CBA Record January-February 2025

Jonathan Amarilio

Jennifer Byrne

Maggie Mendenhall Casey

Trisha Rich

NEW HOSTS

Tracy Brammeier

Mathew Kerbis

Nikki Marcotte

Kellie Snyder

@theBar Podcast Welcomes New Hosts By Ann Glynn, CBA Public Affairs Director

T he CBA’s @theBar Podcast has been informing, educating, and entertaining listeners for years. Originally created to appeal to young law yers, the podcast has grown in popular ity, garnering a substantial audience while hosting notable guests and timely topics. The podcast features unscripted and informal conversations with notable guests on current events and interesting cases. Jonathan Amarilio, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister in Chicago, has hosted the program along with a rotat ing group of CBA member co-hosts, including Trisha Rich, a partner at Hol land & Knight LLP; Maggie Mendenhall Casey, general counsel for the Commu nity Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, a City of Chicago agency; and Jennifer Byrne, director of Continu ing Legal Education for the CBA. “@theBar has spent years distinguish ing itself as one of the premier bar asso

ciation podcasts in the country and now has an audience of tens of thousands of regular listeners from around the world,” said Rich. The podcast now welcomes a new group of hosts, each bringing unique backgrounds and fresh perspectives. From personal injury law to innovative legal practices, the new hosts of @theBar include Tracy Brammeier, a partner at Clifford Law Offices; Nikki Marcotte, a litigation associate at Kirkland Ellis; Mathew Kerbis, founder of Subscrip tion Attorney LLC; and Kellie Snyder, an attorney at Stein & Stein Ltd. Brammeier explained, “The podcast is an important part of the CBA’s efforts to foster a strong sense of community within the Chicago legal system. I hope hearing familiar voices discussing interesting and important topics and events – both nation ally and locally – gives a feeling of connec tion for current and prospective members.”

Many high-profile guests have joined the program in the past, including the prosecutor from the “Operation Family Secrets” mob trial; retired Judge Bill Kunkle, the prosecutor on the John Wayne Gacy case; Dick Schultz; the prosecutor on the Trial of the Chicago 7; special prosecutor Dan Webb discuss ing the Jussie Smollett investigation; and Amanda Knox on wrongful conviction and criminal justice reform. In the new season, the podcast will tackle subjects including fraudster-attor ney Tom Girardi of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fame, lawyers who act and entertain, transgender prisoner rights, and lawyer bullying. Distributed by the Legal Talk Network (LTN), the nation’s premier legal pod cast network, the podcast is available for download from Apple and Spotify. Check out the podcast here at legaltalknetwork. com/podcasts/chicago-bar.

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