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Trophy will be on hand for members/ guests viewing and photos. The Kogan Awards are named after legendary Chicago journalist Herman Kogan, whose career spanned 50 years. Kogan was the author of The Chicago Bar Association’s First Century 1874-1974, and authored or co-authored ten other books, including Lords of the Levee; Give the Lady What She Wants; Big Bill of Chicago; and The Great Fire: Chicago 1871. The Kogan Awards will be presented to journalists in the following categories: print, broadcast and online. Tickets for the luncheon are $70 per person and $700 for a table of ten. For more information or to make reservations, contact Karen Highley at 312/554-2013 or khighley@ chicagobar.org. This year’s Barristers Big Band Benefit Ball (BBBBB) will be held on Friday, April 28 in the Grand Ballroom at the Standard Club. The reception and buffet dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by music and dancing. The CBA is the only bar association in the U.S. that has a Symphony Orchestra, Big Band and 100-member Chorus. Join your colleagues from the bench and the bar at this special evening which will also include a silent auction. Tickets for the Ball are still only $50 per person and come with a guarantee for a “fun” evening. Information about the silent auction items will be available online at www.chicagobar.org/barristerball. For more information or to purchase tickets contact Tamra Drees at tdrees@chicagobar. org or 312/554-2057 Congratulations Thomas A. Demetrio was honored as one of the nation’s 50 most influential trial lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers Association...the Celtic Legal Society of Chicago honored Judge Thomas V. Lyons (Celt of the Year Award) and Judge William J . Bau er, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (James J. Shields Medal of Excellence) at the group’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon… Metropolitan Family Services is celebrating its 160 Anniversary–last year this outstanding 16th Annual Barristers Big Band Benefit Ball

MURPHY’S LAW BY TERRENCE M. MURPHY, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

(L-R) CBA President Daniel Kotin, 2017 Dickerson Award recipients Josie Gough, Robert F. Harris, Graham C. Grady; along with PastCBAPresidentJudgeE.KennethWright,Jr. participatedintheCBA’sDickersonAwardLuncheonattheStandard Club on February 22. The Chicago Bar Association established the Dickerson Award to honor Earl Burrus Dickerson, an outstanding lawyer who was among the first African-American members of the Chicago Bar Association. The Dickerson Award recognizes and honors minority lawyers and judges whose careers at the bar emulate the courage of Dickerson in making the law the key to justice for all in our society. Photo by Bill Richert.

T he 2017 Vanguard Awards luncheon will be held on Thursday, April 6 in the Grand Ballroom at the Standard Club. Fifteen Chicago-area bar associa- tion presidents will present the Vanguard Award to their honoree at the luncheon. This year’s honorees include: Michael C. Aguhar, Filipino American Lawyers Association; Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke, The Chicago Bar Asso- ciation; Chicago Legal Clinic, Advocates Society of Lawyers; Susana Darwin, Lesbian & Gay Bar Association; Justice Robert E. Gordon, Decalogue Society of Lawyers; DavidHerrera, Puerto Rican Bar Association; Sana’a Hussien, Arab-Amer- ican Bar Association; Andrea S. Kramer, Women’s Bar Association; Sang-yul Lee, Asian American Bar Association; James D. Montgomery Sr., Cook County Bar Association; National Immigrant Justice Center, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois; Tony Shu, Chinese American Bar

Association; Sufyan Sohel, South Asian Bar Association of Chicago; and Adrian Vuckovich, Serbian Bar Association. A reception for the honorees begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch. Brief video accep- tance remarks (2 minutes) from each of the honorees will be shown at the luncheon which is expected to adjourn around 1:30 p.m. Tickets for the luncheon are $70 per person or $700 for a table of ten. For more information or to make reservations contact Tamra Drees 312/554-2057 or tdrees@chicagobar.org Herman Kogan Media Awards The 28th Annual Herman Kogan Media Awards luncheon will be held on Tuesday, May 9 in the Main Dining Room at the Standard Club. This year’s luncheon will feature two outstanding speakers, David Kaplan, Sports Talk Live, and Scott Simon, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition. In addition, the Chicago Cubs World Series

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