CBA Record

144TH ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 22 Judge Thomas R. Mulroy Named CBA President J udge Thomas R. Mulroy became the 141st President of The Chicago Bar Association at its annual business

meeting and luncheon on Thursday, June 22. Mulroy is a trial judge in the Law Division’s Commercial Calendar Section, and is only the second sitting judge in the CBA’s history to serve as President of the Association. Prior to becoming a judge in 2007, Judge Mulroy served as an Assistant United States Attorney and then as a part- ner at Jenner & Block. Judge Mulroy is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of Loyola Uni- versity School of Law. Judge Mulroy was directly responsible for implementing a successful mandatory arbitration program for cases under $75,000 in the Circuit Court’s Commercial Calendar Section and is now the supervising judge. Judge Mul- roy’s father, Thomas R. Mulroy, Sr. ,was a longtime active CBA member. Outgoing CBA President Dan Kotin, of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman LLC, passed the ceremonial Lincoln Gavel to Judge Mulroy at the annual meeting, signifying the tran- sition of the Association’s leadership. Serving with Judge Mulroy on the Asso- ciation’s Executive Committee are: First Vice-President Steven M. Elrod, Holland & Knight LLP; Second Vice-President Jesse H. Ruiz, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Secretary E. Lynn Grayson, Jenner & Block LLP; Treasurer Maurice Grant, Grant Law LLC; and outgoing President Daniel M. Kotin. Members of the 2017- 18 Board of Managers are: Jonathan B. Amarilio; Alan R. Borlack, JudgeThomas M. Durkin; Mark B. Epstein; Judge Shel-

John C. Sciaccotta; Helene M. Snyder, AndrewW. Vail; Greta G. Weathersby; and Zeophus J. Williams.

vin Louise Marie Hall; Robert F. Harris; Michele M. Jochner; Michael J. Kaufman; Pamela S. Menaker; Paul J. Ochmanek, Jr.; Matthew A. Passen; Mary Robinson;

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