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EDITOR’S
BRIEFCASE
BY JUSTICE MICHAEL B. HYMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief
Justice Michael B. Hyman
Illinois Appellate Court
Managing Editor
Amy Cook
Amy Cook Consulting
Associate Editor
Anne Ellis
Proactive Worldwide, Inc.
Summary Judgments Editor
Daniel A. Cotter
Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLC
YLS Journal Editors-in-Chief
Nicholas D. Standiford
Schain Banks Kenny & Schwartz Ltd.
Natalie Chan
Sidley Austin LLP
Carolyn Amadon
University of Chicago
Nina Fain
Janet Sugerman Schirn Family Trust
Anthony F. Fata
Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP
Clifford Gately
Heyl Royster
Angela Harkless
The Harkless Law Firm
Justin Heather
Illinois Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity
Jasmine Villaflor Hernandez
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Michele M. Jochner
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP
Oliver A. Khan
American Association of Insurance Services
John Levin
Bonnie McGrath
Law Office of Bonnie McGrath
Clare McMahon
Law Office of Clare McMahon
Pamela S. Menaker
Clifford Law Offices
Peter V. Mierzwa
Law Bulletin Publishing Company
Kathleen Dillon Narko
Northwestern University School of Law
Adam J. Sheppard
Sheppard Law Firm, PC
Richard Lee Stavins
Robbins, Saloman & Patt, Ltd.
Rosemary Simota Thompson
William A. Zolla II
The ZOLLaw Group, Ltd.
THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION
David Beam
Director of Publications
Rebecca Martin
Manager of Advertising and Sponsorships
CBA RECORD
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ometimes a silver tray is worth its weight in gold. This holds true for the hand-
made sterling silver tray the Board of Managers presented to CBA President John
J. Sullivan in 1969 as a keepsake for his year at the Association’s helm. After almost
50 years, the tray has returned to the CBA thanks to member Steven Pflaum of Neal,
Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, who spotted it for sale on eBay, and Executive Director Terry
Murphy, who authorized Pflaum to negotiate with the Florida seller. How the silver tray
ended up with the eBay seller, we don’t know.
The hand-wrought silver tray, which was made by Spaulding and Co. of Chicago,
measures over 12 inches in diameter and weighs 24.44 troy ounces. It is in good condition
except for a few deep scratches. Throughout the tray are inscribed the signatures of the
1968-69 Board of Managers and officers, an impressive and accomplished group of lawyers.
Among them were four (five counting Sullivan) future judges: George J. Schaller, Milton
I. Shadur (Association Secretary), Robert A. Sprecher, and Philip W. Tone (Association
Librarian); a future ABA president, Justin A. Stanley; a renowned civil rights attorney,
William R. Ming, Jr.; the first female partner of McDermott, Will & Emery, Katherine
D. Agar; a participant in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg, William
S. Kaplan; as well as several attorneys whose names continue to resonate within the legal
community, including Howard W. Clement, Louis G. Davidson, Perry L. Fuller, Frank
Greenberg, and A. Bruce Schimberg.
The silver tray presented to CBA President John J. Sullivan can be viewed in the Terrence M.
Murphy Lobby.
No Ordinary Silver Tray
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NOVEMBER 2017