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John E. Corkery , were reappointed to
the Commission...Jeffrey A. Schulkin
has become a partner at Monday Nathan
& Schulkin…Willie Miller, Senior Vice-
President and Deputy General Counsel
of Mondelez International and founding
member of the Institute for Inclusion in
the Legal Profession, is retiring fromMon-
delez International...CBA Past President
Patricia C. Bobb, Donald Segal, Segal
McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.,
and Judge William D. Maddux (retired)
received the Jury Verdict Reporter’s 2014
Lifetime Achievement Award... Edward S.
Wildman and Locke Lord have merged...
Jay B. Ross was honored by Chicago’s City
Council and will have a street at Grand &
Green Avenue named after him...Joseph
F. Mirabella, Jr. and Christine M. Ory
received the Beacon of the Profession Fel-
lows Award from the DuPage County Bar
Foundation...JasonM. Koransky is a new
associate at Pattishall McAuliffe.
YLS Chair Paul J. Ochmanek’s “Suits
For Success” program was a huge success
with more than 400 suits being donated–a
big thanks to The Cleanery in Rosemont,
Illinois for their help in cleaning the suits,
which were distributed to high school
kids... Judge Grace Dickler, Presiding
Judge of the Circuit Court’s Domestic
Relations Division, received the Illinois
Bar Foundation’s J. Nelson Wood Award
for Distinguished Service to Law and
Society...Maryam Ahmad was recently
appointed a Circuit Court Judge. Alison
C. Conlon and Rossana P. Fernandez
will be appointed in February...Diana C.
White, Executive Director of the Legal
Assistance Foundation of Chicago, received
the Public Interest Law Initiative’s (PILI)
Pro Bono Initiative Award...Andrew W.
Vail, Jenner & Block LLP, received PILI’s
Distinguished Fellow Alumni Award...
MatthewT. Jenkins, Corboy &Demetrio
P.C., received PILI’s Distinguished Intern
Alumni Award...Maurice Grant, formerly
Grant Schumann, LLC, is now Grant Law,
LLC…Ron Austin has become a partner at
Grant Law...CBA Past President Thomas
A. Demetrio was named “Top 50 Litiga-
tion Trailblazers” by the National Law
Journal along with Fred Bartlitt, Bartlitt
& Beck, Tony Valukas, Jenner & Block,
and Dan Webb, Winston & Strawn.
Condolences
Condolences to the Family and Friends
of Thomas J. Durkin , Judge John J.
Mannion, Judge Ronald J.P. Banks and
Patricia Abella.
How to Be Prepared for
Traffic Court
Before you head to Cook County Traffic Court,
watch this short video on how to be prepared
and present yourself in a professional, organized
manner. Presented by the CBA and the Illinois
Judges Association. Watch now on the CBA’s
YouTube Channel (link at ).
The weather outside may have been frightful, but on December 18, the CBA’s Young Lawyers
gathered at the law offices of Taft Stettinius & Hollister for amazing views and holiday
conversations.The event was sponsoredby AdvancedDiscovery. Among those in attendancewere
(top, L-R) Judge Thomas Mulroy, CBA Past President J. Timothy Eaton, YLS Chair Paul Ochmanek,
YLS Journal Co-Editor Jonathan Amarilio, (above, L-R) Cima Dairanieh, Oliver Khan of the YLS
Insurance Committee, and YLS Journal Co-Editor Geoff Burkhart. Photos by Bill Richert.
24 JANUARY 2015