CBA Record July-August 2025

Barr, Teresa Finucane, Elaina Stevens, Kushtrim Ashiku, John Clucas, John Gilmore, Joseph Nelson, Jessica Shifman, and Adam Smith. Justice John Paul Stevens Award Nominations for the Association’s 2025 Justice John Paul Stevens Award are due August 8. 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. Email nom inations to Beth McMeen at bmcmeen@ chicagobar.org. Golf Outing The CBA’s annual golf outing will be held on September 16 at the Glen Club in Glenview, IL. The Golf Committee is hard at work securing sponsorships and planning a terrific afternoon on the links. See details and register at www.chica gobar.org/golf. If your firm or company is interested in sponsoring the event, send an email to Michele Spodarek at mspo darek@chicagobar.org or call 312-554 2124. Pro Bono & Public Service Awards The 2025 CBA & CBF Pro Bono & Public Service Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, July 25, at the Hilton Chi cago. Once again, we are excited to honor unsung heroes in our legal community 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 opportuni ties for meetings in the fall. Members are welcome to attend all practice com mittees and may attend any committee meeting (even if you are not a member of the committee). Please review your com mittee selections this summer at www. chicagobar.org/committees. If you have any questions on how to join committees, contact Meredith Loehr at mloehr@chica gobar.org or call 312-554-2044.

THE CBA PULSE

BY BETH McMEEN, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lawyers from the CBA and other bar associations celebrated Law Day on May 1 in Federal Plaza by reaffirming their commitment to the law and retaking the Attorney’s Oath, which Judge Mary Colleen Roberts (ret.) led. Thank you to: Illi nois State Bar Association; Illinois Judges Association; The Advocates Society; Arab American Bar Association of Illinois; Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago; Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc.; Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago; The Decalogue Society of Lawyers; Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois; Illinois Creditors Bar Association; LAGBAC – Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association; Muslim Bar Association of Chicago; North Suburban Bar Association; Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois; Rush Univer sity System for Health; SABA of Chicago; and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois.

2025 CBA Leadership and Board of Managers

Brandon E. Peck, Justice Rena Marie Van Tine, and Judge Andrea R. Wood.

Judge Nichole C. Patton succeeds John C. Sciaccotta as the CBA’s new President. Trisha M. Rich was elected as First Vice President, and Kathryn C. Liss will serve as Second Vice President. Jonathan B. Amarilio will serve another year as Trea surer, and Andrew W. Vail joins as the Association’s Secretary. Outgoing Presi dent Sciaccotta will remain on the Execu tive Committee. Members of the Board of Managers for 2025-26 include Daniel J. Berkowitz, James V. Campell, Elizabeth Carpenter, Steven R. Decker, Nishá N. Dotson, John C. Ellis, Kevin Gerow, Martin D. Gould, Noah J. Graf, Judge Kenya A. Jenkins Wright, Michael S. Kozlowski, Francine D. Lynch, Sari W. Montgomery, Judge Thomas A. Morrissey, Ryan M. Nolan,

2025 Young Lawyers Section Leadership

Gavin Phelps will helm the Young Law yers Section for the 2025-2026 bar year. He will be joined by First Vice Chair Aleksandra Petrovic; Second Vice Chair Bianca Ciarroni; Recruitment Officer Stephanie Moon; Philanthropy Offi cer Pam Sran; Program Officer Deepa Singh; Program Officer Cha’yra Eddie; Secretary-Treasurer Andre A. Hunter, Jr.; YLS Journal Co-Editors in Chief Joanna Kopczyk and Katherine Hanson; @ theBar Blog Co-Editors in Chief Hannah Werner and Sara Shiffman; Inclusion and Engagement Officer Joshua Epstein; and Immediate Past Chair Kenneth Matusze wski. YLS Directors include Whitney

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