CBA Record May-June 2025

PRESIDENT’S PAGE BY JOHN C. SCIACCOTTA Making Our Legacy Eternal

The Chicago Bar Association www.chicagobar.org President John C. Sciaccotta Vice President Judge Nichole C. Patton Treasurer Jonathan B. Amarilio Secretary Trisha Rich Immediate Past President Ray J. Koenig III Executive Director Beth McMeen BOARD OF MANAGERS Daniel J. Berkowitz Tracy Brammeier Maggie Mendenhall Casey Erin Clifford Nishá N. Dotson John C. Ellis Josie M. Gough Brian Haussmann Judge Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright Michael Kozlowski Francine D. Lynch Justice Margaret Stanton McBride Kenneth A. Matuszewski Peter McNamara John Mitchell Sari Montgomery

CLE and Committees l Traveled to beautiful Sicily with over 110 people on our annual CLE trip (thank you to Judge Thomas Mulroy for chair ing this trip), where we signed an agree ment with the Palermo Bar Association to work together on future projects; l Formed the CBA “Chicago Law Museum” (thank you to past CBA President Daniel Cotter for chairing the exploratory com mittee and for the committee members’ great efforts; details to come); l Issued several statements to protect and fight for the rule of law and the indepen dence of the judiciary, as the CBA con tinues to champion our legal profession; l Recognized CBA members at the first ever “CBAY” awards ceremony; l Revived three committees: Domestic Violence, Veteran and Military Affairs, and Bench & Bar; l Developed over 100 innovative CLE seminars, as we focused on supporting and improving CBA committee work, including the initiation of board mem bers being assigned oversight liaisons for each committee (as president, I attended most of our 106 CBA practice and ser vice committees, recognizing committee leadership and thanking members for their participation); and l Secured a City of Chicago liquor license for the CBA Building. There are also many people to thank along my personal journey as president. First and foremost, to my family, thank you to my spouse Esther, our four adult children (JC, Michael, Anna, and Joe) and their spouses for allowing me the time to volunteer and give back to our profession. To my mother and to my late maternal

W hat a year it has been! A year packed with purpose and promise as we’ve worked to pre serve our profession’s great legacy. Here is a brief recap of some of the CBA’s accom plishments we’re most proud of from this past bar year: Summits and Meetings l Convened and hosted a National ADR Symposium; l Led a Domestic Violence Summit; l Hosted a Judicial Security meeting with the state and federal judiciary with the goal of introducing legislation to provide state court judges with paid residential security systems; l Represented the CBA at over 175 bar, legal, community and philanthropic events (thank you to the CBA Executive Committee and Board Members); and l Convened a complimentary Gun Vio lence Summit.

Eirene N. Salvi Brendon Stark Justice Rena Marie Van Tine Judge Andrea R. Wood

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