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How to Be Prepared for Traffic Court

John E. Corkery , were reappointed to the Commission... Jeffrey A. Schulkin has become a partner at Monday Nathan & Schulkin… Willie Miller , Senior Vice- President and Deputy General Counsel of Mondelez International and founding member of the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession, is retiring fromMon- delez International...CBA Past President Patricia C. Bobb , Donald Segal , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., and Judge William D. Maddux (retired) received the Jury Verdict Reporter’s 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award... Edward S. Wildman and Locke Lord have merged... Jay B. Ross was honored by Chicago’s City Council and will have a street at Grand & Green Avenue named after him... Joseph F. Mirabella, Jr . and Christine M. Ory received the Beacon of the Profession Fel- lows Award from the DuPage County Bar Foundation... JasonM. Koransky is a new associate at Pattishall McAuliffe. YLS Chair Paul J. Ochmanek’s “Suits For Success” program was a huge success with more than 400 suits being donated–a big thanks to The Cleanery in Rosemont, Illinois for their help in cleaning the suits, which were distributed to high school kids ... Judge Grace Dickler , Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court’s Domestic Relations Division, received the Illinois Bar Foundation’s J. Nelson Wood Award for Distinguished Service to Law and Society... Maryam Ahmad was recently appointed a Circuit Court Judge. Alison C. Conlon and Rossana P. Fernandez will be appointed in February... Diana C. Before you head to Cook County Traffic Court, watch this short video on how to be prepared and present yourself in a professional, organized manner. Presented by the CBA and the Illinois Judges Association. Watch now on the CBA’s YouTube Channel (link at www.chicagobar.org).

The weather outside may have been frightful, but on December 18, the CBA’s Young Lawyers gathered at the law offices of Taft Stettinius & Hollister for amazing views and holiday conversations.The event was sponsoredby AdvancedDiscovery. Among those in attendancewere (top, L-R) Judge Thomas Mulroy, CBA Past President J. Timothy Eaton, YLS Chair Paul Ochmanek, YLS Journal Co-Editor Jonathan Amarilio, (above, L-R) Cima Dairanieh, Oliver Khan of the YLS Insurance Committee, and YLS Journal Co-Editor Geoff Burkhart. Photos by Bill Richert.

White , Executive Director of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, received the Public Interest Law Initiative’s (PILI) Pro Bono Initiative Award... Andrew W. Vail , Jenner & Block LLP, received PILI’s Distinguished Fellow Alumni Award... MatthewT. Jenkins , Corboy &Demetrio P.C., received PILI’s Distinguished Intern Alumni Award... Maurice Grant, formerly Grant Schumann, LLC, is now Grant Law, LLC… Ron Austin has become a partner at Grant Law...CBA Past President Thomas

A. Demetrio was named “Top 50 Litiga- tion Trailblazers” by the National Law Journal along with Fred Bartlitt , Bartlitt & Beck, Tony Valukas , Jenner & Block, and Dan Webb , Winston & Strawn. Condolences Condolences to the Family and Friends of Thomas J. Durkin , Judge John J. Mannion , Judge Ronald J.P. Banks and Patricia Abella.

24 JANUARY 2015