DIRECTORY: Board of Trustees

Officers

Leonard F. Amari, President
Claireen Herting, First Vice President
Umberto Davi, Second Vice President
Mary Ann Hynes, Treasurer
Celia G. Gamrath, Secretary

Members

Leonard F. Amari, President
BSEd, Northern Illinois University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Managing Partner, Amari & Locallo, Chicago

Joseph E. Birkett, Trustee
JD, The John Marshall Law School
State's Attorney, DuPage County

Chester L. Blair, Trustee Emeritus
B of Ed, Chicago State University
Masters Program, Roosevelt University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Blair & Cole, Chicago

Erhard R. Chorlé, Trustee
BS, DePaul University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
General Counsel, Advanced Equities Financial Group, Chicago

Umberto Davi, Second Vice President
BS, Western Illinois University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Attorney, Western Springs

Jon W. DeMoss, Trustee
JD, University of Illinois
President and CEO, ISBA Mutual Insurance Co., Chicago

James B. Durkin, Trustee
BS, Illinois State University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Illinois State Representative
Countryside

Hon. Timothy C. Evans, Trustee
BS, University of Illinois
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County,
Chicago

Hon. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, Trustee
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Chief Judge, First District
Illinois Supreme Court

Joseph M. Gagliardo, Trustee
BS, DePaul University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Attorney, Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg Ltd., Chicago

Alfred E. Gallo, President Emeritus
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Attorney, Hillside

Celia G. Gamrath, Secretary
BS, Indiana University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Schiller DuCanto and Fleck LLP

Claireen Herting, First Vice President
BS, University of Illinois
MBA, Northwestern University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Manager, Personal Financial Services,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chicago

Mary Ann Hynes, Treasurer
BA Loyola University
MBA, Lake Forest Graduate School of Business
JD, LLM, The John Marshall Law School
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Corn Products, Inc.

Nancy Lee Johnson, Trustee
BA, Radcliffe College
Baker Donelson et al., Washington, DC

Warren Lupel, Trustee
BA, Roosevelt University
MA, Loyola University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Lupel Weininger LLP

Bruce R. Meckler, Trustee
BA, Bradley University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Attorney, Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP
Chicago

Leo Melamed, Trustee
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Chairman Emeritus, CME Group, Inc. &
Chairman & CEO, Melamed & Associates Inc.
Chicago

Cathy Gonzales O'Kelly, Trustee
AB, College of William and Mary
JD, University of Virginia
Shareholder, Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz PC

Giacomo (Jack) A. Pecoraro, Trustee
BGS, Roosevelt University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Attorney, Springfield

Floyd D. Perkins, Trustee
BA, University of Illinois
JD, The John Marshall Law School
LLM, The John Marshall Law School
Partner, Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Chicago

Jordan H. Peters, Trustee
BA, Brown University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Attorney, Freeborn and Peters, Chicago

Dixie Lee Peterson, Trustee
BA, University of Colorado
JD, The John Marshall Law School
General Counsel,
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services,
Juvenile Court, Chicago

Larry R. Rogers, Trustee
BA, St. Xavier College
JD, DePaul University College of Law
Partner, Power, Rogers & Smith, PC

James F. Sullivan, Trustee
BA, DePaul University
MS, University of South Carolina

Nicholas C. Zagotta, Trustee
BBA, University of Notre Dame
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Partner, Connelly Roberts & McGivney LLC

Emeriti

Peter J. DiConza Jr.
BBA, Manhattan College
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Attorney, Manhasset and Brooklyn, New York

Thomas J. Durkin
BA, DePaul University
Legacy Professionals, LLP, Chicago

Hon. Wilson Frost
BA, Fisk University
JD, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law
Attorney, Frost and Greenblatt Chtd., Chicago

Eugene E. Gozdecki
BA, University of Illinois
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Gozdecki and Del Giudice, Chicago

Hon. Glenn T. Johnson (Retired)
JD, LLM, The John Marshall Law School
Appellate Court of Illinois

Mary Ann G. McMorrow
JD, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Illinois

Thomas M. Tully
BSS, John Carroll University
LLB, DePaul University College of Law
Thomas M. Tully & Associates, Chicago

Peter R. Wirtz
President, Bismark Enterprises, Inc. Chicago

Alumni Association Representative

Katherine Amari
President of The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association (2009/2010)
BA, Northern Illinois University
JD, The John Marshall Law School
Attorney, Amari & Locallo