Host of @theBar
Prior to working for the City, Ms. Mendenhall Casey served as a Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney, advocating on behalf of victims of crime. While working as a prosecutor, she tried numerous cases to verdict including jury trials, felonies, and sexual assaults.
Ms. Mendenhall Casey serves as Parliamentarian for the Black Women Lawyers’ Association. She co-hosts the CBA’s national award-winning podcast, @TheBar, and serves as an arbitrator for the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. In 2023 she received the Next Generation Award from the Cook County Bar Association. In 2022 she received the Milton Gray Award from the Chicago Bar Association.
Ms. Mendenhall Casey received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College and her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago.
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The Chicago Bar Association is celebrating 150 years of championing justice, building connections and making an impact in Chicago and beyond. In this episode, Trisha Rich and Maggie Mendenhall Casey talk with...
Michael Scodro, former clerk to the Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor and current partner with the law firm of Mayer Brown, joins Jon Amarilio and Maggie Mendenhall Casey to discuss Justice O’Connor’s career,...
Jon Amarilio and Maggie Mendenhall Casey are joined by attorney Patrick Salvi II to discuss the Northwestern University hazing scandal that has made national headlines in recent months. Salvi represents several former...
With the success of Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster movie, we are once again living in a doll’s world. Toymaker Mattel has long had a reputation for aggressively defending its Barbie-related...
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In this special Halloween episode, @theBar gets into the spooky spirit with author-historian, podcaster and tour guide Adam Selzer of Mysterious Chicago. Adam regales hosts Trisha Rich and Maggie Mendenhall Casey with...
In this edition, host Jonathan Amarilio and co-host Margaret Mendenhall Casey are joined by Judge Robert Bacharach of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to discuss his recent book...
Listen to the first-ever mailbag episode of CBA’s @theBar! Host Jonathan Amarilio is joined by co-hosts Trisha Rich, Maggie Mendenhall Casey and Jennifer Byrne for a conversation that is even more unscripted than...
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