Celt of the Year
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The Officers and Board of Governors have selected the Honorable Michael T. Mullen, Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division, as 2026 Celt of the Year.
  

Palmer House at Hilton Hotel
17 E. Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 

Grand Ballroom

Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
11:00am Reception
​12:30pm Lunch 

THE CELTIC LEGAL SOCIETY OF CHICAGO ...

OFFICERS

President
Kathryn L. Conway

First Vice President
Terrence J. Sheahan
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Second Vice President
Matthew D. Tully

Secretary
Michael P. Sheehan

Treasurer
Matthew P. Walsh, II

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Hon. Philip J. Rock (1937 - 2016)
Hon. Anne M. Burke
Hon. Maureen E. Connors
Hon. Richard M. Daley
Hon. Jennifer Duncan-Brice
Hon. Kevin W. Horan
John C. Mullen
John J. Rock
Joseph P. Roddy
Michael P. Sheehan
Matthew D. Tully
AND
​Office Ex-Officio

PAST PRESIDENTS

Hon. Warren J. Hickey
Cornelius J. Harrington
Patrick Conlon
Martin J. McGuire
Bernard D. McDevitt
Philip H. Corboy
James L. Coghlan
Thomas F. Tobin
James P. Connelly
Harry J. O’Kane
Thomas G. Cronin
Thomas E. Bridgman
Hon. Philip J. Rock
Thomas M. Tully
William J. Harte
Hon. Thoms J. Heneghan
Kevin M. Forde
Edmund J. Burke
William J. Costello
Hon. Michael F. Sheehan
Thomas G. Lyons
Hon. Margaret O’Malley
John J. Roach
James M. Crowley
Francis D. Morrissey
Hon. Brian L. Crowe
Robert D. Boyle
Kevin W. Horan
William G. Clark, Jr.
Richard J. Prendergast
Hon. Thomas C. Hynes
Michael Daley
Hon. William R. Quinlan
Martin J. Healy, Jr.
Mihcale P. Connelly
Michael J. Hayes
John J. George
Michael J. Murray
Hon. Maureen E. Connors
Tom Leahy
Kevin J. Conway
Matthew P. Walsh, Ii
Terrence J. Griffin
Loretto M. Kennedy
Michael E. White 
Joseph A. Power, Jr.
John J. Rock
James L. Kopecky
Richard Donohue
Hon M. Kathleen McHugh
​Francis P. Morrissey
​James B. Murray, Jr.
Edward W. McNabola
Hon. Jeanne M. Wrenn

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