Pro Bono & Public Service Awards Luncheon

The 2023 CBA & CBF Pro Bono & Public Service Awards were held on Thursday, July 20 at the Hilton Chicago. We were 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 on the lives of the most vulnerable people in our community.
2023 Co-Chairs


Jordan Heinz
Abbott


Donna Welch
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Congratulations to the 2023 Recipients
Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship
Andy Froelich, James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy
Exelon Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award
Melvin Flowers, Accenture LLP
Justice Thomas L. Kilbride Public Service Award
Carina M.C. Segalini, Circuit Court of Cook County, Office of the Chief Judge
Edward J. Lewis II Pro Bono Service Award
Steven P. Blonder, Much Shelist P.C.
Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award
Whitney K. Siehl, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence
Susan J. Curry, The University of Chicago Law School
Thomas H. Morsch Public Service Award
Julie Elena Brown, Impact for Equity
– Melvin Flowers, 2023 Exelon Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award Recipient
Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors!
Platinum
- Accenture
- Ankura
- Charles River Associates
- Clifford Law Offices
- Eimer Stahl LLP
- Jenner & Block LLP
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Law Bulletin Media
- LexisNexis
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Ropes & Gray LLP
- Sidley Austin LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Stout
- Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC
- United Airlines, Inc.
- Verizon
- Zurich
Gold
- Cooley LLP
- DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Goldberg Kohn Ltd.
- Jones Day
- McDonald’s Corporation
- Winston & Strawn LLP
Silver
- Abbott
- Allstate Appraisal
- Arboretum Wealth & Trust Management
- 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
- McGuireWoods LLP
- Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Much Shelist P.C.
- 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
- Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- Valentine Austriaco & Bueschel, P.C.
- Verity Group
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Women’s Bar Association of Illinois