CBA Record July-August 2024

PRESIDENT’S PAGE BY JOHN C. SCIACCOTTA

The Chicago Bar Association www.chicagobar.org

Leaving a Legacy for Our Legal Profession

President John C. Sciaccotta

First Vice President Kathryn C. Liss

career and enrich your life, and your con tributions will better our profession.” The work that you perform and the time you give will be your legacy to our profession. I often think of and thank two of my mentors in the legal profession, Richard “Dick” Culver and past CBA President Don Hubert, for encouraging me to be involved at the CBA. To honor them, I feel that my helping the next generation of lawyers honors the legacy of my own men tors forever. I ask each of you to commit to giving back, becoming more active in the CBA, mentoring a young lawyer, and participating in CBA committee work. This is where you become a better lawyer and establish relationships. As Dick and Don taught me, “Always make friends in the practice of law and establish relation ships.” One of the best ways to accomplish this is by being active at the CBA. We have an exciting year planned. I would like to thank the Executive Com mittee—Katie Liss, Judge Nichole Patton, Trisha Rich, and Jon Amarilio, along with Ray Koenig—for their dedication and determination. Our plan is to be vis ible at every Bar event and to be active in the greater Chicagoland community. Our plan is to embrace the legal, charitable, and greater communities of Chicago and let people know what our CBA does and how it impacts their lives positively. We have many signature events planned for this year, briefly highlighted here: 1. 99th Annual Golf Outing at the Glen Club in Glenview on Septem ber 17 (Co-Chairs: Gene Murphy and Past Presidents Daniel Kotin and Timothy Tomasik).

Second 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

W elcome to the CBA’s 151st Bar year. I am humbled, honored, and so excited to be your Presi dent this coming year. I wish to thank outgoing President Ray Koenig III for his tremendous bar year, filled with meaningful programming and fun and worthy events. His theme of inclusion will live on and will be his great legacy to the CBA. With great enthusiasm and hope, in 2024-2025 we will keep the momen tum going. Many thanks to the 150th Anniversary Committee led by Judge Nichole Patton (our Second Vice Presi dent) and Executive Director Emeritus Terry Murphy, and to the entire 150th Anniversary Committee, including Beth McMeen and our outstanding CBA staff. You will hear me say this numerous times this coming year: “CBA member ship and involvement will enhance your

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