CBA Record January-February 2025
Illinois Appellate Court Justice Bertina E. Lampkin was reap pointed to the Appellate Court Administrative Committee… The Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Access to Justice awarded Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Thomas More Donnelly with its 2024 The Hon. Thomas L. Kilbride (Ret.) Judicial Access to Justice Award… Cindy Medina-Cervantes is the 2024-2025 president of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois… The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) recognized the following award winners at their 2024 Annual Awards Luncheon: Martin H. Cozzola , Impact for Equity, received the Distinguished PILI Intern Alumni Award; Priya Desai , Mayer Brown, the Distin guished PILI Fellow Alumni Award; Barry C. Taylor , the Distin guished Public Service Award; and Chapman and Cutler , the Pro Bono Initiative Award… Past CBA President Robert A. Clifford received the 2024 Marist High School Distinguished Alumni Award at the school’s second annual fundraising event… and Past CBA President Kevin P. Durkin was recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Aviation Law and the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs in Chicago. K&L Gates added Sarah V. Riddell as a partner to its asset management and investment funds practice… McCready Law added Casey Kingsley as an associate to the firm’s Chicago office… Shook, Hardy & Bacon added Jay Schleppenbach to the firm’s Government Investigations and White Collar Practice as a partner in Chicago… Ewelina Skutnik joined the law firm
of Anthony J. Madonia & Associates Ltd… Polsinelli elected Ari B. Lustig as a shareholder to the firm… Schoenberg Finkel Beederman Bell Glazer made Dean C. Kalant a partner to the firm’s litigation practice… Clifford Law Offices added Julia Brosnahan as an associate… Romanucci & Blandin LLC added David T. Grasso and Isabella A. Mazzani to the firm… Hahn Loeser added Carling D. Miller as an associate… Beermann LLP promoted Taylor A. Cohn, Daniel J. Dahlke, Fei Du, Erin E. Gallagher and Dakota K. Richmond to associates… Napleton & Partners promoted Rory J. Cannon to associate; Stephan Zouras promoted Gillian C. Kimmons to associate; and Freeman Mathis Gary LLP promoted Madeline M. Krolczyk, Charlotte J. Meltzer, Sophie R. Stevanovich and Jessica K. Sterna as associ ates… Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry added Josh A. Dela Pena, Bianca Han, Isiaha M. Kyle s and Dominic M. Zumpano as associates… Romanucci & Blandin LLC added Colton M. Johnson Taylor as an attorney to its civil rights team… and The Illinois Bar Foundation honored Elizabeth A. Kaveny (Kaveny + Kroll) and John G. Locallo (Amari & Locallo) with the IBF’s 2024 Distinguished Service to Law & Society Awards at their annual Champions Breakfast. Condolences To the familes and friends of 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Joel M. Flaum, Donald C. Schiller, Bonnie McGrath, and Illi nois Appellate Court Justice Thomas J. O’Brien.
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