CBA Record January-February 2023

Career Advancement Program The CBA’s Career Advancement Program featuring Career Counselor Kathy Morris of Under Advisement Ltd. is in full swing. CAP is designed to help members of all experience levels and backgrounds move forward in their careers. Kathy has been helping lawyers of all skill levels and practice areas navigate the Chicago legal job market for decades. Upcoming one on-one career counseling days include February 27 and 28, 2023. You can find registration details at www.chicagobar. org/chicagobar/CAP (as well as links to recordings of her past career seminars). Alliance for Women The CBA Alliance for Women meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month. In addition to monthly meetings, the Alliance also sponsors social events such as Wine Down Wednesdays and the Girl Scouts’ Project Law Track. All members are welcome to get involved with the group, which focuses its programming on advancing women in the law. To join, go to www. chicagobar.org/committees or email Rina Yamazaki at ryamazaki@chicagobar.org. Congratulations To the Illinois Judges Association’s recent honorees: Chief Justice Anne Burke (ret.), Justice Rita Garman, and Justice Robert Gordon on receiving the Emeritus Award; Justice Cynthia Cobbs, Civitatis Award; Judge Anna Demacopolous, Libertatum Award; Timothy Tomasik, CBA Presi dent, and Rory Weiler, ISBA President, Amicus Award; and Jeanne Heaton, ISBA Director, Founders Award… Diversity Scholarship Foundation’s honorees are: Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, Unity Award; Honorable Patricia Brown Holmes (Ret.) and Past CBA President, Justice Laura Liu Access to Justice Award; and Advocates for Diver sity: Judge MatthewW. Jannusch, Vivian R. Khalaf, H. Patrick Morris, David W. Inlander, Manish K. Mehta and Angel M. Traub … the Public Interest Law Initiative honored the following at their 45th Anni versary Awards Gala: Sabreena El-Amin received the Distinguished PILI Fellow

Alumni Award; Ruth Lopez-McCarthy the Distinguished PILI Intern Award; Jose Rivero the Distinguished Public Service Award, and Sidley Austin the Pro Bono Initiative Award… Circuit Court Judge Freddrenna M. Lyle was assigned to the Illinois Appellate Court (First District) to fill the vacancy created by the appoint ment of Justice Joy V. Cunningham to the Illinois Supreme Court… U.S. Dis trict Court Judge Gary Feinerman of the Northern District of Illinois retired from the bench and returned to private prac tice… Newly sworn-in Illinois Supreme Court Justices Elizabeth M. “Liz” Rochford and Mary K. O’Brien began serving their 10-year terms on the Court. Alexis C. Douglas and Symone Shin ton were added to the Board of CBA Media and Civic Education, Inc….Taft Law added Elizabeth Butler as a partner in its litigation and real estate practice groups… Ulmer & Berne LLP added Preslav P. Mantchevas as an associate to the firm’s financial services and securities litigation practice group… Hillary Weigle joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as a partner in its professional responsibility, professional liability and risk management practice group… Jones Day promoted Jennifer Plagman to partner… Polsinelli was named Law Firm of the Year in Patent Law in the 2023 U.S. News – “Best Law Firms” publication… Kevin J. Conway, a partner at Cooney &Conway, received the Illinois Bar Foundation’s 2022 Honorary Champion Award… Past IBF President and Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court (First District) Judge Debra B. Walker received IBF’s 2022 Distinguished Service to Law & Society Award… Perkins Coie promoted counsel Jillian B. Sommers to partner in its Chicago office… Cozen O’Connor attorneys Joe Tilson, Anna Wermuth, and Jeremy Glenn were named to Lawdragon’s 2022 list of the Top 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Law yers…Clifford LawOffices added Nicholas T. Motherway to the firm. Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr changed its name to Saul Ewing LLP, returning to the firm name it used prior to com bining with Arnstein & Lehr in 2017…

Erin McCloskey joined the law firm of Venable LLP as a partner in its Prod uct Liability and Mass Torts Practice… Corboy & Demetro added two associ ate attorneys, Jamaal R. Buchanan and Mitchell W. Bild, to the firm… Miller Shakman Levine & Feldman LLP added Zoe A. Jones as an associate… Freeborn and Peters added Carly M. Allen as an associate in its litigation practice group… The ABA Commission on Women inter viewed CBA Treasurer Nina Fain for its 2023 Report on the Status of Women of Color and Indigenous Women Law yers in the United States… Lavelle Law added MaryAllison Mahacek to its litiga tion practice group and Griffin Flais as an associate… The nationwide firm of Free man Mathis & Gray acquired the Chicago boutique firm of Purcell & Wardrope… Neil H. Conrad was named a partner in Sidley’s litigation section. MonicaMasini was promoted to associ ate at the Rolling Meadows-based Cooper Trachtenberg Law Group and will work on family law matters at the firm... Angel M. Traub has opened a new firm location, A. Traub & Associates, in Schaumburg, IL… to the following named 2022 Gen X Notables by Crain’s Chicago Business: Ericka L. Adler, Roetzel & Andress, Dana Armagno, Vedder Price, Steve Blonder, Much Law, J. Erik Connolly, Benesch, Tia Ghattas, Cozen O’Connor, Jeremy Glenn, Cozen O’Connor, David Gordon, Sidley Austin, Eric Greenfield, Polsinelli, Elizabeth “Beth” Herrington, Morgan Lewis, J. Scott Humphrey, Benesch, Mark Johnson, Seyfarth, David A. Johnson, Jr. , Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa, Candice Kline, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, Jorge Leon, Michael Best, Gregory Ostfeld, Greenberg Traurig, Trisha Rich , Holland & Knight, Mitchell Roth, Much Law, Nathan Rugg, Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg, Eric Sparks, Gould & Ratner, Andrew Vail, Jenner & Block, and Lance Zinman, Katten. Condolences To the family and friends of Judge William J. Kunkle, Jr., and Justice Robert Gordon and family on death of son, Jonathan. CBA RECORD 17