CBA Record January-February 2024

Legorreta, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman LLC; Christina Mermigas, Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.; Sarah Quinn, Husch Black well; David Rashid, Salvi, Shostok & Pritchard; Justin Seigler, BatesCarey; Matthew Tully, Tully & Associates; and Christopher Wells, Office of the Illinois Attorney General… News of former CBA Presidents: Robert A. Clifford , Clifford Law Offices, was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for the 30th year; J. Timothy Eaton, Taft Law, was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court as chair of its new Executive Committee on the Practice of Law; and Jesse H. Ruiz, general counsel and chief compliance officer of the Vistria Group, was among two appointments by Governor J.B. Pritzker to the University of Illinois board of trustees… News of CBA board mem bers: Louis G. Apostol, Public Adminis trator of Cook County, was elevated to the rank of Archon in the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle for the Ecumeni cal Patriarchate; Eirene N. Salvi, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court Commis sion on Professionalism; and the Illi nois Supreme Court reappointed Cook County Associate Judge Allen P. Walker to the Illinois Supreme Court Commit tee on Illinois Evidence… Judge Jeffrey I. Cummings is now serving as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. Judge Cummings previously served as a Magistrate Judge for the Northern District… Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Celia G. Gamrath received the Illinois Bar Foun dation’s 2023 Distinguished Service to Law and Society Award; and the law firm

of Stephan Zouras, P.C. was honored with IBF’s Honorary Champion Award. Dean Jennifer L. Rosato Perea, will step down as head of DePaul University College of Law to take a leadership posi tion with the American Bar Association effective June 1… JAMS added retired Cook County Circuit Court Judge Anna H. Demacopoulos to its panel… Emily A. Herbick, Clifford Law Offices, was named to the 2024 The Best Lawyers: One to Watch, and Courtney A. Berlin and Devin J. Piper were added as associ ates to the firm… Timothy A. Hudson, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC, is the president of the Federal Bar Association’s Chicago chapter… Robert J. Napleton & Associates hired Ryan A. Scott as an associate… Polsinelli elected Nathan B. Grzegorek and Brandon T. Moore as shareholders to its Chicago office… Ropes & Gray added Charlie D. Zagnoli as a counsel to the firm’s Chicago office… Barnes & Thornburg promoted Sarah Jin to partnership… Patrick A. Salvi Sr., founder and managing partner of the Law Offices of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C., received the Illinois Bar Founda tion’s “Distinguished Award for Excel lence” at the IBF’s 2023 Black Tie Gala… and Robbins Dimonte, Ltd. added Caro lina Y. Sales as a partner to its banking and finance, business transactions, credi tors’ rights, collections and bankruptcy, and litigation teams. O’Keefe Lyons & Hynes LLC added W. Christopher Beck to the firm. His practice will focus on property tax appeal and litigation services for corporate, insti tutional, and entrepreneurial businesses in Chicago and nationally… Beerman LLP

hired Nichole C. Edidin as an associate to the firm. Edidin will focus on family law… Hinshaw & Culbertson added Justyna Regan as a partner to its busi ness and commercial practice… Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit added Michael O’Malley and Bethany Wedmore to the firm… and Cozen O’Connor labor and employ ment lawyers Jeremy Glenn and Anna Wermuth were named to the 2023 list of Notable Leaders in Employment and Labor Law by Crain’s Chicago Business and to Lawdragon’s 2023 list of Top 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers. Joe Tilson was named to Lawdragon’s Hall of Fame… O’Keefe Lyons & Hynes hired Emily Barraza who will focus on real estate property tax appeals… Ronald S. Betman joined Benesch as partner in its litigation group… Patrick J. Driscoll joined Romanucci & Blandin’s mass torts and civil rights legal team… and Patrick A. Salvi II of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. was named Chicago Lawyer Maga zine’s 2023 “Person of the Year.” Emily T. Art has joined Salvi, Schos tok & Pritchard as an associate attorney… Saul Ewing added Julie M. Workman as a partner in its real estate practice group… Jacob Zerkle has joined Polsinelli as counsel to its nonprofit organizations practice group… Clare McMahon has joined as a partner at Reed, Centracchio & Associates, LLC… and Daniel W. Bobier has been elevated to a partner at Jenner & Block. Condolences To the family and friends of Herbert H. Franks and Edward M. Bergmann.

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