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Annual Dinner
Debjani Desai
IL Office of Comptroller
Genevieve Niemann
Singewald Law Firm
Kristen Lukaszak Ori
Angelini, Ori & Abate Law Firm
Whitney Siehl
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Melissa Tannehill
Tannehill Law
Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman
Bylaws Committee
Whitney Siehl
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Civil Litigation
Lauren Buford
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym
Kristine Schanbacher
Dentons US LLP
Blaire Theuerkauf
Best, Vanderlaan & Harrington
CLE Accreditation / Programming
Cristin Duffy
(Accreditation and Programming)
Crane & Norcross
Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices
Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin & Kasserman
Community Outreach
Tonya Major Gauff
DLA Piper
Caidi Vanderporten
Mammas Goldberg
Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Lauren Buford
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.
Debjani Desai
IL Office of Comptroller
Tiffany Gehrke
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Tiffany Harper
UnColorblind
Sarah Kwon
Much Shelist, P.C.
Marla Izbicky
HMB Legal Counsel
Andrea Ramirez
Taxman Pollock Murray & Bekkerman
Melissa Tannehill
Tannehill Law
Jennifer Yu
Synergy Settlement Services
Domestic Relations
Aurelija Fitzpatrick
Jonathan Merel, P.C.
Genevieve Niemann
Singewald Law
Caidi Vanderporten
Mammas Goldberg
Adam Miel Zebelian
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP
Golf Outing
Molly Condon
Wexler Wallace
Whitney Siehl
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Melissa Tannehill
Tannehill Law
Government Lawyers
Debjani Desai
General Counsel to Illinois State Comptroller
Hon. Megan Goldish
Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Violence Division
Hon. Julie Aimen
Circuit Court of Cook County
Kilby Macfadden
Assistant Chief, Department of Justice
Historian
Hooton Committee
Lauren Witkowski
Krakar & Olsen
In-House Counsel
Julie Baker
US Foods
Stephanie Cueman
ZS Associates, Inc.
Christine Rosso
Brookfield Properties Retail
Deborah Solmor
TCS Education System
Jeanine Stathopoulos
ZS Associates, Inc.
Elizabeth Winiarski
LAZ Parking
Immigration Committee
Katherine Del Rosario
McEntee Law Group
Alexandra George
McEntee Law Group
Colleen Kilbride
National Immigrant Justice Center
Fiona McEntee
McEntee Law Group
Intellectual Property Committee
Michelle Bolos
Marshall Gerstein & Borun, LLP
Danielle (Dani) Johnson
Goldberg Kohn
Legally Moms
Caroleann Gallagher
Dwyer & Coogan
Megan O’Connor
Levin & Perconti
Caidi Vanderporten
Mammas Goldberg
Jennifer Yu
Synergy Settlement Services
Judicial Evaluation Committee
Corinne Cundiff
Bollinger Connolly Krause
Caroleann Gallagher
Dwyer & Coogan
Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices
Jennifer Yu
Synergy Settlement Services
Judicial Reception Committee
Lauren Buford
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.
Caroleann Gallagher
Dwyer & Coogan
Hayley Graham
Anesi Ozon Rodon Novak Kohen
Kristine Schanbacher
Dentons US LLP
Legislative Committee
Debjani Desai
IL Office of Comptroller
Bridget Duignan
(Liaison to BWLA)
Latherow & Duignan
Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices
Kristine Schanbacher
(Amicus Curiae Committee)
Dentons US LLP
Mental Health & Wellness Committee
Tiffany Alberty
Hall & Evans
Kristen Lukaszak Ori
Angelini, Ori & Abate Law Firm
Mentor/Mentee Committee
Cristin Duffy
Crane & Norcross
Jessica Fairchild
Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres
Loveleen Ajuha
Cook County Public Defender's Office
Nadine Wichern
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Membership Committee
Kilby Macfadden
Department of Justice
Genevieve Niemann
Singewald Law
Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin & Kasserman
Caidi Vanderporten
Mammas Goldberg
Member Monday Chair
Melissa Tannehill
Tannehill Law
Minority Bar CLE Committee
Blaire Theuerkauf
Best, Vanderlaan & Harrington
Newsletter Co-Chairs
Marla Izbicky
HMB Legal Counsel
Annika Mitchell
Mitchell Law Firm
Lauren Witkowski
Krakar & Olsen
Past President's Advisory Counsel
Deane Brown
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym
Dawn Gonzalez
Stone & Johnson, Chartered
Kristin McCarthy
Kralovec Jambois & Schwartz
Past President’s Advisory Counsel Board Liaisons
Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin & Kasserman
Lauren Witkowski
Krakar & Olsen
Policies & Position Statements
Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices
Dina Ninfo
State of IL CMS
Kristine Schanbacher
Dentons US LLP
Small Firm
Melissa Tannehill
Tannehill Law
Top Women Lawyers in Leadership Reception
Molly Condon
Wexler Wallace
Hon. Megan Goldish
Circuit Court of Cook County
Marla Izbicky
HMB Legal Counsel
Genevieve Niemann
Singewald Law
Transactional Lawyers Committee
Melissa Tannehill
Tannehill Law
Website / Communications-Marketing
Melissa Tannehill
Tannehill Law
Elizabeth Merchut
View Marketing & Creative
Women Everywhere Liaison
Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices
Young Lawyers Chair
Soobin Lee
Wais Vogelstein Forman & Offutt