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MURPHY’S
LAW
BY TERRENCE M. MURPHY, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
T
he Association’s 144th Annual
Meeting will be held on Thursday,
June 22, in the Grand Ballroom
at the Standard Club. A reception for
outgoing president
Daniel M. Kotin
and
for incoming president Judge
Thomas R.
Mulroy
will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed
by the business meeting and luncheon.
The Association’s incoming officers and
board members will also be installed at
the meeting. Tickets for the annual meet-
ing are $70 per person or $700 for a table
of ten. For more information or to make
reservations, contact Events Coordinator
Tamra Drees
at 312/554-2057 or tdrees@
chicagobar.org.
New Officers and Board Members
The 2017 Nominating Committee, chaired
by CBA past president Daniel A. Cotter,
has nominated an outstanding slate of
incoming officers and board members.
The new slate with their firm affiliation
is as follows:
Jesse H. Ruiz
, Second Vice
President, Drinker Biddle &Reath LLP;
E.
Lynn Grayson
, Secretary, Jenner & Block
LLP; and
Maurice Grant
, Treasurer, Grant
Law LLC. New members of the Board
of Managers for two-year terms include:
Mark B. Epstein
, Epstein & Epstein;
Michael J. Kaufman
, Dean and Profes-
sor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
School of Law;
Matthew A. Passen
, Passen
Law Group;
Mary Robinson,
Robinson
Law Group LLC;
John C. Sciaccotta
,
Aronberg Goldgehn;
Helene M
.
Snyder
,
solo practitioner;
Greta G. Weathersby
,
Integrys Business Support LLC;
Zeophus
J. Williams
, Cook County State’s Attor-
ney Office. Holdover board members
include:
Alan R. Borlack
, Bailey Borlack
Nadelhoffer; Judge
Thomas M. Durkin
,
U.S. District Court, Northern District of
Illinois; Judge
Shelvin Louise Marie Hall
,
Illinois Appellate Court;
Robert F. Harris
,
Public Guardian of Cook County;
Michele
M. Jochner
, Schiller DuCanto & Fleck;
Pamela S. Menaker
, Clifford LawOffices;
Paul J. Ochmanek, Jr
., Ochmanek Legal
Office;
Andrew W. Vail
, Jenner & Block.
Incoming YLS Chair
Jonathan B. Ama-
rillio
, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, will be
appointed to serve a one-year term on
the Board of Managers. Pursuant to the
CBA’s Bylaws,
Steven M. Elrod
becomes
First Vice President and Judge
Thomas R.
Mulroy,
having served as First Vice Presi-
dent, automatically becomes President.
Justice John Paul Stevens Award
Justice
John Paul Stevens’
legacy of
outstanding service to our city, state
and nation puts him in the pantheon of
America’s judicial greats. Each year, the
Association honors lawyers and judges
whose legal careers best exemplify Justice
Stevens’ integrity and commitment to
public service. Nominations for the 2017
Justice John Paul Stevens Award Luncheon
are being accepted and should be submit-
ted to: Terrence M. Murphy, CBA Execu-
tive Director, 321 S. Plymouth Court, Chi-
cago, IL 60604 or tmurphy@chicagobar.
org on or before Tuesday, August 1.
Justice Stevens served as Second Vice
President of the CBA until his nomination
to the U.S. Court of Appeals by President
Gerald Ford. Justice Stevens was appointed
to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1975 and
retired from the High Court in 2010.
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APRIL/MAY 2017
Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry, icons in Chicago architecture, who designed the CBA
Building, have donated their architects model to the Association, which is now prominently
displayed in our lobby at 321 South Plymouth Court. Photo by Bill Richert.