CBA Record September-October 2025

Save on CBA CLE with the CLE-Advantage Plan The CBA’s Continuing Legal Education Department is off to a robust start with a full calendar of new seminars this September. Visit learn.chicagobar.org to see what’s new and register for the programs of your choice. Now is also the perfect time to sign up for the Association’s budget-friendly seminar plan. With the CLE-Advantage Plan, CBA members can attend most continu ing legal education seminars for only $160 per plan year (to put that in perspective… a single 3-hour CLE is typically priced at $95 for a CBA member). Plan details can be found at learn.chi cagobar.org or email cle@chicagobar.org. Free Malpractice Insurance Quote CBA Insurance Agency is pleased to offer CBA members a compli mentary comparison quote for Legal Malpractice Insurance. Visit www.cbainsurance.org to learn more and apply for a free quote. Tutor Elementary Students Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth is looking for volunteers to tutor Chicago elementary school students. These in-person sessions focus on reading. Lend-A-Hand provides the curriculum, learn ing materials, and training for volunteers. Tutoring takes place on Tuesdays at the CBA from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. and runs through mid-May. For more information, contact Kathryn McCabe at kmccabe@lawyerslendahand.org. Congratulations To the winners of the 2025 CBA/CBF Pro Bono and Public Service Awards: Spencer Haydary , Law Center for Better Hous ing, the Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship; Kathy Malamis , Zurich North America, Exelon Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award; Judge Veronica O’Malley , 19th Judicial Circuit, Justice Thomas L. Kilbride Public Service Award; Rich Klawiter , DLA Piper LLP (US) Edward J. Lewis II, Pro Bono Service Award; Missy Turk Firmage , Chuhak & Tecson, P.C., Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award; Michelle Vodenik , Chicago-Kent College of Law, Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence; and Cynthia Cornelius , Cabrini Green Legal Aid, Thomas H. Morsch Public Service Award.

Illinois Supreme Court Appointments: Justice Joy V. Cunningham appointed Sara McGann as a Circuit Judge to fill the resident judgeship in the 19th Subcircuit… Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Clare J. Quish was assigned to the First District Appellate Court… and Acting Presiding Judge Andrea M. Buford , Circuit Court of Cook County’s Child Protection Division, received the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judge’s Impact of the Year Award. Cassie Lively has stepped down as Executive Director of the Center for Conflict Resolution and joined the American Arbi tration Association… Johnson & Bell added Conor M. Crad dock and Joshua Jenkins as associates… Amundsen Davis added Matthew G. Gorski as a partner to its workers’ compensation service group… the Center for Disability and Elder Law added Kate Milvert as a staff attorney, who will work with the group’s community legal clinics throughout Chicago and suburban Cook County… Tala Abusharif joined the law firm of Levin Ginsburg as an associate attorney… the family law firm of Schil ler DuCanto & Fleck added Rachel Kolesar as a partner, and Loverde Law LLC added Katherine V. Faught as an attorney… Tabet DiVito & Rothstein hired Kaitlyn N. Kloss as an associate and Buchalter hired Kendall Woods as a shareholder in its litiga tion practice group. Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC (LP) added Robin Maher and David Lieberman as partners to the firm’s Trust & Estates Group…Rieff Schramm Kanter & Guttman added Alicia Ayala as an associate to its real estate tax appeals, eminent domain, exemptions and incentives practices… Levin & Perconti promoted Paul Connery to partner… Schoenberg Finkel Bederman Bell Glazer LLC added Morris G. Dyner, David W. Inlander, and Robert W. Kaufman to the firm… Aronberg Goldgehn added Daniel A. Cotter as a member… Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP added Suzanne M. Crowley as a partner… and Duane Morris LLP added Jeffrey B. Charkow as a partner in the firm’s trial practice group. Condolences To the family and friends of Past CBA President and Past YLS Chair Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr.; Herbert L. Caplan; David L. Cwik; Thomas A. Durkin; Justice Thomas E. Hoffman ; and Allan Horwich .

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