CBA Record Oct. 2015

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highest court will begin at 6:00 p.m. fol-
lowed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. CBA Presi-
dent Patricia Brown Holmes and ISBA
President Unberto Davi will co-host the
dinner and Justice Anne M. Burke will
deliver remarks on behalf of the Court.
Tickets for the black tie optional dinner
are $125 per person, and may be ordered
at . For more
information about this year’s dinner,
contact KimWeaver at .
Illinois Judges Association Annual Luncheon
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
will be the keynote speaker at the Illinois
Judges Association’s Annual Lunceon
Meeting on Friday, December 11 at
the Sheraton Hotel and Towers. Illinois
Judges Association President Robert J.
Anderson will preside at the luncheon.
Tickets are $85 per person, and may be
ordered through IJA Executive Director
Kathleen Hosty at 312/431-1283 or ija@
.
Congratulations
Thomas A. Demetrio will receive the Hel-
lenic Bar Association’s Lifetime Achieve-
ment Award at the groups 65th Annual
Scholarship Ball on November 7 at the
Sheridan Hotel &Towers…Aurora Abella
Austriaco was inducted into the Chicago
Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame...
Chief 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Judge Diane P. Wood participated in
Roosevelt University’s Montesquieu Forum
“The Magna Carta and the Idea of Due
Process”...Cook County State’s Attorney
Anita M. Alvarez was named Latina of
the Year by the Hispanic National Bar
Association...U.S. Attorney Zachary T.
Fardon and his office received the Better
Government Association’s Watchdog
Award...Gabriel A. Fuentes received the
National Hispanic Bar Association’s Pro
Bono Lawyer of the Year Award.
Presiding Judge Shelly Sutker-Dermer
becomes the new president of The Jewish
Judges Association...Justice Mary Jane
Theis received the Seymour Simon Justice
Award, and U.S. District Court Judge
Milton I. Shadur received the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Jewish
Judges Association of Illinois. Judge
A TOAST TO TWO CITIES
The CBA Chorus and the NewYork City Bar Chorus will performa concert,“AToast toTwo Cities,”on Saturday,
November 7, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., at St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron Street, Chicago. The performance will
feature Americanmusic in its many forms, including folk, spiritual, musical theater, jazz and gospel.Tickets
are $12 in advance ($10 for students), $15 at the door. Purchase tickets online at www.CBAchorusTOAST-
If you have questions, Dorothy Voigt at
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The Chicago Bar Association & The Chicago Bar Foundation’s
2015 Pro Bono Week Oct 26-30
Rise Above Your Narrow Confines
I was appointed by a federal judge to assist a
young woman in a criminal case. The client could
have been viewed as obstructive, belligerent, and
uncooperative. Drawing on my judicial experience
in juvenile court, I eventually was able to draw
out relevant and valuable information that had
otherwise not been known to the federal prosecutor
or the judge. Working together, we arrived at the
just, and therefore correct,
result in her matter. In the
end, my client was so pleased
that she brought to court
flowers, smiles and hugs for
a result that she also believed
was fair. It was gratifying
knowing that I had helped
her in that way.
Patricia Brown
Holmes
Partner, Schiff Hardin
President, The Chicago
Bar Association