CBA Record July-August 2024

THE YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION

YLS Welcomes New Leadership at Annual Meeting by Ann Glynn, CBA Public Affairs Director

services, networking, and education to our thousands of members as well as the broader legal community and public,” said Matuszewski. “The current Execu tive Council and I have been fortunate to have worked with and been mentored by so many great leaders within the CBA and are eager to apply everything we have learned as we enter this next chapter of CBA history.” Joining him on the 2024-2025 Execu tive Council of the YLS are Gavin Phelps of Phelps LLC as First Vice-Chair; Aleksan dra Petrovic of Damisch & Damisch Ltd. as Second Vice-Chair; Stephanie Moon of Armstrong Teasdale LLP as Recruitment Officer, Member Services Manager; Jacob Berger of Tabet DiVito & Rothstein as Public Services Manager; Deepa Singh of the United States Patent and Trademark Office as Project Officer; Pam Sran of Fox Rothschild LLP as Project Officer; Andre A. Hunter, Jr., of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as Secretary/Treasurer; Nikki Marcotte of Kirkland & Ellis LLP as Co Editor-in-Chief of the YLS Journal; Joanna Kopczyk, attorney at law, as Co-Editor in-Chief of the YLS Journal; Teresa Det tloff of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office as Co-Editor of the YLS Blog; Hannah Werner, JD candidate, Chicago Kent College of Law as Co-Editor of the YLS Blog; Bianca Ciarroni of Taft Stet tinius & Hollister LLP as DEI Officer; and Joshua Epstein of Goldberg Kohn, Michelle DiSilvestro of Romanucci & Blandin LLC, Blake Kolesa of Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, Elaina Stevens of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, Whitney Barr of Caffarelli & Associates Ltd., and Teresa Finucane, JD candidate, DePaul University College of Law, as Directors. Martin Gould of Stinar Gould Grieco & Hensley is the Immediate Past Chair. In addition to welcoming new leader ship, YLS honored members who have shown outstanding project leadership and excellent committee service. • The David C. Hilliard Award for Outstanding Committee Service was awarded to the YLS Real Estate Law

T he Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association intro duced the 2024-2025 Executive Council and Chair Kenneth Matuszewski at the YLS Annual Meeting held at CBA headquarters. YLS members were also honored for their service and contribu tions throughout the year. Matuszewski, an Associate at Goldberg Segalla, is a registered patent attorney with a background across a broad range of areas, including life sciences, software, and electrical and mechanical technolo gies. His practice focuses on complex, high-value intellectual property litiga tion in federal district courts and before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Martin Gould and Kenneth Matuszewski

He has been recognized for his leader ship and writing, with awards including the American Bar Association’s on The Rise: Top 40 Young Lawyers Award, the Top Emerging IP Player Award from IPR Gorilla Conference, the Inaugural Best Program Award from the Richard Linn American Inn of Court, and all four YLS awards. He has also been selected to Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars List in 2021-2024 and has been ranked as #12 among the Most Active and Best Performing Patent Litigators from 2022-2024. “It is a tremendous honor to serve as the 54th Chair of the Young Lawyers Section and to carry on the YLS’ long and successful history of providing vital

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