CBA Record November-December 2025

THE CBA PULSE

Men Lawyers’ Association; Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc.; Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago; The Chicago Bar Association; Chicago Council of Lawyers; Decalogue Society of Lawyers; Haitian American Lawyers Association of Illinois; HLAI - Serving the Hispanic Lawyers of Illinois; LAGBAC – Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association; North Suburban Bar Association; Puerto Rican Bar Association; South Asian Bar Association of Chicago; and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. The Coalition continues to grow. To learn more, email CBA Executive Director Beth McMeen at bmcmeen@chicagobar.org. New Lawyer Basic Skills Course The CBA is hosting our annual New Lawyer Basic Skills Course on December 3. It is a hybrid event, with attendance options either in-person at the CBA building or via webinar. The full-day event satisfies the Supreme Court of Illi nois’ MCLE Rule 793 Requirement for Newly Admitted Attorneys. The day also introduces new lawyers to how they can use the CBA to launch their legal careers. Please encourage any new admittees at your firm to register for the complimen tary course at learn.chicagobar.org. The CBA will offer training sessions for lawyers and law firm staff to meet the State of Illinois’ and City of Chicago’s annual sexual harassment prevention training requirements on December 15. In 2022, the City of Chicago passed an ordinance requiring all employees who work in the City of Chicago to complete additional sexual harassment prevention training, including one hour of bystander interven tion training for all employees and manag ers/supervisors and one hour of manager/ supervisor training for those who serve in a managerial or supervisory capacity. The CBA’s training sessions meet the mini mum requirement set forth by the State of Illinois (Illinois Public Act 101-0221) and City of Chicago (Municipal Code of Chicago Section 6-10-040(b)(1)(C)(i)(a)) Required Sexual Harassment Training

BY BETH McMEEN, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Pictured at the 2025 CBA Golf Outing: Judge John P. Callahan, Jr. (ret); Matthew Passen, Passen Powell Jenkins; Jim Wideikis, Costello Ginex & Wideikis, P.C.; and Jordan Powell, Passen Powell Jenkins.

2025 CBA Golf Outing From first tee to final putt, the 2025 CBA Golf Outing was a great success. Golf ers enjoyed terrific weather, camaraderie, and a fun-filled 19th hole. We’ll see you next year on the links! The 2025 Plan ning Committee included Gene Murphy (Chair), Murphy Law Group LLC; Jen nifer Bae, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission; Elizabeth Kaveny, Kaveny + Kroll; Daniel Kotin, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman; CBA President Judge Nichole C. Patton, Circuit Court of Cook County; Immediate Past CBA President John C. Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldgehn; Tyler Sill, CBA Insurance Agency; and Past CBA President Timothy Tomasik, Toma sik Kotin Kasserman. Thank you to our sponsors, including premier event sponsor Clifford Law Offices, and major sponsors Aronberg Goldgehn, Corboy & Demetrio, Past CBA President Kevin Durkin, Find Law, Law Offices of Michael W. Kopsick, The Sargent Consulting Group, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, and U.S. Legal Support. Travel to Greece with the CBA CBA President Judge Nichole C. Patton

invites you to join the CBA for its annual CLE abroad. This bar year, the event will be in Athens, Greece, from April 27-30, 2026. The program will feature CLEs, daily continental breakfast, welcome and closing receptions, a tour of and entry into the Acropolis, a guided walking tour of the Palak District with classic Greek snack tasting, and more. Attendees can add a post-trip extension to Santorini, which includes a Santorini Island Hidden Villages Tour. For additional details, visit www.chicagobar.org/Greece . The Coalition of Chicagoland Bar Associ ations has been formed to bring together voluntary bar associations from across the Chicago area with a shared mission to defend the rule of law, support judi cial independence, and strengthen our legal institutions. The Coalition aims to amplify our collective voice on mat ters that impact the legal profession, the administration of justice, and the com munities we serve. Participating asso ciations include (as of October 1): Black Coalition of Chicagoland Bar Associations

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