2023 Joint Midyear Meeting’s Assembly Meeting
The ISBA Assembly met on Friday, December 8, at the 2023 Joint Midyear Meeting held at the JW Marriott Chicago.
During the meeting, the Assembly listened to a DEI presentation, "Ways to Improve and Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession," by Toussaint Romain with the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy.
PC: Eugene McKinney
![President Shawn Kasserman presides over the Assembly Meeting during the 2023 Joint Midyear Meeting.](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04357.jpg?itok=b2Uoxeb3)
![President Kasserman presented the Board of Governors Award to April Otterberg for her work on the Professional Conduct Committee and its guidance on the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct addressing sexual harassment and discrimination in the legal profession.](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04309.jpg?itok=oKF9CzDV)
![President Kasserman presented the Board of Governors Award to Angel Wawrzynek for her leadership of the Special Committee on Serving Lawyers in Rural Practices.](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04336.jpg?itok=OBVf9VGq)
![Former President Jon W. DeMoss, 1984-85, of Springfield](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04384.jpg?itok=AJcJ2FyH)
![Former President Fred Lane, 1985-86, of Chicago](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04391.jpg?itok=L-qBRgL6)
![Former President Leonard F. Amari, 1989-90, of Chicago](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04394.jpg?itok=ySAt7fpq)
![Former President Thomas A. Clancy, 1991-92, of Chicago](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04402.jpg?itok=0uYqS1I9)
![Former President J. Timothy Eaton, 2001-02, of Chicago](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04407.jpg?itok=Lmh7eGc0)
![Former President Irene F. Bahr, 2006-07, of Wheaton](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04415.jpg?itok=v_ifWHOQ)
![Former President Joseph G. Bisceglia, 2007-08, of Chicago](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04422.jpg?itok=OSJlnhp_)
![Former President John G. Locallo, 2011-12, of Chicago](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04434.jpg?itok=8EYPI9Py)
![Former President John E. Thies, 2012-13, of Urbana](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04443.jpg?itok=UziMm9_R)
![Former President Umberto S. Davi, 2015-16, of Western Springs](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04449.jpg?itok=InkSRuLg)
![Former President Robert K. Downs, 2005-06, of Chicago](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04454.jpg?itok=76RCkB9L)
![Former President Judge Vincent F. Cornelius, 2016-17, of Joliet](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04462.jpg?itok=4mhnIWQF)
![Former President Judge Russell W. Hartigan, 2017-18, of Western Springs](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04482.jpg?itok=uW9wwRmP)
![Former President Judge Jim F. McCluskey, 2018-19, of Naperville](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04496.jpg?itok=0_qQjxI1)
![Former President David B. Sosin, 2019-20 of Orland Park](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04530.jpg?itok=hPJnTF15)
![Former President Dennis J. Orsey, 2020-21, of Granite City](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04549.jpg?itok=5ZmbTnii)
![Former President Anna P. Krolikowska, 2021-22, of Northbrook](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04573.jpg?itok=0YVEcRBq)
![Former President Rory T. Weiler, 2022-23, of St. Charles](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04588.jpg?itok=pgNOMXlL)
![Past Presidents of the ISBA in attendance at the Assembly Meeting](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04595.jpg?itok=81Jy5uSe)
![ISBA President Shawn S. Kasserman, 2022-23, of Chicago](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04647.jpg?itok=ZAaTdhYA)
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![Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis offers remarks during the ISBA Assembly Meeting.](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04675.jpg?itok=kEL2bmd4)
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![ISBA Mutual's President & CEO Jeff Strand addresses the Assembly.](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04748.jpg?itok=1IMSdd4w)
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![DEI presenter Toussaint Romain](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04913.jpg?itok=6mtwjVl3)
![The Assembly listened to a DEI presentation by Toussaint Romain with the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy.](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04812.jpg?itok=llAXVAYf)
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![The Assembly listened to a DEI presentation by Toussaint Romain with the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy.](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04842.jpg?itok=L3CM_FKE)
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![DEI presenter Toussaint Romain used two members for a demonstration.](https://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/styles/iln_gallery_large/public/blog/gallery/2024/90172/dsc04966.jpg?itok=LKeuh-uf)
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