CBA Record November-December 2022

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Honoring the Legal Profession’s Finest at the Annual Justice John Paul Stevens Awards By Ann Glynn, CBA Public Affairs Director N early 300 guests joined hosts Tim othy Tomasik, CBA President, and Greg Boyle, CBF President, for the in-person awards ceremony at the Union League Club of Chicago.

This year’s recipients were Arnette Hubbard, Circuit Court of Cook County; Judge Thomas Mulroy, Circuit Court of Cook County (Ret.) and mediator, Resolute Systems; Steven Pflaum of Neal, Gerber &Eisenberg LLP; Lowell Sachnoff, Reed Smith LLP; and Sandra Yamate, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession. “The CBA and the CBF are proud to honor this highly regarded group of law yers and jurists with the John Paul Stevens Awards,” said Tomasik. “Our honorees have made a substantial impact in our legal community and in their careers through their unwavering commitment to The Chicago Bar Association and our community.” Named in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice and native Chicagoan John Paul Stevens, the awards were established in 2000 to recognize lawyers and judges who best exemplify Stevens’ legacy of pro bono and public service, as well as his commitment to ensuring that our justice system is fair and accessible for everyone. Stevens retired from the High Court in 2010 after 35 years of distinguished service and died in 2019. “Justice Stevens’ legacy of pro bono and public service in his career, both as a practicing lawyer and a judge, continue to inspire all of us to persevere in our efforts to help fulfill our nation’s fundamental principle of equal access to justice for all,” said Boyle.

Pictured left to right: Greg Boyle, Chicago Bar Foundation President; Arnette Hubbard, Circuit Court of Cook County; Steven Pflaum, Neal, Gerber & Eisen berg LLP; Lowell Sachnoff, Reed Smith LLP; Judge Thomas Mulroy, (Ret.) Circuit Court of Cook County and mediator, Resolute Systems; Sandra Yamate, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession; and Timothy Tomasik, Chicago Bar Association President.

woman inducted into the Scroll of Distin guished Women Lawyers by the National Bar Association in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of her presidency. In 1992, she became the first African American commissioner elected president of the Association of Election Commis sioners of Illinois; in addition, she was the first woman president of the Cook County Bar Association, the nation’s oldest African American bar association. Hubbard was an official observer to the historic 1994 historic elections in South Africa in which Nelson Mandela won the presidency. She has received numerous other awards for her many contributions to education, community service, and social justice.

Watch the presentation ceremony of the Justice John Paul Stevens Awards on the CBA’s YouTube Channel at www.you

tube.com/chicagobar. Arnette Hubbard Arnette Hubbard has served as a Cir cuit Judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County since 1997 and is cur rently assigned to

the Trial Section of the Law Division. She began her career in 1969 as an attor ney for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. She was elected the first female president of the National Bar Association in 1981. She was the first

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