CBA Record July-August 2025

CONTENTS

CBA RECORD

July/August 2025 • Volume 39, Number 4

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Editor’s Briefcase

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

“Kid, You’ll Move Mountains!” by Nikki Marcotte

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Meet CBA President Judge Nichole C. Patton By Daniel J. Berkowitz Objectionable Objections in Civil Litigation: Three Big Ones, and Why They Don’t Work By Richard Lee Stavins Best (and Maybe the Worst) Advice You Ever Received as a New Lawyer By Members of the CBA Record Editorial Board

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President’s Page

One Leader. Two Institutions. A Unified Vision. by Judge Nichole C. Patton

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CBA News

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20 The Pulse

22 Chicago Bar

Foundation Report

THE YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION

44 LPMT Bits & Bytes

A CRM System Remembers, So You Don’t Have To by Kevin Thompson

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Courage Gavin Phelps, YLS Chair

46 Practical Ethics

The Increasingly Elastic “Ban” on Fee Sharing with Nonlawyers by Trisha Rich

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Meet Your New YLS Chair, Gavin Phelps By J. Kopczyk

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One of These Statutes is Not Like the Others: The Seventh Circuit Holds that BIPA Does Not Fall within Insurance Coverage Exclusion By J. Kopczyk

48 Review of Reviews

50 Summary Judgments Wellness Reimagined

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Engaging in “Human Practice” for Career Sustainability By Katherine Hanson

By Erin Clifford, JD, MA, LPC Reviewed by Meredith Geller

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Young Lawyers Section Welcomes New Leadership at Annual Meeting By Ann Glynn, CBA Public Affairs Director

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