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Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, and University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listen during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill this week in Washington.

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Patrick A. Salvi II is Chicago Lawyer’s 2023 Person of the Year.

Salvi named Chicago Lawyer’s Person of the Year

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Cavanagh Law Group partner Michael Sorich will speak about trucking litigation during the Illinois Trial Lawyers Update and Review Seminar Oct. 9 at the Westin River North in Chicago.Visit the ITLA website (www.iltla.com) for more information.• The Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago is inviting lawyers, judges and other legal professionals to celebrate the 89th Votive Red Mass of the Holy Spirit at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St. It will be followed by a reception at Corboy Law Center in …

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Romanucci & Blandin LLC hired Patrick J. Driscoll as a member of its mass torts and civil rights legal teams.
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Benesch added Ronald S. Betman as a partner to its litigation group.
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Faegre Drinker promoted five attorneys to partner in the Chicago office.
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Dykema added Christopher Cahill as a senior counsel in its corporate and finance practice group. He joins from Aegis Law.
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Winston & Strawn LLP promoted three Chicago lawyers to partner.
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Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. attorney Eirene N. Salvi was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. The commission uses education to promote the ideals of professionalism in legal and judicial systems. Her term begins Jan. 1 and runs through Dec. 31, 2026.
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K&L Gates LLP added Kevin R. Gustafson as a partner in the firm’s asset management and investment funds practice group.
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The Illinois Supreme Court reappointed Will County Circuit Court Judge Vincent F. Cornelius and retired Cook County Judge and current JAMS arbitrator Stuart E. Palmer to the Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board. Their terms expire Dec. 31, 2026.
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Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, and University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listen during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill this week in Washington.

Harvard president apologizes for remarks on antisemitism, pressure mounts on Penn

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., speaks to the media Sept. 12 on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new generation of senators is working on gun violence prevention legislation in the aftermath of mass shootings. The effort by Heinrich and Sen. Angus King of Maine comes as Congress shows no signs of reinstating the landmark 1994 assault weapons ban from the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Senators tackle gun violence as Feinstein’s ban on assault weapons fades into history

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House on Oct. 3. Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, McCarthy said Wednesday that he’s resigning from his congressional seat.

Former House speaker says he’s leaving Congress by year’s end

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who visited Chicago in 2010, reminds the umpires to be fair after delivering the first ball to the crew before a game between the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field. Legal leaders spoke of her influence after her death Friday.

O’Connor impressed, inspired Chicago judges, legal leaders

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger in the court's conference room in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. Justice O'Connor's husband John holds two family Bibles. The White House via AP

Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93