CBA Record November 2017

CBA Celebrates 50 Year Members By Daniel A. Cotter CBA Record Editorial Board

Among the 50Year Members that celebrated on October 27 were (front row, left to right):Wayne B. Giampietro, Donald G. Mulack, Thomas R. Challos Jr, Sidney Ezra, Col. Bartlett J Carroll Jr., Arthur L. Berman, CBA President JudgeThomas R. Mulroy, Sherwin H. Leff, Lawrence S. Goodman, andWarren W. Mark. (Middle row, left to right): RalphMuentzer, SheldonM. Sorosky, JudgeMichael P.Toomin, Sheldon Reitman, Alan J. Gertenrich, JudgeMichael C. Zissman, Sylvia O. Decker, Judy Davis Thornber, James R. Pasquinelli, Thaddeus J. Gruchot, Thomas P. Durkin, Marvin Brustin, and Thomas J. Burke Jr. (Back row, left to right): Medard M. Narko, Michael R. Kuzel, William J. Holloway, JudgeWallace B. Dunn, Daniel B. Hales, Joseph L. Rand, John D. Purdy Jr, Patrick J. Agnew, Julius J. Zschau, EdwardW. Bergmann, Jean Grommes Feehan, Errol Zavett, and Thomas C. Shields. Photo by Bill Richert.

I n 1967 (I turned one in October that year), the President of the United States was Lyndon B. Johnson, his Vice President was Hubert Humphrey, and the United States population was just under 200 million but would cross that threshold early in 1968. The average cost of a new home was $26,400, a gallon of gas cost $.33, and a dozen eggs cost less than $.60. That same year, 96 men and 3 women joined The Chicago Bar Associa- tion and renewed their memberships over the next fifty years. The CBA recently held a luncheon to honor the 50-year milestone of this amazing class. After welcoming comments from CBA President JudgeThomas Mulroy and a pre- view of the 2017 Bar Show by several cast members, who sang the show favorites “I Remember It Well” and “The Junior Part- ner,” attendees heard fromArthur Berman, a member of the class. Berman reminisced

Helped form the CBA's Juvenile Men- toring Program. President Mulroy closed the day by toasting the members of the Class of 1967, noting that the profession has changed in many ways, with less camaraderie and less of a profession, but that members such as this group continue to make bar member- ship and The CBA in particular a thriving organization. The Chicago Bar Association congratulates this latest 50-year anniversary class on reaching this amazing milestone and pays honor to their contributions to the law and their personal achievements over the last five decades. Members of the CBA such as those in this class have made the Chicago legal community one of the strongest in the nation, and we thank them for setting a fine example of what belonging to The CBA and contributing to the legal community mean.

about his career and the way the practice has changed in the last fifty years. The 2017 50 th anniversary class includes many of the leaders of our legal community over the last half century. Some other notables besides the three keynote speakers are: • Col. Bartlett J. Carroll Jr.–Served in U.S. Army for 30 years, and 14 yeas as a guardian ad litem in the Public Defender Office. • Judge Wallace B. Dunn–Served 26.5 years as an Associate Judge of the 19 th Judicial Circuit, Lake County. • Judge Thomas P. Durkin–Served for 22 years as a Judge in the Circuit Court. • Wayne B. Giampietro–successfully argued in the supreme court, Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. • Judge Michael P. Toomin–Served as a judge since 1980; currently Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Justice Division.

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