CBA Record November-December 2023

Honoring the Legal Profession’s Finest at the Annual Justice John Paul Stevens Awards By Ann Glynn, CBA Public Affairs Director C BA President Ray J. Koenig III and CBF President Kenya Jenkins Wright recently hosted the 2023 CBA NEWS

Justice John Paul Stevens awards ceremony at the Union League Club of Chicago. This year’s recipients were Dan L. Boho, Part ner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP; Patricia Brown Holmes, Managing Partner, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP; Daniel M. Kotin, Founding Shareholder, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman; Professor Ann Lousin, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law; Mary Smith, President, American Bar Association; and Barry C. Taylor, Vice President for Civil Rights and Systemic Litigation, Equip for Equality (retired). “We are so proud to honor this phe nomenal, diverse group of lawyers and jurists who have impacted our legal com munity and city through their leadership and generous service to The Chicago Bar Association, The Chicago Bar Foundation, and our community,” said Koenig. “Each honoree has benefited from and practiced inclusion in every leadership role. They exemplify the ideals of our profession.” Named in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Chicago native John Paul Stevens, the awards were established in 2000 to recognize lawyers and judges who best demonstrate 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 ser vice and died in 2019. “As the charitable arm of the CBA, the CBF is committed to carrying on

Pictured from left, top row: Patricia Brown Holmes, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP; Mary Smith, President, American Bar Association; Barry C. Taylor, Equip for Equality (ret.); Daniel M. Kotin, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC; CBF President Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright, Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission; and CBA President Ray J. Koenig, Clark Hill LLP. Front row: Professor Ann Lousin, UIC Law. Not pictured: Dan L. Boho, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.

Justice Stevens’ commitment to the noblest traditions of our profession by working to ensure that our justice system is fair, acces sible, and equitable for everyone in our community,” said Jenkins-Wright. Watch the presentation ceremony of the Justice John Paul Stevens Awards on the CBA’s YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/chicagobar.

the firm’s Executive Committee for 33 years and is in his 35th year as a prac tice group leader of the national personal injury defense practice. Boho has tried cases from coast to coast in state and fed eral courts. He has acted as trial counsel for the Federation of Defense and Cor porate Counsel, the Chicago Bears, and the Chicago Fire. He is a Fellow of the top three national trial organizations: The American College of Trial Lawyers, which he also served as State Chair; the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; and ABOTA. He has served as President of the Trial Lawyers Club of Chicago and as President of the Illinois Society of Trial Lawyers. He attended undergraduate and

Dan L. Boho Dan L. Boho has practiced with Hin shaw & Culbertson since his start as a summer associ ate. He served on

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