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kudos to Matthew A. Passen , former chair of the Association’s Young Lawyers Section, for receiving numerous First Place Awards at the ABA’s Annual Meeting for outstanding young lawyer programming last year... Thomas A. Demetrio , Corboy & Demetrio, discussed “Concussions in the NFL: Whose Bell was Really Rung?” at the City Club of Chicago... Robert A. Clifford , Clifford Law Offices, P.C., is the new Chair of the ABA’s Fund for Justice and Education...Illinois Supreme Court Justice AnneM. Burke was a speaker at the Kennedy Forum and Lawyers’ Assistance Program on Attorney Mental Health and Substance Abuse... Renee M. Schoen- berg , DLA Piper, and Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP were honored by the ABA’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service for their commitment to providing legal services to the poor and disadvantaged... Timothy C. Evans , Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, will receive the 2016 Chicagoland Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America... Philip Harnett Corboy, Jr . is a member of the Democratic

National Committee’s permanent commit- tee on credentials. CBA/CBF presented awards to the following public service giants at the 18 th Annual Pro Bono Awards Luncheon: Amanda Walsh received the Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship… Eric Carlson received the Exelon Outstand- ing Corporate Counsel Award... Deborah Hagan received the Richard J. Phelan Public Service Award... Lawrence A. Wojcik received the Edward J. Lewis II Pro Bono Service Award... Andrew F. Merrick received the Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award... Shaye L . Loughlin received the Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence...and Timothy J. Hufman received the Thomas H. Morsch Public Service Award... BrianW. Duwe , managing partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, hosted the 5 th Annual Con- versation on Inclusion... Judge William F. Gomolinski received the President’s Award from the Advocates Society of Lawyers... James F. Botana has been namedmanaging principal of Jackson, Lewis, P.C.... Greene

Congratulations Congratulations to our 2016 Justice John Paul Stevens Award Honorees: George B. Collins , Brian L. Crowe , Thomas A. Demetrio , Thomas Anthony Durkin , J. Timothy Eaton , Josie M . Gough , Joan M. Hall , Eileen M. Letts , and Joseph L. Stone ...legendary Chicago lawyer Newton Minow spoke to the City Club on the topic of “Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Impossible Past and Promising Future”... Credible allows members and their families to ex- ploreways to save thousands on their student debt. With Credible, you can fill out one simple form and receive personalized refinancing offers from multiple lenders. You can also visit Credible via http://ow.ly/WrgYA to learn more about student loan topics, including student loan refinancing, studentloanconsolidation,studentloanreduction, and student loan forgiveness. REDUCE STUDENT LOAN PAY- MENTS THROUGH CREDIBLE

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