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Annual Dinner

Bylaws Committee

Civil Litigation

CLE Accreditation / Programming

Community Outreach

Diversity & Inclusion Committee

Domestic Relations

Golf Outing

Government Lawyers

Historian

Hooton Committee

In-House Counsel

Immigration Committee

Intellectual Property Committee

Legally Moms

Judicial Evaluation Committee

Judicial Reception Committee

Legislative Committee

Mental Health & Wellness Committee

Mentor/Mentee Committee

Membership Committee

Member Monday Chair

Minority Bar CLE Committee

Newsletter Co-Chairs

Past President's Advisory Counsel

Past President’s Advisory Counsel Board Liaisons

Policies & Position Statements

Small Firm

Sports Committee

Top Women Lawyers in Leadership Reception

Transactional Lawyers Committee

Website / Communications-Marketing

Women Everywhere Liaison

Young Lawyers Chair

Legislative Committee

Kelly Sabo Gaden
Levin & Perconti

Caroleann Gallagher
Coogan Gallagher, P.C.

Kristine Schanbacher
Dentons US LLP

Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Molly Condon Wells
Wallace Miller

Bylaws

Helen Bloch
Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.

Hon. Megan Goldish
Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.

Jane Sitorius
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Blaire Theuerkauf
Metra Commuter Rail

Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Budget

Sarah King
Partner, Clifford Law Offices at Clifford Law Offices

Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Kristine Schanbacher
Dentons US LLP

Jane Sitorius
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Civil Litigation

Kelly Sabo Gaden
Levin & Perconti

Caroleann Gallagher
Coogan Gallagher, P.C.

Katie Twardak (Advisor)
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Criminal Litigation

Kelly Sabo Gaden
Levin & Perconti

Caroleann Gallagher
Coogan Gallagher, P.C.

Katie Twardak (Advisor)
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

CLE Accreditation / Programming

Cristin Duffy
Cook County Board of Review

Blaire Theuerkauf
Metra Commuter Rail

Caidi Mammas Vanderporten
MAMMAS | GOLDBERG | VANDERPORTEN

Communications / Marketing / Website Committee

Kristine Schanbacher
Dentons US LLP

Jane Sitorius
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Elizabeth Merchut
View Marketing & Creative

Community Outreach

Caroleann Gallagher
Coogan Gallagher, P.C.

Caidi Mammas Vanderporten
MAMMAS | GOLDBERG | VANDERPORTEN

Compensation and Review

Whitney Siehl
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP

Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices

Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Helen Bloch
Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Leilani A. Pino
Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office

Domestic Relations

Caidi Mammas Vanderporten
MAMMAS | GOLDBERG | VANDERPORTEN

Emily Ruwe
The Law Office of Erin M. Wilson LLC

FLASH Liasons

Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Golf Outing

Kim Brancato
Feagans Law Group

Kelly Sabo Gaden
Levin & Perconti

Whitney Siehl (Advisor)
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP

Molly Condon Wells
Wallace Miller

Government Lawyers

Cristin Duffy
Cook County Board of Review

Leilani A. Pino
Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office

Historian

Hooton Fund

Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices

Katherine Twardak
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Lauren Witkowski
Zurich North America

Caroleann Gallagher
Coogan Gallagher, P.C.

Dawn Gonzalez
Stone & Johnson, Chartered

In-House Counsel

Blaire Theuerkauf
Metra Commuter Rail

Intellectual Property

Danielle Muñoz
Dwyer & Coogan

Judicial Evaluation Chairs

Corinne Cundiff
Connolly Krause LLC

Caroleann Gallagher
Coogan Gallagher, P.C.

Jane Sitorius 
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Helen Bloch  
Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.

Sarah King (Advisor) 
Clifford Law Offices

Judicial Reception

Soobin Lee
Wais, Vogelstein, Forman, Koch, & Norman, LLC

Katie Twardak (Advisor)
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Caidi Mammas Vanderporten
MAMMAS | GOLDBERG | VANDERPORTEN

Molly Condon Wells
Wallace Miller

Legislative / Amicus Curiae

Kristine Schanbacher
Dentons US LLP

Molly Condon Wells
Wallace Miller

Legally Moms

Helen Bloch
Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.

Caroleann Gallagher
Coogan Gallagher, P.C.

Leilani A. Pino
Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office

Caidi Mammas Vanderporten
Partner at MAMMAS | GOLDBERG | VANDERPORTEN

Mental Health & Wellness

Mentor/Mentee

Helen Bloch
Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.

Chandler Caswell
Barnes & Thornburg

Cristin Duffy
Cook County Board of Review

Membership

Caroleann Gallagher (Chair)
Coogan Gallagher, P.C.

Caidi Mammas Vanderporten
Partner at MAMMAS | GOLDBERG | VANDERPORTEN

Taylor Matichak
Law Offices of Parente & Norem, P.C.

Michelle Lukic
Keller Postman LLC

Jessica Wieczorkiewicz
Wallace Miller

Minority Bar CLE Liaisons

Blaire Theuerkauf
Metra Commuter Rail

Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin & Kasserman

Newsletter

Taylor Matichak
Parente & Norem, P.C.

Leilani A. Pino
Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office General Counsel

Jane Sitorius
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Past President's Advisory Counsel

Dawn Gonzalez
Stone & Johnson, Chartered

Lori Levin
Lori G. Levin, Attorney at Law

Past President's Liason

Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices

Race Judicata

Kim Brancato
Feagans Law Group

Small Firm

Helen Bloch
Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.

Anne Junia
Powell Junia P.C.

Sports Law

Kim Brancato
Feagans Law Group

Dawn Gonzalez
Stone & Johnson, Chartered

Jane Sitorius
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Transactional Lawyers

Jane Sitorius
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Top Women Lawyers in Leadership

Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices

Kristine Schanbacher
Dentons US LLP

Jane Sitorius
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Molly Condon Wells
Wallace Miller

WILPower Liasons

Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices

Kristine Schanbacher
Dentons US LLP

Women Everywhere Liason

Sarah King
Clifford Law Offices

Women's Bar Foundation Liasons

Caroleann Gallagher
Coogan Gallagher, P.C.

Katie Twardak
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC

Kelly Sabo Gaden
Levin & Perconti

Young Lawyers

Chandler Caswell
Barnes & Thornburg

Blaire Theuerkauf
Metra Commuter Rail