CBA Record July-August 2018

ence which is being hosted by the CBA. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Law At The Library

CBA to Host World City Bar Leaders Conference

The Association will be hosting the 2018 World City Bar Leaders Conference on September 26-29 at the CBA Building. Members of the World City Bar Leaders include bar association presidents from the world’s largest city bar associations including: London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Frankfurt, Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, Seoul, Ho Chi Minh City, Warsaw, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia. The world’s largest city bar associations share many common concerns, such as judicial independence, access to justice, public education about the law and the justice system, the impact of technol- ogy on the law and our court system, etc. We are planning a number of member events during the September WCBL conference, which will give members an opportunity to meet the visiting bar presi- dents. Look for more information about the upcoming WCBL conference on the Association’s website, weekly e-bulletin and CBA Record. CBA Participates in Gamaliel’s Fiesta del Sol’s Community Programming The Association was proud to participate in Gamaliel’s Fiesta del Sol’s Community Ser- vice Programming. In addition to provid- ing volunteer lawyers who consulted with people about immigration and expunge- ment of criminal records, the Association’s Second Vice-President Maryam Ahmad scripted and videotaped three educational videos in English and Spanish about the expungement process. A big thanks to Maryam and Jorge Montes for their assis- tance and to CBA’s New Media Director Ricardo Islas for producing these public service videos. The videotapes were shown to attendees at the expungement program which was held on Saturday, July 28, at Benito Juarez Academy. Congratulations: Congratulations to our new Associate Judges: Judge Charles S. Beach, Judge Joel D. Buikema, Judge Jeffery G. Chrones,

The CBA is proud to partner with the Chicago and Evanston public library systems to offer a free monthly legal information series offering practical insight for the general public into a wide variety of everyday legal topics. CBA members will offer their legal expertise in free seminars that will be held each month at Chicago’s Harold Washington Library and the Evanston Public Library. The sessions are free and registration is not required. For a complete schedule of dates and topics for 2017-2018 go to www.chicagobar.org.

time Achievement Award; Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride received the Judge Charles E. Freeman Judicial Merit Award; Kent Lawrence received the Judge Gerald C. Bender Humanitar- ian Award; Stephen P. Patt received the Hebrew University Fellowship Award; Patrick Dankwa John received the Presi- dential Citation; Mara S. Ruff received the Intra-Society Award and Logan Bierman received the Law Student Award… Zald- waynaka “Z” Scott is the new President of Chicago State University…U.S. District Court Chief Judge Ruben Castillo was the featured speaker at the Federal Bar Association, Chicago Chapter’s State of the Court meeting… David J. Bloom- berg and Eileen M. Sethna have become shareholders at Chuhak & Tecson P.C…. Michael K. Moyers was named partner at Schiff Hardin LLP… Sandra Yamate, CEO of the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession, is the new Chair of the National Judicial College. The Chicago Bar Foundation cel- ebrates its 70th Anniversary this year… Sara Su Jones, CBA Symphony Orches- tra’s Violinist Extraordinaire, performed sonatas by Mozart and Franck live from WFMT Tonight…Illinois Appellate Court Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. was appointed to fill Justice Charles Freeman’s vacancy on the Illinois Supreme Court… Sharon E. Jones, Jones Diversity, has published a new book entitled Mastering the Game-Strategies for Career Success … Rob L. Kohen, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, spoke at Marian Catholic High School’s Career Day… Kevin M. Forde, Forde Law Offices, received the Seventh Circuit

Judge GeraldV. Cleary III, Judge JeanM. Golden, Judge Sanju Oommen Green, Judge James E. Hanlon Jr., Judge Joan M. Kubalanza, Judge Myron F. Mackoff, Judge Stephanie K. Miller, Judge Lisette Catherine Mojica, Judge Margaret M. Ogarek, Judge Lori Rosen, Judge P atrick T. Stanton, Judge Daniel A. Trevino, Judge James A. Wright, and Judge Wil- liam Yu …The CBA/CBF 2018 Pro Bono &Public Service AwardWinners are: Lydia J. Sharp, Equip for Equality, received the Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship Award; Mercedes Luque-Rosales, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, post- humously received the Richard J. Phelan Public Service Award; Dolores Ayala, Allstate Insurance Company, received the Exelon Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award; Linda T. Coberly, Winston & Strawn, LLP received the Edward J. Lewis II Pro Bono Service Award; Anna M. Lozoya, Jesse Brown V.A. Medical Center, received the Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award; Dean Harold J. Krent, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, received the Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence; and Patricia Nix-Hodes, Chicago Coali- tion for the Homeless, received the Thomas H. Morsch Public Service Award. Special thanks to Steven S. Fus, United Airlines, Inc., and Paul B. Stephens, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, who co-chaired the 20th Annual Pro Bono Luncheon. The Decalogue Society of Lawyers hon- ored the following individuals at their 84th Annual Awards Dinner & Installation: Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ilana D. Rovner received the Life-

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