CBA Record July-August 2022

YOUNG L AWYERS S EC T I ON : BU I LD I NG BR I DGE S leadership are engaged and that they reflect the diversity of the community we serve, in every aspect. Meet Daniel Berkowitz, Your 2022-2023 YLS Chair

from Michigan State University College of Law. He has been actively involved in several YLS and CBA initiatives includ ing the CBA Record Editorial Board, the YLS Journal, the Strategic Planning Committee, and the 150th Anniversary Committee. As the 52nd year of the Young Law yers Section begins, Berkowitz says, “I hope the YLS can be an example to the ‘Big Bar’ and other bar associations for how to navigate our ‘new normal’ and be at the forefront of returning to some important and fundamental activities such as networking, in-person events, and social activities. This year, the YLS can help to build bridges among our members, the legal and local commu nity, and young lawyers just starting their careers. Leading by example, the YLS can drive the path forward and help lay the blueprint for the future of the Bar.”

New YLS Chair Daniel Berkowitz is an Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General. He practices in the General Law Bureau, with a focus on defending state agencies and state employees when they are sued in court. He handles all manner of com plex litigation from initial case analysis through trial. In his previous position, he was an associate attorney at Aron berg Goldghen, where he represented insurers in complex insurance coverage litigation arising under general liability, director and officer, and professional liability policies. He also worked as an associate attorney at Kopon Airdo, LLC practicing in the areas of complex litiga tion, insurance coverage, and property subrogation matters. Berkowitz graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts in Politi cal Science and received his Juris Doctor

I encourage all of you to reach out to me with your feedback and your ideas. This is your section, and we want it to serve your interests and needs. We will continue to bring you the programs and events that help you develop as an attor ney and make important professional connections: the meetings of our 20 sub stantive law committees, our pro bono fair, and our regular YLS socials, to name some examples. We will also add new programming, such as a student loan debt forum that will help provide useful infor mation and remove some of the stigma and isolation that can accompany discus sions of the attorney debt problem. I promise to listen more than I speak in my role as YLS Chair. We all have a hand in shaping what the YLS will look like this year and in all the years to come. Please join us as we continue to build bridges to the future of the YLS.

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