CBA Record November 2017

CBA RECORD

EDITOR’S BRIEFCASE

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Justice Michael B. Hyman Illinois Appellate Court Managing Editor Amy Cook Amy Cook Consulting Associate Editor Anne Ellis Proactive Worldwide, Inc. Summary Judgments Editor Daniel A. Cotter Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLC YLS Journal Editors-in-Chief Nicholas D. Standiford Schain Banks Kenny & Schwartz Ltd. Natalie Chan Sidley Austin LLP Carolyn Amadon University of Chicago Nina Fain Janet Sugerman Schirn Family Trust Anthony F. Fata Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP Clifford Gately Heyl Royster Angela Harkless The Harkless Law Firm Justin Heather Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Jasmine Villaflor Hernandez Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Michele M. Jochner Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP Oliver A. Khan American Association of Insurance Services John Levin Bonnie McGrath Law Office of Bonnie McGrath Clare McMahon Law Office of Clare McMahon Pamela S. Menaker Clifford Law Offices Peter V. Mierzwa Law Bulletin Publishing Company Kathleen Dillon Narko Northwestern University School of Law Adam J. Sheppard Sheppard Law Firm, PC Richard Lee Stavins

BY JUSTICE MICHAEL B. HYMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

No Ordinary Silver Tray

S ometimes a silver tray is worth its weight in gold. This holds true for the hand- made sterling silver tray the Board of Managers presented to CBA President John J. Sullivan in 1969 as a keepsake for his year at the Association’s helm. After almost 50 years, the tray has returned to the CBA thanks to member Steven Pflaum of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, who spotted it for sale on eBay, and Executive Director Terry Murphy, who authorized Pflaum to negotiate with the Florida seller. How the silver tray ended up with the eBay seller, we don’t know. The hand-wrought silver tray, which was made by Spaulding and Co. of Chicago, measures over 12 inches in diameter and weighs 24.44 troy ounces. It is in good condition except for a few deep scratches. Throughout the tray are inscribed the signatures of the 1968-69 Board of Managers and officers, an impressive and accomplished group of lawyers. Among them were four (five counting Sullivan) future judges: George J. Schaller, Milton I. Shadur (Association Secretary), Robert A. Sprecher, and Philip W. Tone (Association Librarian); a future ABA president, Justin A. Stanley; a renowned civil rights attorney, William R. Ming, Jr.; the first female partner of McDermott, Will & Emery, Katherine D. Agar; a participant in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg, William S. Kaplan; as well as several attorneys whose names continue to resonate within the legal community, including Howard W. Clement, Louis G. Davidson, Perry L. Fuller, Frank Greenberg, and A. Bruce Schimberg.

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THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION David Beam Director of Publications Rebecca Martin Manager of Advertising and Sponsorships

The silver tray presented to CBA President John J. Sullivan can be viewed in the Terrence M. Murphy Lobby.

8 NOVEMBER 2017