Kathleen Short joined Kogut & Wilson LLC as an associate.She focuses her practice in the areas of matrimonial and family law.• Johnson & Bell Ltd. attorney Jessica K. Velez was appointed as a commissioner of the Hispanic National Bar Association’s 2019-20 Latina Commission.The association is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan, national membership organization that monitors and seeks to advance legal issues that impact Hispanic legal professionals and the U.S. Latino population at the local, state and federal …