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recipient of CARPLS’ Gold Gavel Award... Jeanne M. Kerkstra has published a new book “Dead Celebrities Lessons in Estate Planning”...U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman received the Women’s Bar Association’s prestigious Mary Heftel Hooton Award and Judge Lynn M. Egan received the group’s Women with Vision Award... Manuel Flores, partner at Arnstein&Lehr, recently spoke at the Chicago Chapter of the Asso- ciation of Certified Anti-Money Launder- ing Specialists... Brandon E. Peck has become a partner at Peck Ritchey LLC... Daniel B. Lange is a new shareholder at Vedder Price... Bruce R . Pfaff , Michael T. Gill and Matthew D. Ports planned a mock trial for the American Board of Trial Advocates at IIT Kent College of Law... Steven S. Scholes , McDermott Will & Emery, was appointed operations partner for the firm’s litigation practice group... Sevan A. Avakian is a new associate at Gould &Ratner LLP... LaShonda A. Hunt was recently installed as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge… Patrick N. Wartan was added to Taft Stettinius &Hollister LLP to lead the

firm’s food and beverage practice. David A. Newby was named a partner at Momkus McCluskey Roberts LLC... Lazar P. Raynal was added as a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP... Marci A. Eisenstein , Schiff Hardin LLP, was elected to a third term as man- aging partner... Gabriel M. Rodriguez , Stephen J. Dragich and Kenneth M. Roberts serve on Schiff Hardin’s Executive Committee... Martin Healy, Jr ., served as the Grand Marshall of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade... David P. Lindner and E . Brandon Nykiel , Brinks Gilson & Lione, recently spoke at ACI’s Advanced Summit on Medical Device Patents... Michael S . Nelson is a new associate at Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa... Matthew C. Jardine was elected a new shareholder at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. James L. Komie and Michael D. Lee , Howard and Howard PLLC, were featured speakers at the CBA’s Commercial Litiga- tion Committee... Keith A. Hebeisen , partner at Clifford Law Offices, recently spoke at ITLA’s Ethics and Professionalism

seminar... Joseph E. Tilson and Jeremy J. Glenn , Cozen O’Connor, spoke at the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, Florida seminar... Michael H. Erde recently spoke about estate planning at Liberty Bank… Ken- nethM. Crane is a new partner and senior counsel at Freeborn & Peters LLP... Laura BethMiller , Brinks Gilson & Lione share- holder, was a recent speaker at Women In Bio-Chicago’s Women’s History Month program... Michael Mannion will join former state senator Kirk W. Dilliard at Locke Lord, LLP as a senior counsel in the Chicago office... Daniel A. Cotter , partner at Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd, spoke at the Society of Insurance Financial Management Conference on data sharing and regulatory issues... EhrenM. Fournier is an associate at Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman Rosenberg LLC... Gregory R. Meeder , Holland & Knight LLP, was a featured speaker at the Chicago Building Congress’s Conference “Forecasting Your Future” ...Justin T. Evans is an associate at Anderson, Rasor & Partners LLP... David A . Johnson, Jr . is an associate at Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa... Steven

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