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practicing with Weltman, Weinberg &
Reis...Ice Miller partner Natalie M. Perry
was named a fellow at the American Col-
lege of Trust and Estate Counsel...William
T. Gibbs of Corboy & Demetrio was a
featured speaker at the Illinois Associa-
tion of Trial Lawyers...Samina Kapadia
is practicing at Faegre, Baker, Daniels...
Tejas N. Shah, Immigration Counsel at
Franczek Radelet, spoke to international
graduates from the University of Illinois
about the Optional Practical Training
Rule for STEM...George P. Apostolides
spoke at the ISBA’s bankruptcy seminar...
Hon. Allen S. Goldberg (ret.) moder-
ated a court-annexed mediation seminar
on “Emerging Arbitration Issues in the
Supreme Court”...Christine M. Sparks,
Vice President and Managing Attorney
at Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund Inc.,
received ALTA’s National Title Profes-
sional Award...Moses Suarez was named
partner at Smith Amundsen...Susan C.
Levy, Executive Vice President and General
Counsel of Northern Trust Corp., will be
honored at the Equal Access to Justice
Award Luncheon...CBA Past President
Daniel Cotter, partner at Butler Rubin
Saltarelli & Boyd, received his CIPP/
US certification as a Certified Informa-
tion Privacy Professional…G.A. Finch,
Hoogendoorn & Talbot, was appointed
by Governor Rauner to the Illinois Civil
Service Commission…Collins Fitzpat-
rick, Chief Executive of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, was
selected to receive the American Inns of
Court 2016 Professionalism Award…
Adria East Mossing will be installed as
President of the Women’s Bar Associa-
tion of Illinois at the WBAI’s Installation
Dinner on June 8...Ian Fisher has joined
Hahn Loeser’s Commercial Litigation
Practice Division...Jesse and Michele
Ruiz will receive the Chicago Legal
Clinic’s (CLC) prestigious Cardinal Ber-
nardin Award...Latham&Watkins, LLP
will receive the Chicago Legal Clinic’s
Charles J. O’Laughlin Memorial Award...
Marcy Edwards will receive Chicago
Legal Clinic’s James D. Jacobson Memo-
rial Award...Kevin T. Hardy was named
partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP...Terri L. Mascherin, past
CBA President and Jenner & Block
partner, was named a Woman of Achieve-
ment by the Greater Chicago/Upper
Midwest Regional Chapter of the Anti-
Defamation League...Jeffrey J.H. Koh
of Ropes & Gray received the Chicago
Volunteer Legal Services Distinguished
Service Award... Robert N. Sodikoff,
Aronberg, Goldgehn, Davis & Garmisa,
authored the “Letters of Credit” chapter
in the 2016 edition of Secured Transac-
tions... Karen Osiecki Meehan, Gould
& Ratner, received Habitat for Human-
ity’s Golden Hammer Award... Mark D.
Wood, Katten Muchin Rosenman, is
chairing the Key Disclosure Issues panel
at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s
Ray Garrett, Jr. Corporate and Securities
Law Institute...Maryam T. Brotine was
appointed assistant general counsel for
the Illinois Association of School Boards...
Ted A. Donner, Donner & Company.
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