The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Celia G. Gamrath as a Circuit Judge of Cook County, Eighth Subcircuit, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Thomas R. Chiola. This appointment is effective June 10, 2010, and terminates on December 3, 2012, Ms. Gamrath is a former judicial law clerk for the Honorable Thomas R. Rakowski of the First District Appellate Court of Illinois. She is a partner of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP and concentrates in matrimonial law and appeals on behalf of individuals whose cases mainly involve the distribution of multi-million-dollar holdings and require sophisticated financial expertise. Ms. Gamrath has been recognized nationally as a top family law and appellate lawyer by Best Lawyers in America, Chicago Magazine’s Illinois Super Lawyers, the Leading Lawyers Network, and the Law Bulletin Publishing Company as one of “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch.” She is the recipient of several awards, including the Young Lawyer of the Year Award from the Illinois State Bar Association, the Alta May Hulett Award from the Chicago Bar Association, and The John Marshall Law School Distinguished Service Award. Ms. Gamrath graduated cum laude from The John Marshall Law School (J.D.) in 1994 and from Indiana University (B.S. in Business) in 1991. Ms. Gamrath has taught classes part-time and guest lectured at John Marshall in the areas of family law, civil procedure, legal writing, appellate procedure, and arbitration. Ms. Gamrath is and has been a leader/director of several bar associations and charitable foundations. The Illinois Supreme Court and U.S. District Court have also appointed her to serve on various court committees, including the legislative family-law committee created by H.B. 1101, which is charged with the task of rewriting the Illinois divorce act. Ms. Gamrath has argued cases in the Circuit, Appellate and Supreme Courts of Illinois. She writes and lectures extensively in the field of matrimonial law, appeals, and other legal topics, and has a bimonthly column in Chicago Lawyer. Ms. Gamrath has placed five times in the Annual ISBA Lincoln Writing Contest and her works appear frequently in the Illinois Bar Journal, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, American Journal of Family Law, Appellate Law Review, and other legal publications. She is the co-author of an IICLE chapter on marital settlement agreements. Ms. Gamrath is married to Rob Gamrath, a partner of Quarles & Brady. They live in Chicago with their daughter.