CBA Record May-June 2025

received the Lifetime Achievement Defense Award… Desiree Ralls-Morrison (EVP, Chief Legal Officer, McDonald’s) was CARPLS 2025 Golden Gavel Awardee… Jill M. Webb (found ing partner of Jill M. Webb LLC, Chicago) is the new national secretary of the American Board of Trial Advocates… Tomasik Kotin Kasserman named Katie Twardak a partner to the firm… Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC hired Sidney Kerley as a partner, and the family law firm of Beerman promoted Nancy Herrera to partner. Lavelle Law added several new associates to the firm: Claudia N. Cornejo, Gabriel P. Kokoszka, Nathan P. Toy and Elizabeth C. Wheeler … Sidley & Austin added Matthew R. Devine as a partner to its litigation practice… Amundsen Davis LLC added Robert J. Ambrose as a partner to its business litigation service group… Stinar Gould Grieco & Hensley added Charlie Terry as a partner… Greenberg Traurig elevated Christopher A. Mair

and Brian D. Straw to shareholder… Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella added Matthew Goldberg as a partner and Adair Macauley as an associate to its condominium and community associations practice, and Greenberg Traurig elevated Christo pher A. Mair and Brian D. Straw to shareholder… William R. Coulson addressed the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign on the topic “So You Want to Be a Superstar Lawyer and Change the World”… and Foran Glennon hired Maya Salinas and John Stankovich as associates. Condolences To the family and friends of CBA Past President Hon. Rich ard (Bill) W. Austin (ret.)... We extend our sincere sympathy to incoming CBA Second Vice President and CBA Record Editorial Board Member Katie Liss on the loss of her husband, Scott Liss.

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STANDING UP TO INTIMIDATION: CONFRONTING BULLYING IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION June 10, 2025 | 12:00 p.m.| Virtual Free CLE! IL MCLE Credit will be provided

Presented by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism and co-sponsored by The Chicago Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association. Experts will explore why lawyers bully others, the impact of bullying on attorneys, and key data from the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism’s.

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