CBA Record October 2018

tion’s annual meeting/judicial conference on “Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency-New Hiding Places for Money in Divorce Cases.” Mark R. Grossmann , partner and head of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP’s Corporate Law Department, received the Anti-Defamation League’s 2018 “Torch of Liberty Award”… Colleen M. Hurley , Lavelle Law, was a guest lecturer at Schil- ler DuCanto & Fleck’s lunch and learn series at DePaul University College of Law on “How to Establish a Parentage Case”… Susanna M. Brown is of counsel at Greenberg Traurig LLP’s real estate practice group… Amanda R. Puplava is a new associate at Fischel & Kahn Ltd…. John L. Rourke, Jr . is a new associate at Clifford Law Offices… David J. Bloom- berg , principal at Chuhak & Tecson P.C., will present at the Deconstructing Deconversion Conference… Sunil R. Harjani and Jeffrey I. Cummings were selected to serve as Magistrate Judges for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois… Lauren P . Buford is a new associate at Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Ltd. The Black Women Lawyers Association (BWLA) is accepting applica- tions to the Association’s T.E.A. Directors

Institute at administrator@bwla.org… Ronald Domsky , Professor at The John Marshall Law School, is retiring after 53 years… Daniel A. Cotter is completing a book about the 17 men and women who have served as Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court… Timothy J. Carroll is a new partner at Dentons U.S. LLP… Raam S. Jani was added as a shareholder at Vedder Price P.C.… Michael R. Strong has joined Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn, LLC … Kyle T. Finnegan, an associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, received the Young Lawyer of the Year Award from the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights… Kristen E. Hudson, principal at Chuhak & Tecson P.C., received the 2018 Inspiration Award from the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in the Law. Birthday Wishes Birthday wishes to Illinois Appellate Court Justice Joy V. Cunningham, Dean Michael J. Kaufman , Loyola University School of Law, and Daniel A. Cotter . Condolences Condolences to the families and friends

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