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At the reception following the symposium,Women
Lawyers as Lead Council, are CBA Assistant
Executive Director Beth McMeen and Judge
Holmes. The conference, held at the Federal
Courthouse, was attended by 330.
With Judge Ann C. Williams, U.S. Court of
Appeals, at the CBA Annual Meeting Luncheon,
Standard Club, June 25, 2015.
With the 2016 Vanguard Awards honorees
at the Standard Club, April 20. Seated,
left to right: Zaldwaynaka Scott, Jayne
Reardon, Rosa Maria Silva, Sharon Hwang,
Hon. Jessica Arong O’Brien, Leslie Richards-
Yellen. Standing, left to right: Hon. Ramon
Ocasio, Mark Dobrzycki, Judge Patricia
BrownHolmes, Hon.WilliamJ. Haddad (ret.),
Standish E. Willis, Justice Michael B. Hyman.
With Illinois Appellate Court Justice Joy V.
Cunningham at the President’s Reception,
September 24, 2015 at the CBA.
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–All of the CBA award recipients for being
eligible for recognition–it takes tremen-
dous time and energy to be involved in
the service of our legal community–I
commend each of you!;
–All of the diverse bar leaders who participated
in programming and collaborated with the
CBA to make this an exhilarating bar year;
–All of the chairs and members of various
committees who planned special and
wonderful events, luncheons, meetings,
and who chaired the “hot-bed” topics,
like legislation and judicial evals–Carmel
Cosgrave, Jeff Finke, Lawrence Suffredin,
Tom Suffredin, Howard Suskin, Col-
lins Fitzpatrick, Leslie Landis come to
mind…among others;
–All of my colleagues and friends who
“hung out” with me at various events
and followed along on social media as I
traveled and participated in a variety of
CBA activities (and particularly those
who traveled to London, Switzerland
and Rome–what a blast!) (Special thanks
to Marc Firestone, Senior Vice President
and General Counsel of Philip Morris
International, PMI’s headquarters in Lau-
sanne, Switzerland, and Sandra Yamate
and Sharon Jones–great job!)) And special
shout to Aurora Austriaco for a great pre-
sentation winning us the rights to the 2018
World City Bar Leaders Conference!)
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