CBA Record July-August 2022

Berger , YLS Journal Co-Editor in Chief Theodore Kontopoulos , YLS Journal Assistant Editor-in-Chief Nikki Mar cotte , Co-Editor of the YLS Blog Brian Bentrup , Co-Editor of the YLS Blog Alexandra Morelli , and Immediate Past Chair Tracy Brammeier . YLS Direc tors include Sarah Chowdhury , Andre Hunter, Allison Hostetler, Anthony Ivone, Michael Kozlowski, Kaitlin King, and Ryan Nolan . Justice John Paul Stevens Award Nominations for the Association’s 2022 Justice John Paul Stevens Award are due August 5. The CBA established the award in 2000 to honor lawyers and judges whose careers emulate the integrity and commitment to public service of Justice Stevens, who was a lifelong member of The Chicago Bar Association. Mail nomi nations to Beth McMeen at bmcmeen@ chicagobar.org. A big thank you to the Young Law yers Section for another terrific year of authoring articles for the CBA’s @theBar blog. Laura Wibberley , Rush University Medical Center, and Alexandra Morelli , Barker Castro & Steinback LLC, served as chairs of the steering committee. Over 200 posts were viewed over 55,000 times over the course of the bar year. Our most popular titles included: “How to Issue an Out-of-State Subpoena in Illinois,” “Counterclaim or Affirmative Defense? The Illinois Supreme Court Cautions Attorneys to Know the Difference or Face Consequences,” and “Are You Prop erly Redacting Your Documents?” You can view these articles and more at cbaat thebar.chicagobar.org. CBA Podcast Showcases High-Profile Guests The CBA’s @theBar podcast has hit an all-time high in listenership this bar year. Over 30,000 listeners tuned in to episodes featuring high profile guests such as U.S. Army Colonel Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman , former UN Correspondent Andy Semotiuk , Judge Robert Bacha rach of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Operation Family Secrets CBA Blog Reaches 20,000+ Individual Visitors

THE CBA PULSE BY BETH McMEEN, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The CBA’s Alliance for Women recognized outstanding women lawyers who have significantly contributed to the advancement of women in the legal pro fession at their annual awards in June. The Founder’s Award, given to women who have demonstrated a sustained, active commitment to the advancement of women throughout their careers, was awarded to Mary Clare Bonaccorsi, Polsinelli. The Alta May Hulett Award, named for the first woman lawyer in Illinois and awarded to a woman who meets the Founder’s Award criteria but has been qualified to practice law for 15 years or less, went to Kernisha Padilla, Latham & Watkins. Pictured (L - R) are Katie Liss, CBA Secretary and Co-Chair of the CBA Alliance for Women, Mary Clare Bonaccorsi, Kernisha Padilla, and Meghan O’Donnell, Co-Chair of the CBA Alliance for Women.

son, Judge Allen P. Walker, Matthew P. Walsh II, and Sandra S. Yamate. A big thanks to our outgoing CBA Board mem bers: Judge Maryam Ahmad, Judge Charles S. Beach II, Tracy Brammeier, Alexis Crawford Douglas, Judge Clare Elizabeth McWilliams, Juan Morado, Jr., Brandon Peck, Ashley Rafael, Antonio M. Romanucci, and Judge Maria Valdez. Daniel Berkowitz will helm the Young Lawyers Section for the 2022-23 bar year. He will be joined by: First Vice-Chair Martin Gould , Second Vice-Chair Ken neth Matuszewski , Member Services Manager Gavin Phelps , Public Service Manager Maggie Mendenhall Casey , Project Officer Aleksandra Petrovic , Project Officer Brittany Kaplan , Sec retary/Treasurer Kernisha Padilla , YLS Journal Co-Editor in Chief Jacob 2022 Young Lawyers Section Leadership

2022 CBA Leadership and Board of Managers Timothy Tomasik succeeded E. Lynn Grayson as the CBA’s new president at the Association’s 149th Annual Meet ing in June. Ray J. Koenig III moved up to First Vice President, and Kathryn C. Liss will serve another year as the Association’s Secretary. Newly elected members of the Association’s Execu tive Committee are John C. Sciacotta , Second Vice President, and Nina Fain , Treasurer. Outgoing President E. Lynn Grayson will remain on the Executive Committee for the new bar year. Mem bers of the Board of Managers for 2022 23 include: Michael Alkaraki, Louis G. Apostol, Octavio Duran, Naderh Elrabadi, Anthony F. Fata, Robert W. Fioretti, Cynthia S. Grandfield, Mal colm “Skip” Harsch, Risa R. Lanier, Patricia L. McCarthy, Judge James M. McGing (ret.), Jeffrey Moskowitz, Judge Mary Rowland, Kevin Thomp

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