Pro Bono & Public Service Awards Luncheon

The 2023 CBA & CBF Pro Bono & Public Service Awards will be held on Thursday, July 20 at the Hilton Chicago. We are excited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the event and to once again honor seven unsung heroes in our legal community for their remarkable pro bono and public service achievements.
Pro bono and public service represent some of the noblest traditions in the legal profession, and the amount of work performed by individuals in our community is nothing short of amazing. The awards presented honor lawyers from a broad cross-section of the legal community whose passion for serving others is reflected in their extraordinary commitment to the ideals of equal access to justice. These awards also serve to build awareness of the impact our collective efforts can have in the lives of the most vulnerable people in our community.
Nominations for all 2023 awards are now open. Learn more here.
Congratulations to the 2022 Recipients
Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship
Nicole Smith, Cabrini Green Legal Aid
Exelon Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award
Chantal Kazay, Discover Financial Services
Justice Thomas L. Kilbride Public Service Award
Hon. Catherine Schneider, Circuit Court of Cook County
Edward J. Lewis II Pro Bono Service Award
Shelisa M. Thomas, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award
Patrick Yingling, Reed Smith LLP
Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence
Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea, DePaul University College of Law
Thomas H. Morsch Public Service Award
Pat Wrona, CARPLS Legal Aid
Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors!
Platinum
- Accenture
- Ankura
- Clifford Law Offices
- Eimer Stahl LLP
- Exelon
- Jenner & Block LLP
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Law Bulletin Media
- LexisNexis
- Locke Lord LLP
- Ropes & Gray LLP
- Sidley Austin LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Stout
- Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC
- United Airlines, Inc.
- Verizon
- Zurich
Silver
- Allstate Insurance Company
- ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc.
- Baker McKenzie
- Barack Ferrezzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
- CBA Insurance Agency
- CME Group
- Crowell & Moring LLP
- Dentons US LLP
- Discover Financial Services
- Dykema Gossett PLLC
- GrowthPlay
- Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen P.C.
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- LegalServer
- Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
- Mayer Brown LLP
- McDonald’s Corporation
- McGuireWoods LLP
- Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Passen & Powell
- Peoples Gas
- Perkins Coie LLP
- Pincus Professional Education
- Quarles & Brady LLP
- Reed Smith LLP
- Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
- Scharf Banks & Marmor LLC
- Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Verity Group