CBA Record November-December 2024

baker Theatre, 410 S. Michigan Ave. For those who’ve never attended, the Bar Show is an irreverent musical comedy revue starring your fellow CBA members that parodies local and national politi cal, sports, and showbiz figures. We hope you’ll join us for a roaring good time! Reserve tickets at barshow.org. New Lawyer Basic Skills Course The CBA is hosting our annual New Lawyer Basic Skills Course on December 11. It is a hybrid event, with an in-person option at the CBA building and a webi nar option. The full-day event satisfies the Supreme Court of Illinois’ MCLE Rule 793 Requirement for Newly Admitted Attorneys. The day also serves as an intro duction to how new lawyers can use the CBA to launch their legal careers. Please encourage any new admittees at your firm to register for the complimentary course at learn.chicagobar.org. Join the CBA Chorus The CBA Chorus invites experienced choral singers to join the group for the 2024-25 concert season. Members are attorneys, law students, paraprofessionals, and legal support staff. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the CBA. Three performances with the CBA Symphony Orchestra are scheduled, plus the Chorus will sing for Law Day at the Daley Center in May 2025. To sign up or inquire, email SeanMichaelHoffman@ gmail.com. Chamber Concert Members of the CBA Symphony Orches tra and CBA Chorus will perform a Chamber Concert on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at Piano Forte Studios,1335 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago. Reserve reduced-price tickets in advance at https://chambercba.eventbrite.com. Congratulations To the law firm of Peck Ritchey, LLC, which had CBA Past President Kerry Peck, Tim Ritchey, Jesse Footlik, and Peter Coorlas listed in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers and Kyle Fahey, Peter Brady,

THE CBA PULSE

BY BETH McMEEN, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Over 90 golfers enjoyed a day on the links at the CBA’s 2024 Golf Outing. A big thank you to the 2024 Golf Outing Committee: CBA President John Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldgehn; Gene Murphy, Murphy Law Group; and Timothy S. Tomasik and Daniel Kotin, Tomasik Kotin & Kasserman. Pictured from left: CBA Second Vice President Judge Nichole C. Patton, Circuit Court of Cook County; Jennifer Bae, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission; attorney Dawn Projansky Lavin, and Rachael Sinnen, Cook County Board of Ethics member and Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission.

JEC Evaluates Retention Judges and Associate Judge Candidates The Association’s Judicial Evaluation Committee, chaired by Michelle Carey, evaluated 78 sitting judges who ran for retention on November 5. The com mittee’s findings were shared a month before the election in English, Spanish, and Polish. The committee is looking for members to serve in its Investigation Division. For more information, go to www.chicagobar.org/JEC or contact Phyl lis Lubinski at plubinski@chicagobar.org. Travel with the CBA to Sicily CBA President John C. Sciaccotta invites

you to join the CBA for CLE in Palermo on April 28-30, 2024. The program will feature CLE, daily continental breakfast, welcome and closing receptions, expert guided tour of Palermo and the Royal Palace, cultural insights trip of Monreale and Cathedral, a sightseeing voyage to the coastal city of Cefalu, and more. Attend ees can add on a post-trip extension to Taormina. Additional details at www.chi cagobar.org/Sicily2025. The Bar Show The Bar Show is back and celebrating its 101st performance, “Bar to the Future,” on January 10 and 11, 2025, at the Stude

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