CBA Record March-April 2025

Venable LLP ; and the Impact Award to BCBS Blue Door Neighborhood Centers ; Center on Halsted; RUSH’s Regional Alzheimer’s Disease Center ; and Solutions for Care … Chi cago-Kent College of Law named Jason J. Czarnezki as its new dean effective June 1… CBA Board Member Eirene N. Salvi was named an Illinois Rising Star for 2025 by Super Lawyers… Nina Fain , 2024 John Paul Stevens Award winner and CBA Record editorial board member, has been elected to the Chi cago History Museum Board of Trustees… Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry hired Josh A. Dela Pena , Bianca Han , Isiaha M. Kyles , and Dominic M. Zumpano as associates… Clausen Miller re-elected Dennis Fitzpatrick as its President and CEO for a 12th term… Sidley Austin elected Andrew C. Adair to part ner in its Chicago office… Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella added Joseph D. Frank as a partner in its restructuring, insol vency and bankruptcy practice and partner David Sugar joined its newly formed condominium and community associations practice group … Johnson & Bell elected Samuel D. Branum as a tier II shareholder… Akerman partner Ryan C. Williams accepted an invitation to join the International Association of Defense Counsel… Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres added Holly Harrison to its Chicago office… Holland & Knight elected associates Kyle Gaughan , Christopher Murphy , and Anastasia Sotiropoulos to partner in its Chicago office… Dykema pro moted Paulina Garga-Chimel to member and added John T. Donovan as a government policy advisor… Taft Law elected Andrew Murphy to the firm’s partnership… eight Corboy & Demetrio partners have been selected to the 2025 Edition of Illinois Super Lawyers : Thomas A. Demetrio (who was ranked #2 overall); Philip Corboy, Jr. (who was selected for the Top 100); Michelle Kohut (who was selected for the Top 50 Women

Lawyers); and partners William T. Gibbs , Kenneth T. Lumb , Francis Patrick Murphy , Daniel S. Kirschner and Edward G. Willer . In addition, Corboy was inducted into the 2025 Law dragon Hall of Fame for his significant contributions to the legal profession throughout his career; and C&D partners Gibbs, Kohut, Lumb, Murphy, Kirschner, Willer, Mike Ditore , Chad Kasdin and Conrad Nowak were selected for the 2025 Law dragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America…Aronberg Goldgehn promoted Mattthew L. “Chip” De Preter and Benjamin E. Haskin to equity membership and expanded its commercial liti gation practice with the addition of Robert Andalman , Rachael Blackburn , and William Norman … Power Rogers partner Dominic C. LoVerde was selected to join the Melvin Belli Soci ety, national organization of plaintiffs trial lawyers dedicated to the principles of trial advocacy and education on an international basis… Clark Hill promoted Latasha R. Thomas to member and Thomas Ball and Jeffrey M. Sniadanko to senior attorney … Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP elected Kristin A. Hoffman to part ner… Holland & Knight elected Kyle R. Gaughan , Christopher R. Murphy and Anastasia M. Sotiropoulos to partner… Newland & Newland LLP added Veroly Calderone as an associate in its per sonal injury group… Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen promoted Alexis Chernak to partnership… Costello, McMahon, Gilbreth & Murphy, Ltd. added Michael Carter as its newest partner… and Buchalter, a business law firm, opened its newest office in Chicago. Condolences To the family and friends of CBA Past President William J. Linklater , and retired Circuit Court of Cook County Judges Daniel J. Lynch and Sheila M. Murphy .

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