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JULY/AUGUST 2017
144TH ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 22
Judge Thomas R. Mulroy Named CBA President
J
udge Thomas R. Mulroy became the
141st President of The Chicago Bar
Association at its annual business
meeting and luncheon on Thursday, June
22. Mulroy is a trial judge in the Law
Division’s Commercial Calendar Section,
and is only the second sitting judge in the
CBA’s history to serve as President of the
Association. Prior to becoming a judge in
2007, Judge Mulroy served as an Assistant
United States Attorney and then as a part-
ner at Jenner & Block. Judge Mulroy is a
Fellow in the American College of Trial
Lawyers and currently serves as a member
of the Board of Governors of Loyola Uni-
versity School of Law. Judge Mulroy was
directly responsible for implementing a
successful mandatory arbitration program
for cases under $75,000 in the Circuit
Court’s Commercial Calendar Section and
is now the supervising judge. Judge Mul-
roy’s father, Thomas R. Mulroy, Sr. ,was a
longtime active CBA member.
Outgoing CBA President Dan Kotin, of
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman LLC, passed the
ceremonial Lincoln Gavel to Judge Mulroy
at the annual meeting, signifying the tran-
sition of the Association’s leadership.
Serving with Judge Mulroy on the Asso-
ciation’s Executive Committee are: First
Vice-President Steven M. Elrod, Holland
& Knight LLP; Second Vice-President
Jesse H. Ruiz, Drinker Biddle & Reath
LLP; Secretary E. Lynn Grayson, Jenner
& Block LLP; Treasurer Maurice Grant,
Grant Law LLC; and outgoing President
Daniel M. Kotin. Members of the 2017-
18 Board of Managers are: Jonathan B.
Amarilio; Alan R. Borlack, JudgeThomas
M. Durkin; Mark B. Epstein; Judge Shel-
vin Louise Marie Hall; Robert F. Harris;
Michele M. Jochner; Michael J. Kaufman;
Pamela S. Menaker; Paul J. Ochmanek,
Jr.; Matthew A. Passen; Mary Robinson;
John C. Sciaccotta; Helene M. Snyder,
AndrewW. Vail; Greta G. Weathersby; and
Zeophus J. Williams.