CBA Record March-April 2023

investigative report on an assigned judicial candidate. Investigators can also partici pate in candidate hearings. The position provides the opportunity to speak to leading attorneys and judges around the Chicago area and is an important public service. Contact Angie Cruz at acruz@ chicagobar.org with any questions or to volunteer. Congratulations Congratulations on receiving the 2023 Earl B. Dickerson Award to Judge Patrice M. Ball-Reed, Circuit Court of Cook County; Judge Clarence L. Burch, Cir cuit Court of Cook County; Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright, Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission; Judge Preston Jones, Jr., Circuit Court of Cook County; Erica Kirkwood, GMA Construction Group; and Derrick M. Thompson, Jr., Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP… Illi nois Supreme Court Justice Lisa Holder White was named Chicago Lawyer maga zine's 2022 Person of the Year... The Irish American Hall of Fame will honor CBA Board Member Matthew P. Walsh II and his family at the end of April with its Hometown Hero Award… The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Profes sionalism hired Julia Roundtree Liv ingston as its new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager... Circuit Court of Cook County Judges: Mary Cay Marubio was named Acting Presiding Judge of the Pretrial Division and David R. Navarro was assigned to the First District Appel late Court. The following Circuit Court Judges have retired: Judges Arnette R. Hubbard, Edward J. King, Casandra Lewis, James N. O’Hara, Lorna E. Propes, Irwin J. Solganick, James E. Snyder, and Gregory J. Wojkowski… The Center for Disability & Elder Law’s 2023 Award Winners are: Vol unteers of the Year: Shane Kelly, Baker McKenzie, Addison Braendel, Baker McKenzie , Crofton Kelly, Baker McK enzie, and Stephen S. Phalen, The Law Offices of Stephen S. Phalen, LLC; Part ner of the Year Award, Astellas Pharma US; and the Impact Award, Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough… CBF Direc

tor of Development Sang Yup Lee was installed as President of the Asian Ameri can Bar Association at its Annual Installa tion Dinner, and CBA Board of Managers member Eirene Nakamura Salvi received AABA’s Rising Star Award. Clifford Law Offices has named Former YLS Chair Tracy A. Brammeier partner… Maggie Mendenhall Casey, CBA/YLS Public Service Manager, is now the General Counsel at City of Chicago Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability… Ann Melichar was installed as President of the Advocates Society at its Annual Installa tion and Award of Merit Dinner; John J. Pikarski, Jr. received the Society’s Award of Merit… Wise Morrissey, LLC added Edward J. Melia as Partner, Of Coun sel... Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard honored Patrick A. Salvi II, a Chicago managing partner, with the Michael P. Schostok Excellence Award... Aronberg Goldgehn added Kevin Kanavy, Prathyusha Matam, and Emma Sander as associates... Ulmer & Berne LLP promoted Blaine F. Doyle to counsel in its Chicago office. Tomasik Kotin Kasserman LLC named Heather Begley to partner. CBA President Timothy Tomasik, CBA Past President Daniel Kotin, and Shawn Kasserman were selected to the 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers Top 100 List; Patrick Giese, Philip Ter razzino, Katherine Twardek and Loren Legorreta were selected Rising Stars… Baker & McKenzie elected Jennifer Cohen (transactional), Mike Lehrman (litiga tion and government enforcement), and Sali G. Wissa (transactional) to partmer... BatesCarey added Joshua Boggioni as a partner... Clark Hill promoted Michael Croghan (Litigation), Tim Herman (Liti gation) and Jim Murphy (Intellectual Property) to Member... Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP elected Julie Sirlin Pleshivoy (private client group) to partnership… Neal Gerber Eisenberg promoted Brian J. Crump (corporate and securities practice group) to part ner... Lavelle Law added Griffin J. Flais and MaryAllison Mahacek as associates... Johnson & Bell promoted Catherine P. Gorman, David F. Jasinski, and Carlos A.

Vera to shareholder, and Aleeza F. Mian was added as an associate… Ryan A. Biller joined the law firm of Chuhak & Tecson, P.C. as an associate in its Corporate Trans actions & Business Law practice group... Elrod Friedman LLP announced that Kelley Gandurkski, Brooke Lenneman, and Stewart Weiss were elected to part nership in the firm. Quarles and Brady LLP named Mark Bina office managing partner for the firm's Chicago office... White & Case promoted Matthew R. Devine as the office executive partner of the firm's Chicago office... Freeborn & Peters LLP of Chicago and Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP of Atlanta have combined offices and will operate under the Smith Gambrell & Russell name... Much Shelist promoted Andrew M. Silver to principal… Andrea S. Kramer opened ASKramer Law LLC in Chicago… Hagens Berman promoted Mark Vazquez to partner… Dykema appointed Robert C. Linton as Director of the firm's Real Estate and Environmen tal Department… Corboy & Demetrio partner Philip Corboy, Jr. was selected to the “Top 100” by Illinois Super Lawyers for 2023 and also to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. Also selected to Lawdragon 500 Leading Law yers in America from Corboy and Deme trio: William T. Gibbs, Francis Patrick Murphy, Daniel S. Kirschner, Michelle M. Kohut, and Kenneth T. Lumb… Brittany Weiss, Tucker Ellis LLP, was named to the list of 2023 Illinois Rising Stars in the area of personal injury… Lev enfeld Pearlstein has moved to 120 South Riverside Plaza… Forty Under Forty 2022 Illinois Attor neys to Watch: Erica Bernstein , Berger Schatz; Alexis Crawford Douglas, K&L Gates; Mary Eileen Cuniff Wells, Miller Shakman Levine & Feldman LLP; Juli Dreifuss, Much Shelist, P.C.; El aine Knowles, Schiller Ducanto & Fleck, LLP; Brienne Letourneau, Willkie Farr & Gal lagher; James Looby, Morgan Lewis; Caroline Manley, Center for Disability & Elder Law; Mallory Moreno, Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.; Roya Samarghandi, Carmel Law LLC; and Matthew S. Sims, Rapoport CBA RECORD 23