CBA Record September-October 2026

Tutor Elementary Students Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth is looking for volunteers to tutor Chicago elementary school students with in-person sessions that 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 Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr., received the National Bar Association’s William H. Hastie Award at the 2026 Thurgood Marshall Awards Luncheon in Nashville, Tennessee. The award recognizes excellence in legal and judicial scholarship and a demonstrated commitment to jus tice and the rule of law… The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Circuit Court Judge Timothy C. Evans to the First District Appellate Court and Circuit Court Judge Michael Cabonargi was appointed to the Ninth Judicial Subcircuit... The Illi nois Supreme Court and Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) hired Anna Hurst as the AOIC Title II ADA Compliance Attorney, a newly created position established to strengthen accessibility and ensure compliance with federal and state disability laws across the Illinois Judicial Branch... and Sari Montgomery was appointed as an Associate Judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit. Congratulations to the 2026 CBA/CBF Pro Bono and Public Service Awards honorees: Emory Robertson , Ascend Jus tice, Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship Award; Stephanie Hipp , McDonald’s Corporation, Exelon Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award; Renata Stiehl , Circuit Court of Cook County; Justice Thomas L. Kilbride Public Service Award; Joshua Vincent , Hinshaw & Culbertson, Edward J. Lewis II Pro Bono Service Award; Christina Lopez , Jenner & Block LLP, Maurice Weigle Excep tional Young Lawyer Award; Theresa Ceko , Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excel lence Award; and Lawrence Wood , Legal Action Chicago, the

Thomas H. Morsch Public Service Award. Aronberg Goldgehn hired Michael Lee Tinaglia as a member in its appellate litigation, banking, finance, business litigation and employment law practice groups and added Kate McClel land as a member of its white collar investigations, risk and integrity and business litigation practice groups… Power Rogers LLP welcomed Sara Davis and Michael Ditore as partners… Holland & Knight added Elizabeth “Lizzy” Garlovsky as a partner to its Global Wealth and Family Office Practice Group... Seyfarth Shaw named David S. Baffa as its new co-managing partner at the firm’s Chicago office… GWC Injury Lawyers welcomed Michael D. Krause as their newest partner… Judge Daniel J. Kubasiak (Ret.), who served in the Circuit Court of Cook County from 2012-2026, joined JAMS, the premier provider of alternative dispute resolution services worldwide… The ABA’s Section of State, Local, and Tribal Government Laws honored Donna J. Pugh , retired law partner at Pugh, Foley & Lardner, with the Daniel J. Lifetime Achievement Award. Illinois Supreme Court Justice Sanjay T. Tailor announced the formation of a standing Judicial Screening Committee . The committee will assess the qualifications of those who apply for appointment to vacancies in the Supreme Court’s First District, Cook County. The following CBA members will serve on the committee: Judge Patricia Holmes (ret.); Judge Rita Novak (ret.); Paul Castiglione , Khowaja Law Firm, LLC, who will serve as a co-chair of the committee; Juan Morado, Benesch Law; Jesse Ruiz , The Vistria Group; Joan Akalaonu , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; John C. Sciaccotta , Aronberg Goldberg Davis & Garmisa; Eirene Salvi , Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C.; Daniel Kotin , Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC; Adam Zebelian , Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP; Joel Bruckman , Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP; and Jeanette Sublett , Neal & Leroy, LLC. Condolences To the family and friends of former Cook County Circuit Court Judge Carole Kamin Bellows and Bernard G. Peter.

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