CBA Record May-June 2024

of ten. Other special elements are also being planned. You can reserve tickets at www.chicagobar/24Annual.

THE CBA PULSE

Justice John Paul Stevens 2024 Award Nominations

BY BETH McMEEN, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Each year, the Association honors lawyers and judges whose careers best exemplify the integrity, commitment to public service, and distinguished career of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Justice Stevens served as Second Vice Pres ident of the CBA until his appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1970. In December 1975, he was nominated to fill the vacancy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Doug las and was sworn in several weeks later. He retired in 2010 after 34 years – making him the third longest-serving justice in the Court’s history. In 2000, The Chicago Bar Association Board of Managers and Justice Stevens’ law clerks established the award that bears his name, which is the highest award presented by the CBA. Nominations for the 2024 Justice John Paul Stevens Award should be submitted by August 9, 2024. Please email them to Beth McMeen at bmcmeen@chica gobar.org. The presentation date will be announced in early fall. New Conductor Announced After a year-long search, the CBA Sym phony Orchestra Search Committee, acting on the recommendation of the Orchestra’s membership, selected Jennifer Huang as the second Music Director in the CBA Symphony Orchestra’s 38-year history. Jennifer will assume the post on July 1. Founding conductor David Katz will stay with the organization as Admin istrator, with the added honorific as “Founding Music Director Laureate” of the CBA Symphony Orchestra. Happy Birthday, CBA! The CBA Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will perform a concert on June 1 at 7:30 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Cathe dral (Wabash & Huron) to celebrate the CBA’s 150 th Anniversary. Tickets are now on sale at CBA150.eventbrite.com.

The CBA co-sponsored the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession’s “The Collective Power of Women in the Legal Profession,” which featured an update on the status of the ERA. Pictured from left: Attorney Michele Thorne; Jennifer Lee, Illinois Attorney General’s Office; CBA Executive Director Beth McMeen; and Sandra Yamate, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.

2024 Nominating Committee The 2024 Nominating Committee, chaired by CBA Past President E. Lynn Grayson, has completed its work, and the following slate of new officers and board members was selected. John C. Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldgehn, will suc ceed to the office of President. Kathryn C. Liss, having served as Second Vice Presi dent, will become First Vice President. Judge Nichole C. Patton, Circuit Court of Cook County, was selected to serve as Second Vice President. Jonathan B. Amarilio, Taft Law, was elected to serve as Treasurer, and Trisha Rich, Holland & Knight, was selected to serve as Secretary. Members selected to serve a two-year term on the Board of Managers include: Nishá N. Dotson; John C. Ellis, Ellis Legal PC; Judge Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright, Circuit Court of Cook County; Michael Kozlowski, Esbrook P.C.; Francine D.

Lynch, American Dental Association; Sari W. Montgomery, Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke LLC; Justice Rena Marie Van Tine, Illinois Appellate Court; and Judge Andrea R. Wood, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Pursuant to CBA bylaws, Daniel J. Berkowitz, having served as YLS Chair two years prior, also becomes a member of the Board of Managers. CBA Annual Meeting The CBA’s 150th Annual Meeting will be held in person on Thursday, June 27, 2024, at the University Club of Chicago, starting with an 11:30 a.m. reception fol lowed by luncheon at noon. Outgoing President Ray J. Koenig III, Incoming President John C. Sciaccotta, Secretary Kathryn C. Liss, and Treasurer Nina Fain, among others, will make remarks. Tickets are $75 per person and $750 for a table

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