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28 JULY/AUGUST 2017
MURPHY’S LAW
BY TERRENCE M. MURPHY, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Don’t miss the Association’s Open
House and All-Bar Welcome
Reception for CBA President
Judge Thomas R. Mulroy and YLS Chair
Jonathan B. Amarilio on Thursday,
September 7, from 5:00-700 p.m. Judge
Mulroy is a trial judge in the LawDivision’s
Individual Commercial Calendar Section
and is only the second sitting judge to serve
as President. Judge Mulroy began his career
as an Assistant United State’s Attorney and
then as a partner at Jenner & Block. Judge
Mulroy is a Fellow in the American College
of Trial Lawyers and serves as president of
the Board of Governors of Loyola Univer-
sity School of Law. Judge Mulroy’s father
was a prominent Chicago lawyer and an
active member of the CBA.
Jonathan Amarilio is a partner at Taft
Stettinius & Hollister LLP and con-
centrates in commercial litigation and
appellate practice. Jon served as a Special
Assistant Attorney General and as a Special
Assistant Corporation Counsel for the
City of Chicago in a number of matters.
Jon has been recognized as an Emerging
Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network
and as a Rising Star by Illinois Super Law-
yers. The reception will begin at 5:00 p.m.
and will be held on the second floor at the
CBA Building. There is no charge for the
reception which includes cocktails and hors
d’oeuvres. We look forward to seeing you
at the Open House and All-Bar Reception.
94th Annual Golf Outing
The CBA’s 94th Annual Golf Outing will
be held on Wednesday, September 13,
2017 at Harborside International Golf
Course, 11001 S. Doty Avenue in Chicago.
Harborside International is a favorite golf
destination and among Chicago’s finest
public courses. Harborside has country
club fairways, great greens, and some
monster traps. Golf committee chair
James R. FortCamp, Seyfarth Shaw, and
golf committee secretary Angie Cruz , are
working hard to make this the best CBA
golf outing yet. We’ll have a number of
prizes including: longest drive, closest to
the pin, etc., and a few fun challenges on
one or two of the par 3 holes to benefit the
Interfaith Committee’s Restorative Justice
Training programs in our city schools.
Retired Judge Thomas L. Hogan and ret.
Judge Shelia M. Murphy, co-chairs of
the Interfaith Committee, and members
of the committee will also be joining us at
the outing. We’ve kept the price at $195,
which includes: golf, carts, lockers, lunch
and a buffet dinner with cocktails. Golf
and lunch only is $170 per person. The
outing begins with lunch at 12:00 noon,
followed by a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m.
Join your colleagues from the bench and
the bar and bring your golfing clients to
the CBA’s Outing. You’ll enjoy it and they
will too! For more information or to make
reservations, contact Angie Cruz at acruz@
.
Justice John Paul Stevens Awards Luncheon
Nominations are still open for the 2017
Justice John Paul Stevens Awards Lun-
cheon. Each year the Association honors
lawyers and judges whose legal career exem-
plify Justice Stevens’ integrity and com-
mitment to excellence and public service.
Nominations for the Justice Stevens Award
should be emailed to Terrence Murphy at
CBA President Judge Thomas R. Mulroy moderated a panel of Chicago’s leading mental health
experts at the Association’s June 29 Seminar entitled:“Mental HealthResources: Pathways toHelp
Persons and Families in Crisis.” Participants included (above left) Alexa James, Executive Director
of NAMI Chicago; Mark Ishaug, Executive Director of Thresholds; Dr. Daniel Yohanna, InterimChair,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at The University of Chicago; and (above
right) Professor Mark Heyrman of The University of Chicago Law School. Photos by Bill Richert.