ConneKtions @ Dinner: Fall 2013

IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL, please email Katie Aune at kaune@kentlaw.iit.edu so she can contact the next individual on the waiting list. DO NOT remove yourself from the list.

ConneKtions @ Dinner are small, informal networking opportunities in which Chicago-Kent alumni graciously host a group of students for dinner to help make connections within the Chicago-Kent community.

NOTE TO STUDENTS: You may only sign up for ONE dinner. 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. Note that you need to scroll through the sign up columns on the bottom to see all of the sign up slots for the dinners - there is a scroll bar at the very bottom of the page.

HOST INFORMATION:

Monday, November 4:
*Mary Nicolau Smith '85 (Partner, Smith Nicolau P.C.) and Kevin Connor '87 (General Counsel, Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation). Dinner at Par Bar & Grille at 6 p.m. Open to 6 students.

*Rebecca Berlin Melzer '07 (Attorney, Berger Schatz, specializing in family law) & Professor Joan Steinman. Dinner at Rebecca's home near North Ave. & Ashland Ave at 6:30 p.m. Open to 6 students. Please email kaune@kentlaw.iit.edu with any dietary restrictions.

Tuesday, November 5:
*Bob Heap '83 and Andrew Heap '10 (both attorneys at Kuhn, Heap & Monson, www.kuhnheap.com, specializing in criminal law but also practicing in real estate law and family law). Dinner at location TBD at 6:30 p.m. Open to 6 students.

*James Koch '79 and John Wrona '97 (both attorneys at Gardiner, Koch, Weisberg & Wrona, www.gkwwlaw.com). Lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Union League Club. Open to 3 students. This lunch will also be offered on November 7 and 11.

Wednesday, November 6:
*Kathleen McDonough '94, Emily Acosta '13, Sylvia St. Clair '13, Dan Alexander '12 and Freddy Fonseca '12 (all attorneys at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, www.smsm.com). Dinner at Kathleen's home in Bucktown, near the Damen Blue Line stop) at 7:00 p.m. Open to 4 students. Please email kaune@kentlaw.iit.edu with any dietary restrictions.

*Tarek Fadel '03 (Founder, AdaptiGroup LLC & AdaptiBar), Paul Miller '01 (Chief Operating Officer/Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Special Deputy Receiver and current Alumni Board president) and Bob Surrette '97 (Partner, McAndrews, Held & Malloy). Dinner at LuxBar at 6 p.m. Open to 6 students.

*Matthew Stanton '03 (general practitioner) and Jeffrey Leving '78 (Owner, Jeffrey Leving & Associates, known as the Father's Rights Attorney). Dinner at Cardozo's Pub at 7:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

*Randy Micheletti and Debra Bernard (both attorneys at Perkins Coie, www.perkinscoie.com). Dinner at 6 p.m. at a location TBD. Meet at Perkins Coie offices at 6. Open to 5 students.

Thursday, November 7:
*William Georgakis '08 (Social Security Administration). Dinner at Owen & Engine, 2700 N. Western Ave. at 6:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

*James Koch '79 and John Wrona '97 (both attorneys at Gardiner, Koch, Weisberg & Wrona, www.gkwwlaw.com). Lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Union League Club. Open to 3 students. This lunch will also be offered on November 5 and 11.

*Jesse Footlik '11 (Attorney, Peck Bloom LLC, specializing in Trusts and Estates, Estate Planning) and Jack Gould '11 (Attorney, Matushek, Nilles & Sinars LLC, specializing in Personal Injury and Mass/Toxic Tort Defense). Dinner at South Branch at 7:00 p.m. Open to 5 students.

*Mariana Karampelas '11 (Judicial Law Clerk, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division) and Sarah Fanto '11 (Patent Attorney, Quarles & Brady). Dinner at Revolution Brewing, 2323 N. Milwaukee, at 7:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

Monday, November 11:
*James Koch '79 and John Wrona '97 (both attorneys at Gardiner, Koch, Weisberg & Wrona, www.gkwwlaw.com). Lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Union League Club. Open to 3 students. This lunch will also be offered on November 5 and 7.

Tuesday, November 12:
*Terry Creamer '90 (partner, Franczek Radelet P.C.), Hon. Eileen O'Neill Burke '90 (Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County) and Karen Dixon '97 (partner, Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson). Dinner at Parthenon at 6:00 p.m. Open to 5 students.

Wednesday, November 13:
*John Pikarski '69 and Tom Pikarski '97 (both attorneys at Gordon & Pikarski, www.gordonpikarski.com). Dinner at the Union League Club at 6:00 p.m. Open to 8 students.

Thursday, November 14:
*Scott Curran '01 (Deputy General Counsel, the Clinton Foundation) and Amy Cobb Curran '01 (Attorney, Jones Day). Dinner at the Currans' home in Downer's Grove at 6:00 p.m. (walkable from the Downer's Grove Main Street Metra station). Open to 10 first-year students. The Currans would like to host a group of students who they will then host again in their 2nd and 3rd years of school. Please email kaune@kentlaw.iit.edu with any dietary restrictions.