CBA Record July-August 2022

and focusing on lawyer well ness programs, which he views as also impacting civil ity and collegiality in the bar. His objectives are broad and ambitious, andTomasik is think ing hard about how to accom plish them. Those who know him have no doubt that he will be successful. “He is generous to a fault, especially with this time,” Petrek says. “I cannot think of a better person to lead The Chicago Bar Association.”

Tim at the 2022 CBA Annual Meeting with (from left) Judge Maryam Ahamad, Ray J. Koenig III, Justice P. Scott Neville, and E. Lynn Grayson.

the trip annually with his own family. Organizing for the program is currently underway, and Tomasik hopes to arrange for CBA members to interact with members of Ireland’s bar associations. As Tomasik looks toward the coming bar year, he also has set his sights on expanding the CBA’s Diversity, Inclu sion, Culture, Equity, and Engage ment (DICE) Program; continuing the work to engage younger lawyers in the CBA; promoting judicial independence;

lawyers do want to get together in person, but we do have to exercise care. It will be important to find the right balance.” Due to the pandemic, Tomasik will be the first President since Steven Elrod’s term in 2019-2020 to lead an international CBA CLE program. He is planning a trip to Ireland – a place he has a strong con nection to – scheduled for April 2023. Tomasik is half-Irish on his mother’s side, and spent time every summer in Ire land while growing up. Today, he makes

Trisha Rich is a litigator and legal ethicist at Hol land & Knight. You can reach her at trisha. rich@hklaw.com, on LinkedIn at linkedin. com/in/trisharich, or on Twitter @_TrishRich.

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