CBA Record July-August 2022

CBANEWS CBA’s 149th Annual Meeting Hosted In-Person By Ann Glynn, CBA Public Affairs Director T he Chicago Bar Association cel ebrated the 2021-2022 bar year at the 149th annual meeting in

New members of the 2022-2023 Board of Managers were introduced. Members include Michael Alkaraki, Louis G. Apostol, Octavio Duran, Naderh Elrabadi, Anthony F. Fata, Robert W. Fioretti, Cynthia S. Grandfield, Malcolm “Skip” Harsch, Risa R. Lanier, Patricia L. McCarthy, Judge James M. McGing, Jeffrey Moskowitz, Judge Mary Row land, Kevin Thompson, Judge Allen P. Walker, Matthew P. Walsh II, and Sandra S. Yamate. In addition to opening remarks from Grayson, other highlights included rec ognition for outgoing officers and board members, reports from the CBA Trea surer and Election Committee, introduc tions of new officers and board members, and closing remarks from Tomasik.

Trust Counsel, JSS Family Trusts. Tomasik is a founding member of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman LLC where he has distinguished himself as one of Chicago’s elite trial attorneys. Before joining the firm, he practiced for 15 years at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and served as an Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney in the Bureau of Spe cial Prosecutions. Tomasik is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation and the ABA’s Torts Com mittee. He served for 15 years on The Chicago Bar Association’s Judicial Evalu ation Committee. He is a past Chair of Lawyers Lend-A-Hand, a foundation that provides grants to Chicago’s underprivi leged youth, and is a past board member of the Western Springs Foundation for Educational Excellence.

June at the Union League Club. Held in person for the first time since 2019, the meeting highlighted the successes of the past year, looked ahead to the coming year, and welcomed a new group of officers. Outgoing President E. Lynn Grayson passed the gavel of leadership to Timothy S. Tomasik. Tomasik was joined by a new slate of CBA Officers including First Vice Presi dent Ray J. Koenig III, Managing Partner of Clark Hill; Second Vice President John Sciaccotta, Partner, Aronberg Goldgehn; Secretary Kathryn Carso Liss, Executive Director, Schiller DuCanto and Fleck Family Law Center, DePaul University College of Law; and Treasurer Nina Fain,

Outgoing CBA President E. Lynn Grayson (right) passes the Lincoln Gavel to new President Timothy S. Tomasik.

Pictured from Left: CBA Secretary Kathryn C. Liss, CBA Executive Director Beth McMeen, 2021-22 CBA President E. Lynn Grayson, CBA Treasurer Nina Fain and Past CBA President Aurora Abella-Austriaco.

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