ConneKtions @ Dinner Week: Fall 2019

YOU MAY ONLY SIGN UP FOR ONE SLOT.

Do not select a date/time that conflicts with your class schedule. Also, we ask that you please do not contact alumni directly to add more spaces. Additional dinners may be added after the initial schedule is released, so please check back. You may need to scroll across at the bottom to see all of the dinners.

WHEN REGISTERING, INCLUDE YOUR CLASS YEAR WITH YOUR NAME.

If you are signing up for a dinner at someone's home, please email Joe Volin at jvolin@kentlaw.iit.edu with any dietary restrictions.

IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL, please email Joe Volin at jvolin@kentlaw.iit.edu so he can contact the next individual on the waiting list. DO NOT remove yourself from the list. Cancellations are not permitted within 24 hours of a dinner unless in case of an emergency.

Additionally, please pay attention to the date of the dinner as dinners span into multiple weeks. If you are interested in one of the unconfirmed dinners do not sign up for the already scheduled dates. You are only able to attend 1 dinner and you may not cancel without contacting Joe Volin at jvolin@kentlaw.iit.edu.

Available Opportunities:

Monday, October 28
Monday, October 28: Amy Campanelli '87 (Cook County Public Defender). Dinner at 312 Chicago (loop) at 6:00 p.m. Open to 8 students.

Monday, October 28: Allison Castillo ‘08 (Assistant State Attorney, State of Illinois) and Jill Roberts (Senior Program Manager, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts). Lunch at Randolph Tavern (Loop) at 12:00 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Monday, October 28: Hon. Laura Marie Sullivan ‘87 (First Municipal District,
Preliminary Hearing Courtroom Branch 38), Hon. Israel Desierto ‘90 (Law Division, Trial Section Daley Center), and Hon. Ursula Walowski ‘93 (Leighton Criminal Courthouse, Criminal Division). Dinner at Greek Islands (West Loop) at 5:00 p.m. Open to 9 students.

Monday, October 28: Lindsay Taylor ‘14 (Associate General Counsel, Weber Grill). Dinner at Moretti’s (Barrington) at 5:00 p.m. Open to 4 students. Accessible by Metra.

Monday, October 28: Kylin Fisher ‘13 (Graduate Student, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy). TBD at 5:00 p.m. Open to 3 students.

Monday, October 28: Matthew McElwee ‘16 (Co-Head of VC/Startups Group, McDonald Hopkins LLC, Transactional) and Jared Reynolds (Attorney, Danile P. Costello & Associates PC, Litigation). Dinner at Beatrix (River North), at 6:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Monday, October 28: David Marr ‘87 (Practice Group Leader, Clark Hill PLC, Intellectual Property) and Bart Lazar ‘87 (Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, Intellectual Property). Dinner at Parlor Pizza (West Loop) at 6:45 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Monday, October 28: Gary Mages ‘90 (Partner & Co-Founder, Mages & Price LLC, Real Estate). TBD at 7:00 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Tuesday, October 29

Tuesday, October 29: Brooks Fleming ‘15 (Assistant General Counsel, Citadel LLC, Corporate/Securities Law), Stephanie Nelson ‘15 (Associate Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP, IP Litigation), and Daniel McGinnis ‘15 (Associate, The Sotos Law Firm, Municipal & Civil Rights Litigation). Dinner at Parlor Pizza (River North) at 6:00 p.m. Open to 6 students.

Tuesday, October 29: Alexandria Seydel '17 (associate, Stahl Cowen, Mergers & Acquasitions) and John Fox '17 (Water Reclamations District, corporate: water law). Dinner at 5:30 at Chicago Athletic Club (loop). Open to 3 students.

Tuesday, October 29: Daniel Creed ‘75 (Retired General Practice). Dinner at his house (Edgewater) at 6:30 p.m. Open to 3 students. Preferably students interested in public interest or general practice law.

Tuesday, October 29: Dennis Kellogg ‘74 (The Law Office of Dennis J. Kellogg, Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation). Dinner at TBD at 6:30 p.m. Open to 7 students.

Tuesday, October 29: Frances Carroll ‘91 (Corporate Compliance and Privacy Officer, The Joint Commission). Dinner at Frances’s home in Arlington Heights. Open to 4 students.

Tuesday, October 29: Cori Sobota ‘19 (Law Clerk, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office), Mara Somlo ‘19 (Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office), and Stephanie Duarte ‘19 (Law Clerk, The Law Office of Robert B. Buchanan, Family Law). Dinner at Parlor Pizza (West Loop) at 6:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Wednesday, October 30

Wednesday, October 30: Jeff Patt ‘87 (Partner, Katten, Mergers and Acquisitions). Lunch at Katten Muchin Rosenman at 12:00 p.m. Open to 8 students.

Wednesday, October 30: Jason Sposeep ‘05 (Partner, Schiller DuCanto & Fleck, LLP, Divorce and Family Law) and Kristen Carey ‘10 (Vice President, Northern Trust, Guardianship and Wealth Management). Dinner at Sidebar (Loop) at 5:00 p.m. Open to 5 students.

Wednesday, October 30: Stuart Sheldon ‘05 (Partner, Stone Pogrund & Korey LLC, Real Estate). On Tour Brewing (West Town) at 6:30 p.m. Open to 3 students.

Wednesday, October 30: Jenny Savitt ‘17 (Associate, Loeb & Loeb, Advertising Law), Rebecca Horgan ‘17 (Associate, Sudekum, Cassidy & Shulruff Chtd., Insurance Defense Litigation) Josie Norton ‘17 (Associate, Law Offices of Jonathan Merel, P.C., Family Law), and Katherine Del Rosario ‘17 (Associate, Davidson & Seseri LLC, Immigration Law). Dinner at Greek Islands (West Loop) at 6:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Wednesday, October 30: Adam Reis ‘15, Peggy Herrmann ‘17, and Francyn Brown ‘18 (Irwin IP, LLC, Intellectual Property Litigation). TBD at 7:00 p.m. Open to 5 students. Exclusive to 2L’s and 1L’s.

Wednesday, October 30: Jenna Kim ‘17 and Jin To ‘18 (labor and employment, Littler Mendelson). Dinner at Dae Bak (Chinatown) at 6:00 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Wednesday, October 30: Margaret Kamm ‘19 (Reed Smith, wealth planning). Lunch at Little Goat Diner at 12:00 p.m. Open to 3 students.

Wednesday, October 30: Jack Amaro ‘19 (Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, Employee Benefits), Emily Palmer ‘18 (Associate, McDermott, Will & Emery, Healthcare), and Ashley Surinak (Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, Restructuring). Dinner at Jack Amaro’s home (West Loop) at 7:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Wednesday, October 30: Maxwell Eichenberger ‘17 (Associate, Reed Smith, Data Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Commercial Litigation) and Jeff Michalik ‘17 (Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, Bankruptcy). TBD at 7:30 p.m. Open to 3 students.

Friday, November 1

Friday, November 1: Anthony Pankau ‘85 (Pankau Law, Estates and Trusts). Dinner at his home (Itasca) at 5:30 p.m. Open to 6 students. Students must have access to a car.

Friday, November 1: Motty Stone ‘08 (The Law Offices of Schneider & Stone, Bankruptcy). Shabbat dinner at his home (Rogers Park) at 6:30 p.m. Open to 6 students.

Friday, November 1: Chris Acuna ‘14 (Principal, Acuna Law Offices, Entrepreneurship), Jessica Coutré ‘14 (Associate, Freeborn & Peters LLP, Trust & Estates), Mykal Warne ‘14 (Associate, The Hartford, Insurance), David Starshak ‘14 (Associate, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, Personal Injury and Workers Compensation), and Mina Mineva ‘14 (Corporate Counsel, Levy Restaurants). Dinner at Chris Acuna’s home (Loop) at 6:30 p.m. Open to 8 students.

Friday, November 1: Sam Castree ‘13 (Head of Entertainment Law Division, Crawford Intellectual Property Law LLC). Dinner at his house (McHenry) at 6:30 p.m. Open to 3 students. Accessible by Metra.

Friday, November 1: Tyler Forni ‘15 (Associate, Proskauer Rose LLP, Tax and Employee Benefits), Michael Spanel ‘15 (Heineke & Burke LLC), and Michael Zhang ‘15 (Litigation Counsel, ARDC of the Supreme Court of Illinois). Dinner at DMK Burger Bar (Lakeview) at 7:30 p.m. Open to 6 students.

Thursday, November 7

Thursday, November 7: Heather Rosen ‘11 (Partner, Beerman LLP, Family Law), Jesse Footlik ‘11 (Partner, Peck Ritchey LLC, Trust and Estates), Jack Gould (associate, Swanson, Martin & Bell). Dinner at Heather's house at 6:30 p.m.. Open to 6 students.

Wednesday, December 4

Wednesday, December 4: Hon. Bruno Tassone ‘69 (Of Counsel, Romanucci & Blandin LLC, Mediation) and John Locallo ‘86 (Partner, Amari & Locallo, Tax). Dinner at Quartino’s (River North) at 6:00 p.m. Open to 5 students. The time and date is subject to change.

TBD

Jessica Abenante ‘18 (associate, James J. Gay Law, personal injury) and Michael Zolfo ‘18 (associate, Quarles & Brady). Dinner at Jessica’s office at 6:00 p.m.. Open to 5 students.

TBD: Scott Curran ‘11 (CEO & Founder, BeyondAdvisors) and Amy Cobb Curran ‘11 (Partner, Chapman & Cutler, Health Finance). Dinner at their house (Downers Grove) at 6:00 p.m. Open to 10 students. Exclusively for 1L’s. Accessible by Metra.

TBD: Jessica Chang ‘13 (Associate, Dinsmore, Labor and Employment) and Wisu Sul '19 (patent prosecution). TBD. Open to 4 students.

TBD: Jim Morici ‘79 (Founder and Managing Partner, Morici, Figlioli & Associates, Personal Injury). TBD. Open to __ students.

TBD: Laurence Tooth ‘13 (Associate, Litchfield Cavo LLP, Insurance Litigation). Scheduling will be coordinated between students and hosts. Host will contact students after sign ups are complete. Open to 3 students.

NEW OPPORTUNITIES:

Wednesday, October 30: Rob Kohen '14 (Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard), Martin Gould '14 (Romanucci & Blandin), Michael Glink '14 (Fisher & LaMonica) and Molly Condon '15 (Hurley McKenna &Mertz). All hosts practice personal injury and civil litigation. Dinner at Parlor Pizza (River North) at 6:00 p.m. Open to 6 students. Students must have an interest in civil litigation or personal injury.

Monday, October 28: Alanna Elinoff '18 (Fox Rothschild, data privacy) and Katherine LaRosa '18 (Hodges Loizzi Eisenhammer Rodick & Kohn, municipal law). Dinner at Duck Duck Goat at 7:30 p.m. Open to 3 students.

Monday, October 28: Mariana Karampelas '11 (MK Law) and Daniel Massoglia '14 (First Defense Legal Aid). Dinner in Logan Square/Bucktown at 6:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Tuesday, November 5: Mary Nicolau (Fox Rothschild, real estate) and Hon. Larry Axelrood (mediator, retired Cook County Judge). Dinner at 5:30 p.m. at Tradition. Open to 6 students.

Wednesday, November 6: Gregg Garofalo ‘99 (Managing Attorney/Owner, Garofalo Law Group, Estate Planning), Colleen McNulty ‘18 (Associate, Garofalo Law Group), Tarek Fadel ‘03 (Founder & CEO, AdaptiGroup LLC). Dinner at Quartino’s (River North) at 6:00 p.m. Open to 6 students.

YOU MAY ONLY SIGN UP FOR ONE SLOT.