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Winston Honors Its 2016 Chicago Mentors of the Year
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December 12, 2016
The Chicago office celebrated its largest-ever class of “Mentor of the Year” award nominees during a luncheon reception on December 12. Sixteen of our Chicago associates nominated their mentors for the 2016 awards, punctuating the strength of Winston’s mentoring program, which provides career guidance and professional development support to our junior attorneys.
We are pleased to announce the “Mentor of the Year” award winners in the Chicago office, which currently runs two mentoring programs: the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism Lawyer-to-Lawyer Program for first-year associates and the Traditional Mentoring Program for second- and third-year associates.
- Partner Oscar David won “Mentor of the Year” in the Lawyer-to-Lawyer Program for his work with his Associate mentee Sean Apfelbaum.
- Associate Courtney Tygesson won “Mentor of the Year” in the Traditional Mentoring Program for her work with her Associate mentee Kyle Trilling.
Chicago attorneys honored as runners up for the 2016 “Mentor of the Year” awards are:
- Lawyer-to-Lawyer: Partner Matthew Carter nominated by Associate mentee Brett Walker and Partner Tim Rooney nominated by Associate mentee Kate Watson Moss.
- Traditional: Partner Cathy Joyce nominated by Associate mentee Kristy Jackson and Associate David Baroni nominated by Associate mentee Tara Price.
The glowing nominations submitted by our mentees further illustrate our mentors’ dedication to providing access, insight, and practical advice:
“My mentor went out of his way to introduce me to other members of the Chicago legal community.”
“I enjoyed my time with my mentor and am thankful for his willingness to meet with me and participate in the program.”
“My mentor explicitly and implicitly provided a blueprint for how to maintain a work life balance in a big firm.”
“My mentor went out of his way to tell the client exactly what I had worked on and that I had done a great job on the project.”
“My mentor was an excellent resource and I truly valued her opinions and thoughts.”
Top row left to right: Oscar David, Sean Apfelbaum, Brett Walker, Matthew Carter, Kate Watson Moss, Tim Rooney. Bottom row left to right: Kristy Jackson, Cathy Joyce, Tara Price, David Baroni.
This entry has been created for information and planning purposes. It is not intended to be, nor should it be substituted for, legal advice, which turns on specific facts.