CBA Record March-April 2026

individuals and institutions who have made the law and the legal profession more accessible to and reflective of the community at large. Stay tuned for details at www.chicagobar.org/vanguard. Solo/Small Firm The Solo/Small Firm Practitioners Committee provides informa tion that addresses the needs and concerns of solo and small firm practitioners. Committee presentations focus on mentoring, net working, client development, marketing, personnel issues, office leases, and other law practice management issues. Charles Krugel, Attorney at Law, and Mathew Kerbis, The Subscription Attorney, co-chair the committee. To get involved with the committee or receive notice of future meetings, sign up at www.chicagobar.org or send an email to committees@chicagobar.org. Pet Insurance Protect your furry family members with exclusive CBA member discounts on pet insurance offered through the CBA Insurance Agency’s partnership with MetLife. Find details at www.cbainsur ance.org/pets. Congratulations Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis retired from the Illinois Supreme Court on January 29, 2026. Justice Theis served on the Supreme Court since 2010 and served as the Chief Justice from 2022 to 2025. The Court appointed First District Appellate Court Justice Sanjay T. Tailor to fill Justice Theis’s seat effective January 30, 2026, through December 4, 2028. Justice Tailor will be the first Asian American to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court. Daniel A. Cotter . Aronberg Goldgehn, was appointed to serve as At Large Director for the Federation of Regulatory Counsel. Cotter, Immediate Past President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, received the 2026 NCBP-LexisNexis Rule of Law Award. Sandra Yamate, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Inclusion in the Profession, was installed as President of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL). Yamate is the first Asian American President in NAWL’s history. The Center for

Disability & Elder Law’s 2026 Winter Awards Benefit Award ees were Tom Broderick , Volunteer of the Year Award; Milberg , Partner of the Year Award; and Judge Timothy C. Evans , the Impact Award. The following people were honored with awards at the Diversity Scholarship Foundation’s annual Unity Gala: Illinois Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford , Unity Award; and Cook County Judge Megan E. Goldish, Laura Liu Access to Justice Award. The Advocate for Diversity Award was presented to Instituto del Progreso Latino President and CEO Karina Ayala Bermejo , Cook County Judge Jack J. Hagerty , Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism Executive Director Erika Harold , Cook County Judge Mary C. Marubio , Filipino Ameri can Lawyers Association of Chicago President Ian Sharping , and Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Mariyana T. Spyropoulos. Elrod Friedman has been appointed Corporation Counsel for the Village of Skokie and welcomed attorney Jeffrey A. Butcher to the firm…Jenner & Block promoted Hope H. Tone-O’Keefe to partner and promoted Andrew P. Csoros to Special Counsel… Loftus & Eisenberg Ltd. partner Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg was elected president of the National Employment Lawyers Asso ciation of Illinois for a two-year term… Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that Louis Apostol will continue to serve another term as Public Administrator of Cook County… Saul Ewing LLP elected Michael J. Pollock to partner… Barack Ferrazzano promoted Alexander F. Berk to partner… Amundsen Davis welcomed Gregory “Greg” Frezados to the firm as a partner its Trusts, Estates & Succession Planning Service Group… Jack son Lewis, P.C. promoted Anderson C. Franklin to principal… ArentFox Schiff added Ilana Bley as a partner in the firm’s Private Clients, Trusts & Estate Practice. Condolences To the family and friends of CBA Past President Joseph L. Stone , Professor Philip N. Hablutzel, Leonard Rubin and Warren Lupel .

CBA Past President Daniel Cotter’s book, The Chief Justices: The Seventeen Men at the Center Seat, Their Courts, and Their Times , is now available at the Supreme Court Gift Shop, located on the ground floor of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., and online at https://supremecourtgifts.org.

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