Topic: Developing Psychological Flexibility: Toggling Between Analytic Thought and Embracing the Unknown

Speaker: Mike Lubofsky, Psychotherapist and Attorney

(IL Mental Health and Substance Abuse PR-MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

This is a hybrid event with an in-person and a webinar option. Please select the appropriate button when registering if you plan to attend in-person. Event will take place at the Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604.

This program provides a deep dive into the key expectations and requirements that corporate counsel have when working with outside counsel. In today’s fast-paced and complex business environment, corporate legal teams rely on external lawyers for specialized expertise, strategic support, and effective collaboration. Understanding these needs is crucial for building strong, productive relationships between in-house and outside counsel. The panel presentation will be followed by a networking reception. 

Panelists:
Carl Bergetz, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Rush University System for Health & Senior Vice President, Rush University Medical Center 
Michael Lufrano, Executive Vice President, Community and Legal Affairs, Chicago Cubs
Meredith Ritchie, General Counsel, Chief Ethics and Government Affairs Officer, Alliant Credit Union
Greta Weathersby, Senior Corporate Counsel, WEC Energy Group 

Moderator: 
John Sciaccotta, President of The Chicago Bar Association & Member, Aronberg Goldgehn

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

This is an in-person program hosted at The Chicago Bar Association building (321 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604).

This seminar is designed for lawyers, advisors and family office executives, and the content offers practical insights for global mobility and maximizing global impact. The programming focuses on the complex international tax considerations facing ultra-high net worth individuals, including residency and domicile planning, and global reporting obligations. It also addresses the challenges and opportunities of cross-border philanthropy, exploring effective structures for charitable giving and global regulatory compliance. Reception following seminar sponsored by CIBC. 

Timed Agenda:
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Check in Attendees/Networking/Sponsor Gift Table 

12:30 p.m. - 12:45p.m.: Welcome by Co-Chairs and Introduction of Sponsor CIBC
Jeffrey Jacobs, Managing Director, CIBC Private Wealth Advisors, Inc., CIBC National Trust Company, CIBC Private Wealth Management 
Christopher Quinn, Executive Director of CIBC Family Office 

12:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Keynote Remarks by Ronald Diamond, Founder & Chairman, Diamond Wealth Strategies

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Global Mobility of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals
Nicola Saccardo, Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys 
Suzanne L. Shier, Of Counsel, Trusts and Estates, Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC 

2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.: Session Break

2:20 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.: Issues Concerning Global/Cross Border Philanthropy Panel Discussion and Q & A 
Dr. Sonya Anderson, Executive Vice President of International Network, United Way 
Joseph Brooks, Managing Director, Arabella Advisors 
April Donnellan, Executive Director, Global Philanthropy Partnership (Simmons Center) 
Caren Croland Yanis, Philanthropic Advising, Croland Consulting 

3:50 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Closing Remarks 

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Networking Reception Sponsored by CIBC

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You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

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Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Standing Up to Intimidation: Confronting Bullying in the Legal Profession

Presented by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism and co-sponsored by The Chicago Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association.

Experts will explore why lawyers bully others, the impact of bullying on attorneys, and key data from the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism’s

Bullying in the Legal Profession report.  In addition, the Commission on Professionalism will launch a special bullying prevention challenge for bar associations across Illinois.

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism will accept registration and host the webinar. For more information and to register, click here:

Standing Up to Intimidation: Confronting Bullying in the Legal Profession.

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

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Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Energy Healing: The Best Kept Secret in Legal Wellbeing & Performance

Energy healing is spiritual work that has been used for thousands of years and provides significant mental, emotional and physical wellbeing and performance benefits. Why is this work invaluable for legal professionals? 

Law firms and other legal organizations as well as individual legal professionals are increasingly making significant investments in their personal and professional development, and particularly coaching and counseling services (“talk modalities”). These talk modalities, while tremendously beneficial, only support employees at the level of their conscious awareness – i.e., the thoughts and challenges they know about. This is a critical distinction because as much as 95% of our thoughts are subconscious. Subconscious programming includes, among other things, limiting beliefs, self-sabotaging patterns, inherited and current lifetime trauma, and societal conditioning about how we see ourselves, what is possible and permissive. This means that the vast majority of support currently provided to legal professionals is only addressing a tiny piece of the mental and emotional wellbeing pie and a different type of support is needed. 

During this program, lawyers will learn about energy healing – what it is, how it works, what it feels like and what wellbeing and performance benefits it provides. They will also learn how to implement energy healing as an added tool to address negative subconscious thought patterns and achieve greater wellness. Attendees will have an opportunity to experience an energy healing session during the second half of the program. 

Speaker:
Wendy S. Axelrod, Esq., CPC, ELI-MP

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

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Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Join the CBA Cyber Law & Data Privacy and Insurance Law Committees for a joint seminar that will explore the rapidly emerging threat of deepfakes. Deepfake technology has evolved at an alarming pace, with deepfake fraud and misuse increasing exponentially worldwide, posing new and significant risks for lawyers, clients, and carriers alike. 

Deepfakes have the potential to be a major disruptor in our daily personal and professional lives. This seminar will equip attendees with an understanding of the technology, the legal and ethical challenges it presents, and the potential insurance and risk management implications.

Topics and Speakers:
This presentation will provide an overview of deepfakes: what they are, how they work, and the growing ways in which they are being weaponized against individuals and organizations. Specific threats and ethical concerns facing lawyers and their clients will be highlighted
Bruce de’Medici, Principal, Grey Oar 

The carrier perspective will be addressed, focusing on how insurers are approaching the risk landscape surrounding deepfakes, including issues of coverage, underwriting, claims, and risk mitigation.
Daniel Cotter, Member, Dickinson Wright (Moderator)

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

This is an in-person program hosted at The Chicago Bar Association building (321 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604).

Join us for the CBA Trial Academy -- an intensive, 2-day skills training course for attorneys of all experience levels. On Day 1, the CBA’s experienced faculty members will discuss and conduct demonstrations of the following components of trial: Opening Statement, Direct Examination, Cross Examination, Closing Argument, and Trial Preparation. Participants will then break into small groups and each participant will conduct an actual Opening, Direct, etc. using materials provided in advance. Faculty members will provide each participant with feedback, tips, strategies and suggestions. On Day 2, participants will break into small groups to conduct a simulation of a bench trial. 

Agenda:
Part 1: Interactive Trial Skills Training, June 5, 12:30pm-5:45pm 
Part 2: Trial Simulation, June 6, 12:30pm-3:00pm

Program led by Judge Thomas R. Mulroy (ret.), Resolute Systems

Coaches/Faculty:

Michael Alkaraki, Leahy Hoste Alkaraki
Octavio Duran, Duran Law Offices
Elizabeth Kaveny, Kaveny + Kroll
Michael Kozlowski, Esbrook, P.C.
Thomas Mulroy III, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
Alan Nicgorski, Hansen Reynolds
Matthew Passen, Passen Powell Jenkins
Michael Shapiro, Tomlinson & Shapiro
Claire Whitehead, Reed Smith
Additional Coaches/Faculty TBA

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

This is a hybrid program with a webcast and in-person option at The Chicago Bar Association (321 S. Plymouth Ct, Chicago, IL 60604). Please indicate if you will attend in-person when registering where indicated. 

Topic: Guided Meditation

Description: The program will discuss:
• How do we ensure that the parties are at the mediation with reasonable expectations and appropriate settlement authority?
• How can we create a mediation process for the particular dispute that allows the parties and the mediator (and insurance companies) to engage in critical risk analysis before and at the mediation?

Speaker: Clifford Shapiro, Principle, Shapiro Dispute Resolution LLC

Speaker Biography: Mr. Shapiro is the principal of Shapiro Dispute Resolution LLC.  He is a Chicago-based national arbitrator and mediator who has more than 37 years of experience resolving construction disputes and insurance claims, including 23 years as the leader of construction law practice groups at nationally prominent law firms.

(IL MCLE credit for live meeting only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Mentorship plays an important role in building a legacy that extends beyond the mentor-mentee relationship. Mentorship gives lawyers an opportunity to share their wisdom, skills and experience, and leave a lasting impact on the next generation. You can serve as mentor at any stage in your legal career, whether as a new lawyer providing guidance to a law student, or as a retired lawyer sharing wisdom with a younger generation. This program is for lawyers at any stage in their career who wish to give back to the profession through mentorship. 

Speakers:
Ida Abbott, President, Ida Abbott Consulting
Mark C. Palmer, Chief Counsel, IL Sup Ct Comm on Professionalism
Brian Potts, Partner, Husch Blackwell; Co-Founder, Legal Mentor Network
Trisha M. Rich, Partner & Chair of the Legal Profession Team, Holland & Knight LLP

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Advanced Workshop for Improved Negotiation and Mediation Skills

This workshop will present cutting-edge strategies for successful negotiation and advocacy and will provide insight on how to mediate difficult disputes.  The presenters will discuss methods to resolve issues on their merits rather than through a haggling process. They will highlight strategies to employ which will allow you to be fair while negotiating but will prevent you from being taken advantage of because of your fairness.  This program will take place in person at The Chicago Bar Association building located at 321 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604.  

May 29, 2025 8:25 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 7 IL MCLE Credit
May 30, 2025 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 4 IL MCLE Credit

Faculty:

Hon. Wayne R. Andersen (ret.), JAMS
Laurel Bellows, The Bellows Law Group, P.C
Robert Berliner, Berliner Group
Hon. Margaret A. Brennan, ADR Systems
Daniel Cotter, Dickinson Wright
Hon. Morton Denlow (ret.), JAMS
Robert W. Fioretti, Disparti Law Group
Hon. Jack Fleming (Ret.), DDV Law, Ltd.
Professor Teresa Frisbie, Distinguished Professor in Residence and Director, Dispute Resolution Program
Jeremy J. Glenn, Cozen O’Connor
Hon. Kay Hanlon (Ret.), ADR Systems
Hon. William J. Haddad (ret.), ADR Systems 
Hon. Thomas Hogan (ret.), TLH Consulting Corporation
Ray J. Koenig III, Member, Clark Hill
Karen Layng, CEO of M.A.I.T. Co
Ashanti Madlock Henderson, Madlock Henderson LLC
Hon. Clare McWilliams (Ret.), Resolute Systems
Hon. Thomas R. Mulroy (ret.), Resolute Systems
Thomas Mulroy III, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
Alan Nicgorski, Hansen Reynolds, LLC 
John Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa
Hon. Patrick Sherlock, Circuit Court of Cook County
Timothy Tomasik, Tomasik, Kotin & Kasserman
Michael A. Zuckerman, JAMS

Luncheon generously sponsored by:

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Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live.