CBA Record January-February 2025

PRESIDENT’S PAGE BY JOHN C. SCIACCOTTA Make CBA Committee Work Part of Your Legacy

The Chicago Bar Association www.chicagobar.org President John C. Sciaccotta First Vice President Judge Nichole C. Patton Treasurer Jonathan B. Amarilio Secretary Trisha Rich Immediate Past President Ray J. Koenig III Executive Director Beth McMeen BOARD OF MANAGERS Daniel J. Berkowitz Tracy Brammeier Maggie Mendenhall Casey Erin Clifford Nishá N. Dotson John C. Ellis Josie M. Gough Brian Haussmann Judge Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright Michael Kozlowski Francine D. Lynch Justice Margaret Stanton McBride Kenneth A. Matuszewski Peter McNamara John Mitchell Sari Montgomery

Murphy, CBA Executive Director Emeri tus. One of our primary focuses for the 2024-2025 bar year is to strengthen CBA committee work. The CBA has over 100 substantive and service committees, and without question, they are the heart and soul of our association. My goal as presi dent is to personally greet all our commit tee members during at least one of their meetings. I believe in our committee work so much that I thought sending a message of gratitude to our committee leadership and to our members is important. We also instituted Board of Managers oversight for committee work. Each board member is responsible for overseeing three or four committees and establishing a line of communication with the committee’s leadership. This will further enhance com mittee planning, development of substan tive content, and effectiveness, all of which will benefit our members. Special thanks to Judge Nichole Patton for chairing this committee. Over my long career, my CBA commit tee work has been very fulfilling to me. I’ve become a better lawyer and have estab lished lifelong relationships with fellow committee members. The experience has immensely enhanced my career. I share my impactful committee experiences with everyone I meet and encourage them to get involved with committee work as well. I began my committee work on the Judicial Evaluation Committee and vari ous litigation committees. Serving on the JEC allowed me to meet many distin guished lawyers, judges, and members of our profession. I strongly encourage each of you to reach out to a colleague or two

F irst and foremost, I wish all of you a happy and healthy new year and hope that 2025 is a good year for all of us. Every new year, we all look back to examine the past year. We even, to some extent, grade ourselves. Did we accom plish our goals both personally and pro fessionally? What did we do well, and what can we improve upon? We may also review our coworkers and colleagues to give advice that is vital to their careers and to our profession. In looking back at 2024, our CBA had a very productive year. During my presi dency and that of my friend and prede cessor, Ray Koenig, we achieved many accomplishments including our 150th Anniversary celebration and festivities. Thank you to Ray and to the 150th Anni versary Committee chaired by CBA First Vice President Judge Nichole Patton, Cir cuit Court of Cook County, and by Terry

Eirene N. Salvi Brendon Stark Justice Rena Marie Van Tine Judge Andrea R. Wood

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