CBA Record September-October 2023

Chicago Bar Foundation Report

Left to right: CBA President Ray Koenig, Clark Hill PLC; Jordan Heinz, Abbott; Steven Blonder, Much Shelist, P.C.; Carina Segalini, Circuit Court of Cook County; Andy Froelich, James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy; Whitney Siehl, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP; Susan Curry, the University of Chicago Law School; Julie Elena Brown, Impact for Equity; Melvin Flowers, Accenture LLP; Donna Welch, Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Incoming CBF Board President Kenya Jenkins-Wright, Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission; and CBF President Greg Boyle, Jenner & Block LLP. Celebrating Unsung Heroes and Marking a Big Anniversary By Emme Veenbaas and Quinn Turilli

N early 600 people came together to honor seven inspiring lawyers and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the CBA/ CBF Pro Bono & Public Service Awards Luncheon. These dedicated but often unsung honorees highlight the impressive pro bono and public service work Chicago’s legal community continues to do throughout the year to improve access to justice for people in need and make our legal system fairer and better for everyone. This year’s luncheon marked the event’s 25th anniver sary. Since its inception in 1999, the CBA and CBF have recognized more than 150 outstanding lawyers for their dedication to pro bono and public service. The seven hon orees from this year and all those preceding them remind us that wherever we are in the legal community, we can all play a role in supporting the most vulnerable members of our community. Below is more information on this year’s honorees as well

as the impressive list of past recipients for each award since the event’s inception. More information on the luncheon and awards is available at www.chicagobarfoundation.org.

Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Fellowship

Throughout and following his education at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Andy Froelich has dedicated his legal career to education and child law in underserved communities of the Chicago area. As an Equal Justice Works Fellow, he now leads the expansion of the James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy’s Educational Advocacy Program from its origins in the suburb of Evanston to Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, providing free special edu cation and school discipline legal services to low-income families in these communities.

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