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Partner Amanda L. Zink, will join the Honorable Kenneth E. Wright, Jr., at The Chicago Bar Association 2020 Earl Burrus Dickerson Awards Luncheon on Thursday, February 27, 2020.

The late Earl B. Dickerson was an outstanding lawyer and among the first African-American members of The Chicago Bar Association (CBA). The CBA established the Dickerson Award in honor of his devotion to the law and helping others gain equality and justice. The Dickerson Award recognizes and honors minority lawyers and judges whose careers at the bar emulate the courage and dedication Dickerson had in making the law the key to justice for all in our society.

This year’s Honorees:

Gina Fain, JSS Family Trusts
G.A. Finch, Hoogendoorn & Talbot LLP
Hon. Cheryl D. Ingram, Circuit Court of Cook County
Hon. Diane M. Shelley, Circuit Court of Cook County
Hon. Anthony L. Young (ret), Circuit Court of Cook County

Lipe Lyons attended the Advocates Society’s Annual Installation Dinner on February 24, 2020. The Advocates Society is an association of Polish-American attorneys who work to promote the progress of the law and the administration of justice and to foster interest in Polish-American culture and heritage. The 2020 Award of Merit Recipient was Congressman Mike Quigley. For the sixth year in a row, Partner Amanda L. Zink, sang the Polish National Anthem and the Star Spangled Banner for the event.

Joshua is a litigation associate at Lipe Lyons who focuses his practice on the defense of commercial, construction, premises liability, and transportation claims.    Before joining Lipe Lyons, Joshua worked as a law clerk at a Chicago-based law firm, assisting in worker's compensation matters managing over 275 clients. 

Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis is pleased to announce that Amanda L. Zink has been named a partner in the firm.  Ms. Zink, who joined the firm in 2018, focuses her practice on the defense of personal injury, premises liability, construction, employer and product liability claims.  During her legal career, Ms. Zink has handled complex personal injury and wrongful death matters, construction litigation, premise liability, employer litigation, products liability, property damage, catastrophic fire loss claims, condominium disputes and sexual abuse cases. Ms. Zink has extensive arbitration and trial experience. Prior to joining Lipe Lyons, Ms. Zink spent more than a decade as in-house counsel for The Hartford, where she defended its insureds in both federal and state court.  Ms. Zink is a 2004 graduate of DePaul University College of Law.  She is a member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Events Committee. She is also active in The Advocates Society – The Association of Polish-American Attorneys.

Lipe Lyons is proud to welcome John Miceli as a new associate. He graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2019 and his practice focuses on commercial, construction, general liability, product liability, and transportation claims. 

Lipe Lyons is proud to welcome Riley Gallagher as an associate. His practice focuses on commercial, construction, general liability, product liability, and transportation claims. Riley graduated cum laude from Northern Illinois College of Law in 2019.

Partner Amanda L. Zink, will attend the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s Strategic Planning Retreat on September 6, 2019.  In her role as the Vice Chair of the Events Committee for the IDC, Ms. Zink will help map out the IDC’s role in the legal community for the next several years and will ensure that the IDC is working to address critical issues facing the legal defense community.

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