CBA Record January-February 2026

Celebrating 50 Years of CBA Membership By Ann Glynn, CBA Public Affairs Director

T he CBA is proud to recognize the 51 members who are marking 50 years of membership this year. CBA President Judge Nichole C. Patton hosted a luncheon for some of those members and their families to thank them for their steadfast commitment and dedication to the legal profession and the CBA.

Pictured in the back row from left: John J. Ward, Alan M. Komensky, CBA Secretary Andrew Vail, Steven A. Felsenthal, Judge Dennis J. Burke (ret.), Judge Lewis M. Nixon, Francis P. Murphy, John C. Shepard, David C. Julian, James M. Kramer, and Barry S. Silver. Seated from left: Justice Mary Jane Theis, Lee T. Polk, CBA President Judge Nichole C. Patton, CBA First Vice President Trisha M. Rich, and Jay S. Nelson. Not pictured: Arthur H. Anderson, Jr., David Arnburg, Robert I. Berger, Michael A. Buck, Joan S. Cherry. James E. Dahl, John Deppe, George T. Drake, Mark B. Epstein, Eve C. Epstein, Richard R. Fabbrini, Jeffrey M. Feingold, Alan H. Garfield, Jeffrey M. Goldberg, Bruce D. Goodman, Patricia K. Hogan, Joseph S. Holtzman, John K. Hughes, David W. Inlander, Gerald L. Jenkins, Louis C. Keiler, LeRoy C. Klemt, Laurence J. Kline, Louis I. Lang, Alan M. Levin, Frank A. Marino, John H. Mays, Robert T. Palmer, John E. Regan, Roger D. Rudich, Steven E. Silverman, Jeffrey M. Simon, Aaron Spivack, David G. Strom, Edward E. Wicks, Sally Wildman, Norman E. Wilson, and John C. Wojteczko.

The CBA Municipal and Law Committee welcomed Joe Steadman from Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila to present“From Shlensky to National League Ball Club: The Litigious History of Lights at Wrigley Field.” Pictured from left: Judge Joseph Panarese, Circuit Court of Cook County (Co-Vice Chair); Judge Thomas Morrissey, Circuit Court of Cook County (Co-Chair); Marissa D. Longoria, Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (Co-Vice Chair); Joseph Steadman; Michael R. Lufrano, Chicago Cubs; and Judge Michael Zink, Circuit Court of Cook County. To join the committee and receive notice of future meetings, visit www.chicagobar.org (under Committees) or send an email to membership@chicagobar.org.

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