CBA Record July-August 2024

of the YLS Blog Hannah Werner, DEI Officer Bianca Ciarroni, and Immediate Past Chair Martin Gould. YLS Directors include Joshua Epstein, Michelle DiS ilvestro, Blake Kolesa, Elaina Stevens, Whitney Barr, and Teresa Finucane. Justice John Paul Stevens Award Nominations for the Association’s 2024 Justice John Paul Stevens Award are due August 9. 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 longtime member of The Chicago Bar Association. Mail nomi nations to Beth McMeen at bmcmeen@ chicagobar.org. Golf Outing The CBA’s 99th Annual Golf Outing will be held on September 17 at The Glen Club in Glenview, IL. Our Golf Commit tee is hard at work securing sponsorships and planning a terrific afternoon on the links. See details and register at www.chi cagobar.org/golf. If your firm or company is interested in sponsoring the event, send an email to Michele Spodarek at mspo darek@chicagobar.org. Pro Bono & Public Service Awards The 2024 CBA & CBF Pro Bono & Public Service Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, July 19, at the Hilton Chi cago. We are excited to once again honor seven unsung heroes in our legal commu nity for their remarkable pro bono and public service achievements. See details at www.chicagobarfoundation.org. Committee News CBA committees will continue to offer both virtual and in-person opportunities for meetings in the Fall. Members are wel come to attend all practice committees and may attend any committee meeting (even if you are not a member of the commit tee). Please review your committee selec tions this summer at www.chicagobar.org/ committees. If you have any questions on how to join committees, contact Meredith Loehr at mloehr@chicagobar.org.

THE CBA PULSE

BY BETH McMEEN, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Nineteen attorneys successfully completed the CBA’s 2024 Leadership Institute. At the “Secrets to Becoming a Rainmaker” session, panelists included: Binal Patel, Partner, Banner Witcoff; Ann Chen, Assistant General Counsel, TransUnion; Precious Jacobs-Perry, Partner, Jenner & Block; and Tasneem Khokha, Managing Director, GrowthPlay. If you are interested in being a part of the 2025 Leadership Institute next spring, email CLE Director Jennifer Byrne at jbyrne@chicagobar.org.

2024 CBA Leadership and Board of Managers

Justice Margaret Stanton McBride, Sari W. Montgomery, Peter McNamara, John Mitchell, Eirene Salvi, Brendon Stark, Justice Rena Marie Van Tine, and Judge Andrea R. Wood.

John C. Sciaccotta succeeded Ray J. Koenig III as the CBA’s new president at the Association’s 151st Annual Meeting in June. Kathryn C. Liss moved up to First Vice President, and Trisha Rich will serve another year as the Association’s Secre tary. Judge Nichole C. Patton joins the Executive Committee as the newly elected Second Vice President, and Jonathan B. Amarilio joins as Treasurer. Outgoing President Ray J. Koenig III will remain on the Executive Committee for the new bar year. Members of the Board of Managers for 2024-25 include: Daniel J. Berkow itz, Tracy Brammeier, Nishá N. Dotson, John C. Ellis, Judge Kenya A. Jenkins Wright, Michael Kozlowski, Fran cine D. Lynch, Margaret Mendenhall Casey, Josie Gough, Brian Haussmann,

2024 Young Lawyers Section Leadership

Kenneth Matuszewski will helm the Young Lawyers Section for the 2024-25 bar year. He will be joined by First Vice Chair Gavin Phelps, Second Vice-Chair Aleksandra Petrovic, Member Service Manager Stephanie Moon, Public Service Manager Jacob Berger, Project Officer Deepa Singh, Project Officer Pam Sran, Secretary/Treasurer Andre A. Hunter, Jr., YLS Journal Co-Editor-in-Chief Nikki Marcotte, YLS Journal Co-Editor-in Chief Joanna Kopczyk, Co-Editor of the YLS Blog Teresa Dettloff, Co-Editor

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