Goodbyes | Lunch with Adam Kelly
The John Marshall Law School, now known as UIC School of Law, has its share of inspiring alumni. Adam Kelly is one I had the privilege of working closely with for over a decade. Over the years, he became a wise and trusted counsel for initiatives for the law school’s IP program.
The legal community affirmed Adam’s extraordinary dedication to professionalism, ethics, civility and excellence with the prestigious 2022 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Federal Circuit. The American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence will honor Adam and his fellow recipients at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC on October 29, 2022. Details here: https://bit.ly/3t9UdfD.
Of the five recipients from the Federal Circuit since 2012, Adam is the youngest. Of the other four, three are senior judges from the Federal Circuit, and one is the late Don Dunner, doyen of the patent bar and former chair of our advisory board. I mentioned to Adam that we could both be very proud to count three of the five recipients as our board members. UIC Law and its extraordinary 80-plus years of a rich legacy of achievement in intellectual property law is something to be cherished and handed down from one generation to the next.
