CBA Record July-August 2024

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Judge’s Night, and Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Anna H. Demacopoulos (Ret.) received the Lifetime Achievement Award… New bar association presidents for 2024-2025: Catherine Basque Weiler, Appellate Lawyers Association; Illinois Appellate Court Justice Sanjay T. Tailor, Asian American Judges Association of Illinois; Weeya Young, Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago; Richard Valek, Bohemian Lawyers Associ ation of Chicago; Pamela Rubeo, Catho lic Lawyers Guild of Chicago; Nicholas E. Cummings, Cook County Bar Asso ciation; Joel Bruckman, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers; Andrea L. Collins, DuPage Association of Women Lawyers; Karen Mills, DuPage County Bar Associa tion; Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Mary Colleen Roberts, Illinois Judges Association; Sonni Choi Williams, Illinois State Bar Association; Sara M. Salger, Illi nois Trial Lawyers Association, Brian T. Monico, Justinian Society of Lawyers; and Sarah F. King, Women’s Bar Association of Illinois… Sarah E. Toney was elected the ISBA’s Third Vice President… and DePaul University College of Law named Julie D. Lawton as interim dean while continuing the search for a permanent leader. Sheppard Mullin hired incoming Chicago Bar Foundation Vice President T homas V. Panoff as a partner in its busi ness practice group… Clifford Law Offices promoted John V. Kalantzis to partner… Corboy & Demetrio announced that Michael D. Ditore was named to partner… Keating Law Offices promoted M. Catelyn Viggiano to partner… Nelson Mul lins Riley & Scarborough LLP added Jennifer Park as a partner… Ankin

Law added Dolapo A. Igori and Geoff E. Jacobs as associates … Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner named Erin L. Brooks as its office managing partner in the firm’s Chicago office… Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge LLC hired James F. Ormond and Tayler M. Belinske as associates… Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres wel comed Penelope Campbell as a partner to its high-profile real estate practice group… Boodell & Domanskis, LLC added Noah Parrill as an associate… Elka Blonder joined the legal team at Cooper Trachten berg Law Group… Beerman LLP hired Charles M. Wright as an associate. He will focus his practice on family law… and William B. Oberts and Mark Galasso are the founding partners of Oberts Galasso Law Group. Coplan + Crane hired David A. Axelrod as an of counsel… Bruce R. Pfaff was awarded the Leonard M. Ring Life time Achievement Award by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association at its annual convention… Schoenberg Finkel Beeder man Bell Glazer LLC added Jeffery M. Heftman as a partner in its tax and estate planning group… Baker McKenzie added Colin M. Bowes-Carlson as a partner to its global transactional team… Chuhak & Tecson added Tae Y. Kim as a principal... and CBA 1st Vice President Katie Liss was appointed by Mayor Brandon John son to the Chicago Police Board. Chicago Police Board along with Claudia Badillo and Justin Terry. Condolences To the family and friends of David Michael Holmes, and U.S. District Court Judge Harry D. Leinenweber.

The CBA’s Mediation Service is staffed by experienced, trained CBA member medi ators to offer a less expensive dispute reso lution option and provide the opportunity to help settle cases in a timely manner. As we know, the civil justice system can be too slow, costly, or uncertain for many looking to resolve their cases. The CBA’s mediation offering can help clients who seek affordable, effective alternative dis pute resolutions. More information can be found at www.chicagobarmediation. org or mediation@chicagobar.org. Congratulations Retired Senior Judge Diane P. Wood of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit assumed a new role as Director of the American Law Institute. Judge Wood was appointed to the Seventh Circuit in 1995 and served as its Chief Judge from 2013-2020… The Illinois Supreme Court announced that CBA Past President and First District Illinois Appellate Court Jus tice Michael B. Hyman will serve as an ex-officio member of the Supreme Court’s Commission on Access to Justice…. Newly elevated Circuit Court of Cook County Presiding Judges in their respec tive divisions: Judge Donna L. Cooper , Juvenile Justice Division; Judge Sophia H. Hall, Chancery Division; Judge Mary C. Marubio, Pretrial Division; Judge Judith C. Rice, Domestic Violence Divi sion; and Judge Regina Scannicchio, Domestic Relations Division… Illinois Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford received the Hellenic Bar Asso ciation’s Socrates Dikastes Award at its

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