CBA Record November-December 2023

sion 1; Nathaniel Howse, Jr. , Division 2; Jesse G. Reyes, Division 3; Mary K. Roch ford, Division 4; Raymond W. Mitchell, Division 5; and Sharon O. Johnson, Divi sion 6. The presiding judges are selected by peer vote and select the panels that will hear appeals… Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Ramon Ocasio III was elevated to the First District Appellate Court of Illinois upon the retirement of Illinois Appellate Court Justice Mathias W. Delort. The Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago honored Justice Delort as the Catholic Lawyer of the Year and Circuit Court of Cook County Judge and past CBA board member Robert F. Harris with a Special Service Award… Judge Geary W. Kull was named Acting Presiding Judge of the Fourth Municipal District of the Cir cuit Court of Cook County… and the Illi nois Supreme Court appointed attorney Lea Gutierrez to serve as the new Admin istrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. ADR Systems added retired Circuit Court of Cook County Associate Judge Elizabeth M. Budzinski as a senior medi ator and arbitrator…Tobin & Munoz LLC added Matthew Lauderdale as an

associate…The Center for Disability and Elder Law added Andrew J. Potte r as a staff attorney… Quarles & Brady added Bomie Leonard to its Estate, Trust & Wealth Preservation Group... the Ameri can Lawyer Media publication Corporate Counsel selected McGuire Woods partner Amy Manning as one of the honorees for its 2023 Women, Influence & Power in Law Award… founder and partner Robert A. Clifford of Clifford Law Offices was honored with the Chicago Inn of Court Judge Joel Flaum Award; Charles R. Haskins, Jr. was promoted to partner in the firm… and Chuhak & Tecson hired Markeya A. Fowler and Nicholas W. Zausch as associates. Goldberg Kohn added Malcolm M. Tucker as an associate to the firm’s com mercial finance group… Ten Corboy & Demetrio attorneys were selected to The Best Lawyers in America” for 2024: Thomas Demetrio, Philip Corboy, Jr., Mike Ditore, Bill Gibbs, Daniel S. Kirschner, Michelle Kohut, Ken Lumb, Francis Patrick Murphy, Edward G. Willer, and Peter O’Malley. In addition, Gibbs was designated Lawyer of the Year in Mass Torts/Class Actions in Chicago,

and associate attorney Britney Penny cook was selected to the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch. Johnson & Bell added Claire K. Axelrood as an associate to the firm… Camila Kaplunov joined the law firm of Levin Ginsburg as an associate… and Quarles & Brady LLP elected Justin DeAngelis as a partner to the firm. Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie, & Lowry, P.C. hired Alexandra Ysmé as an asso ciate… Rimon PC appointed Neal H. Levin , a fraud, investigations and asset recovery attorney to partner… Stephanie Villinski, Deputy Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Profes sionalism, was reappointed to the Ameri can Bar Association’s Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics, Civility and Collabo ration Commission… and Foran Glennon added Leah Lewis and Matthew Lee-Own as associates. Condolences To the family and friends of Shelli Lynn Anderson, Mark H. Berens , former Pre siding Judge of the Sixth District of the Circuit Court of Cook County Marjorie C. Laws , Cook County Judge James P. Flannery Jr. and Robert D. Zimeli .

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