ConneKtions @ Dinner Week: Fall 2018

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. You may need to scroll across at the bottom to see all of the dinners.

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 29: Daniel Creed ‘75 (retired, general practice). Dinner at Daniel’s house at 6:30 p.m. Open to 3 students.

*Monday, October 29: Matthew McElwee ‘16 (Associate, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, mergers and acquisitions) and Jared Reynolds (Levin & Perconti, medical malpractice and nursing home abuse). Dinner at Beatrix (519 N. Clark) at 7:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

*Monday, October 29: Jeffrey Patt ‘87 (partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, mergers and acquisitions). Lunch at Katten Muchin (525 W. Monroe) at 12 p.m. Open to 6 students. Students should have an interest in mergers and acquisitions.

*Monday, October 29: Allison Castillo ‘08 (assistant attorney general, State of Illinois). Dinner at Artopolis at 6 p.m. Open to 4 students.

*Tuesday, October 30: Ashly Boesche (Partner, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, intellectual property). Lunch at Pattishall (200 S. Wacker, Suite 2900) at 12 p.m. Open to 10 students. Students should have an interest in trademarks.

*Tuesday, October 30: Bart Lazar (Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, intellectual property, data privacy and security). Dinner at Seyfarth (233 S. Wacker, Suite 8000) at 5:30 p.m. Open to 10 students.

*Tuesday, October 30: Matthew McElwee ‘16 (Associate, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, mergers and acquisitions) and Colleen McNulty ‘18 (Garofalo Law Group, trusts and estate planning). Dinner at Hub51 (51 W. Hubbard) at 7 p.m. Open to 4 students.

*Tuesday, October 30: Jeffery Leving ‘79 (President, Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving, family). Dinner at TBD at 8 p.m. Open to 6 students.

*Tuesday October 30: Mary Nicolau ‘85 (partner, Fox Rothschild, real estate) and Hon. Larry Axelrood (Judge, Cook County, Law Division). Dinner at Tradition (160 N. Franklin) at 6 p.m.. Open to 6 students.

*Thursday, November 1: Diana Rdzanek ‘11 (Klein, Daday, Aratos, & O’ Donoghue, trusts and estates). Dinner at Diana’s home (Goldcoast neighborhood) at 7 p.m. Open to 10 students.

*Thursday, November 1: Thomas Pikarski ‘97 and John Pikarski ‘69 (both at Gordon & Pikarski, real estate/zoning law). Dinner at Union League Club (65 W. Jackson) at 6 p.m. Open to 8 students. Students should be interested in real estate.

*Thursday, November 1: Stephanie Gerstetter ‘18 (Associate, Reed Smith, general litigation), Kerrington Hall ‘18 (Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel to the Internal Revenue Service, tax), and Zachary Auslander ‘18 (Associate, Tressler LLP, insurance coverage and corporate litigation). Dinner at TBD at 6 p.m. Open to 4 students.

*Thursday, November 1: Peggy Wojkowski ‘17 (associate, Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP, intellectual property) and Catherine Taylor ‘17 (Associate, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, intellectual property). Dinner at TBD at 7 p.m. Open to 4 students. Four spots will be reserved for 1L students interested in Intellectual Property.

*Thursday, November 1: Alida Pecanin ‘18 (Associate, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan, insurance litigation) and Tiffany Tran ‘18 (Associate, Ice Miller, business). Dinner at South Branch (100 S. Wacker) at 6:30 p.m. Open to 4 students.

*Thursday, November 1: Paul Ferak (Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, litigation). Reception at Greenberg Traurig (77 W. Wacker, Suite 3100) at 6 p.m. Open to 25 law review students.

*Friday, November 2: Naomi Frisch ‘18 (Associate, Noelle Brennan & Associates, plaintiff-side employment). Dinner at The Dearborn (145 N. Dearborn) at 6 p.m. Open to 5 first or second-year students with preference for those who are going through law school while raising children.

TBD Opportunities:

*Date: Rachel Irwin ‘17 (Associate, Keay & Costello, civil litigation). Dinner at TBD () at . Open to 3 students.

*Date: Scott Curran '01 (Founder, Beyond Advisors and Special Counsel at Patzik, Frank & Samotny) and Amy Cobb Curran '01 (partner, Chapman & Cutler, LLP, public finance). Dinner at TBD at TBD. Open to 10 first year students.

New Opportunities:

Thursday, Nov. 1: Paul M. King (commercial litigation, M&A); Matthew Hamielec (In-House Counsel at All-State); Ryan Suniga (commercial litigation, corporate law). Dinner at Paul's condo in River North. (4 students)