CBA Record February_March 2016

Court of Appeals Chief Judge Diane P. Wood was honored by the Women’s Bar Foundation and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis presented an in memoriam award to Circuit Court Judge Jean Prendergast Rooney (for more infor- mation about the Memorial Trust for Judge Rooney’s children, contact Deirdre Close at 312/402-5943...Illinois Appellate Court Justice and Chair of the Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission Mary Kay Rochford addressed the lawyers at SmithA- mundsen. The Center for Conflict Resol ution will hold its 15 th Annual Gala Celebration at Kirkland & Ellis on April 21 from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.... Robert D. Kreisman was selected by the American Association of Justice to moderate a medical negligence program at the group’s Winter Conven- tion... Mary L. Smith is Secretary-Elect of the American Bar Association and is the first Native American officer of the ABA... Deborah K. Ebner is of counsel atWilliam J. Factor Ltd., Christopher Williams has joined the Securities Law Practice Group at Lavelle Law... Catherine Coyne Reiter has become a partner at Hughes Socol Piers Resnick Dym Ltd. and Todd Pierce-Ryan and CharlesWysong have become associ- ates... Louis G. Apostol was elected to the Associated Colleges of Illinois Board of Directors... Shelly A. DeRousse , partner Freeborn & Peters, was elected President of the Women’s Bar Foundation of Illinois... Honigman lawyers recently recognized in Illinois Super Lawyers are: Steven A.Weiss , Paula E . Litt , Peter V. Baugher , Ian H. Fisher , Patrick J. Heneghan and Robert J. Palmersheim ; Nicholas A. Gowen , Anand C. Mathew and Teresa A. Sul- livan were recognized as “Rising Stars”... Circuit Judge Robert Lopez Cepero has retired... Tabet Divito Rothstein recently celebrated the firm’s 15 th Anniversary... Seth I. Appel has become a partner at Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Gerald- son, LLP... David C. Hilliard was recog- nized as one of the top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers and Pattishall partners: Brett A. August , Phillip Barengolts , Thad Chalo- emtiarana , Bradley L. Cohn , Jonathan

S . Jennings , Janet A. Marvel , Robert W. Sacoff , Belinda J. Scrimenti and Joseph N. Welch II were also designated Super Lawyers for 2016...CBA Board Member and Pattishall partner Ashly I. Boesche was selected by Illinois Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star”... Curtis A . James has become an associate at Baum Ruffolo & Marzal, Ltd...DLA Piper lawyers Katherine C . Jahnke Dale , Christine Bass and Joseph M. Carey were honored by the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago... Emily E. Bennett has become a shareholder at Howard & Howard PLLC... Patrick P. Clyder was named a partner at Swanson Martin & Bell LLP and Jack A. Gould , Ryan J. Devall and Lena M. Shapiro were named associates. Melissa B. Hirst has become a part- ner at Jones Day... James R. Stevens has become a principal in Chuhak & Tecson’s condominium group...Retired Circuit Court Judge Allen S. Goldberg recently moderated a JAMS seminar entitled: “Anatomy of a Mediation”... Neal H. Levin spoke in Geneva, Switzerland on Fraud and Ponzi Schemes... Chelsea Ashbrook McCarthy has become a partner at Hol- land & Knight LLP... Stanley F. Orszula and Daniel R. Fine were named partners at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum&Nagel- berg LLP... Nathan F. Fahre r and John P. Schreiner were named partners at Perkins Coie LLP... Kiley C. Keefe is an associate at LeechTishman, Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC... Justin L. Weisberg is a partner at K&L Gates LLP in the firm’s construction and engineering litigation practice... Stuart M. Widman has opened his own firm concen- trating in dispute resolution... Robert N. Hermes serves on Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd’s management committee... Charles G. Blair and David E. Lieberman have become shareholders at Levin Schreder & Carey Ltd... Michele M. Jochner was reap- pointed to the MCLE Board and James A. Rapp was appointed Chairperson of the MCLE Board... Justin A. Maleson was named a partner at Jenner & Block LLP... Kenneth H. Levinson , Levinson & Stefani, co-authored the 2015/2016 edition “Litigating Major

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Judge Virginia M. Kendall , Laurence F . Pulgram , Tiffany M. Williams and Paul Mark Sandler ... Manuel “Manny” Sanchez is the 2016 Chicagoland Cham- ber of Commerce Advocacy Champion Award Honoree. Fred Lane and Joseph L. Stone will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Academy of Dis- pute Resolution... Karen Conti has formed ContiLaw LLC... Peter C . Spier , Gould & Ratner LLP was selected by Corporate LiveWire as a top 2016 Gaming lawyer... Retired Illinois Appellate Court Justice Stuart Palmer has joined JAMS... David R . McAtee ll , Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of AT&T, received the Center for Disability & Elder Law’s Corporate Partner of the Year Award, Congressman Mike Quigley received the group’s Impact Award, Rachel Spector received the Volunteer of the Year Award, and Donna Peel , received CDEL’s Distin- guished Service Award... Kevin J. Conway will receive the Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Phil- anthropic Award... Craig C . Martin was named head of Jenner & Block’s litigation department...U.S. District Court Chief Judge Ruben Castillo , Presiding Domes- tic Relations Division Judge Grace G. Dickler , Presiding Municipal Department Judge E. KennethWright, J r., and Associ- ate Judge Patrice Ball-Reed receivedMary Heftel Hooten Awards from the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois...Seventh Circuit

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