Litigating Major Automobile Injury And Death Cases... Christina Santana Hammervold is a new associate at Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Arnoff LLP... Aaron P. Bowling is a new shareholder at Banner & Witcoff, Ltd… Todd Miller received an award and was honored for his work with the Lawyers’ Assistance Program... AdamM. Prom is an associate at Dicello Levitt & Casey LLC... Jeffrey B. Greenspan , Cozen O’Connor, was appointed chair of the ABA Section of

Litigation’s Trial Practice Committee... Jill S. Vorobiev is a new partner at Reed Smith LLP... Mark D. Belongia is a partner at Thompson Coburn LLP…Judge Colleen Sheehan , JMLS Professor Michael Seng , Judge Shelia Murphy (ret.) and Judge Martha Mills (ret.) were featured experts on restorative justice at the International Alternative Dispute 9th Annual Congress held at Loyola Law School. Carol A. Brook , Federal Defender for the Northern District of Illinois, will retire at the end of May... Margaret P. Battersby Black , a partner at Levin & Perconti, spoke at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Damages Seminar... Danielle Lauren Rosenberg is a new associate at Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa... Keith A. Hebeisen , Clifford Law Offices, was a featured panelist for the ABA on Medical Malpractice Litigation… Robert A. Clifford , Clifford Law Offices, Dan K. Webb , Chairman, Winston & Strawn LLP, Patrick J. Fitzgerald , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, and Patrick M. Collins , a partner at Perkins Coie LLP, participated in a mock trial titled “The

Trial of Megacles: A Test of Democracy” at the Art Institute’s Rubloff Auditorium. Condolences Condolences to the family and friends of Justice William Cousins, Jr .; Evan Kjellenberg ; Michael B. Roche , Schuyler, Roche & Crisham P.C.; Claude Emmet Carr , Retired Law Professor, The John Marshall Law School; Michael S. Saper; George Malcolm Mariner ; and Kathryn Jedlica , daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Consider nominating a non-lawyer for the Liberty Bell Award by April 20. The award recognizes a member of our community who has rendered service that strengthens the ef- fectiveness of the American system of freedom under the law. Helppromote the ideals of justice, liberty and community responsibility. The Liberty Bell Application/Nomination Form can be found at www.chicagobar.org. Liberty Bell Award Nominations Due April 20

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