CBA Record Sept-Oct 2019

CBA President Jesse H. Ruiz, Gery Chico, and Judge Ruben Castillo were named by Crain’s Chicago Business to their list of Chicago’s top 25 most pow- erful Latinos… Susan Meyer , partner at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. has been promoted to Officer… Natalie M. Petric is the new president of the Justin- ian Society of Lawyers… Michele C. Anderson is the new president of The Society of Trial Lawyers… Jennifer A. Mendel is a new partner at Barnes & Thornburg, LLP. Judge Daniel B. Malone was ap- pointed Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Probate Divi- sion… Shelly A. DeRouse was elected an equity partner at Freeborn & Peters LLP… Michelle M. Kohut , a partner at Corboy & Demetrio P.C., was elected to the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Board of Managers for 2019-2020… Kevin Kolton is a new construction practice and real estate partner at Perkins Coie… Paul Major recently celebrated his 9 th anniversary at Deloitte… Doug- las Henning is a new government prac- tice partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP. Mr. Henning is the former Deputy General Counsel for the Chicago Board of Education… Larry Suffredin and his wife Gloria are proud new grandparents of George Suffredin Boyle … Sandra Yamate , CEO of the Institute for Inclu- sion in the Legal Profession, was hosted

by Starbucks at their corporate head- quarters in Seattle for IILP’s National Symposium on the State of Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession… Tejas Shah is a new partner at Barnes & Thornburg in the firm’s labor and employment section… Theresa Molina was recently appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve as an At-Large Cook County Circuit Court Judge… Sheree D. Henry was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the Circuit Court of Cook County… Patricia M. Fallon was also appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the Circuit Court of Cook County... Michael F. Bonamarte lV was elected Chair of the American Association for Justice’s Nursing Home Litigation Group… Mark A. Flessner is Chicago’s new Corporation Coun- sel… Ernesto R. Paloma, a partner at Locke Lord LLP, was recognized as the Hispanic Lawyer of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association… YLS Officers Chastidy Burns, Kenny Matuszewski, and Kruti Patel will be featured speakers at the ABA’s Midyear Meeting in New Orleans on a program titled: “The Ethics of Innovation”… Jus- tice Mary Anne Mason (Ret.) will serve as a mediator with JAMS… Elizabeth R. Olszewski , associate at Salvi, Schos- tok & Pritchard P.C. was a first place winner at the Lake County Bar Associa- tion’s Annual Chili Cook-Off… Bryan J. Johnson was added as a partner at Michelman & Robinson LLP. Steven R. Splitt is the Illinois Attor- ney Registration & Disciplinary Com- mission’s new Public Information Offi- cer. Splitt replaces James (Jim) Grogan who retired from the ARDC at the end of August… Wendy J . Muchman , Chief of Litigation and Professional Education for the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, has taken a new position as a faculty member at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law… Jean Marie Wenger , Director of the Law Library and Senior Lecturer at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, was elected a member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Law Libraries… James J. Ko and Continued on next page...

tan bar associations in the country. The YLS won top programming honors in each of the following categories: Service to the Bar, Service to the Public, Di- versity, Newsletter, Comprehensive and Outstanding Service to the Public… Aurora Austriaco , past President of the CBA, is the new President-Elect of the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP), and Daniel A. Kotin , also a past CBA President is a newly elected member of NCBP’s Council. Aurora has also completed nine years of service as a board member for Attorney’s Title Guaranty Fund… Judge Mary Ellen Coghlan was assigned by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve as an Appellate Court Justice in the First District… Da- vid C . Hilliard (past CBA President), Joseph N. Welch ll , and Janet A. Mar- vel , Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hill- iard & Geraldson LLP, published a book and accompanying course book, Trade- marks And Unfair Competition … Seth I. Appel , a partner at Pattishall, has been appointed a Trustee of the Copyright Society of the USA, and Kristine A . Bergman has been selected as a Young Lawyer Fellow to the ABA’s Section of Intellectual Property Law… Daniel A. Cotter (a past CBA President) was added to Howard and Howard Attor- neys PLLC… Jeffrey W. Morof and Louis A. Klapp are new partners at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP…

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