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Nine Legal Giants to be Honored with Stevens
Award
By Kaye Bolden Stovall
CBA Public Affairs Director
T
he CBA celebrated the accomplish-
ments of nine distinguished lawyers
at its 17th annual John Paul Stevens
Award on Thursday, September 14 at
Chicago’s Standard Club. Special guest
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John
Paul Stevens attended and honored this
year’s awardees.
The 2016-17 honorees included:
George B. Collins; Partner at Collins,
Bargione, and Vuckvich; Brian L. Crowe;
Former Cook County Judge, Corporation
Counsel for the City of Chicago during
the administration of Mayor Richard M.
Daley; Thomas A. Demetrio; Founding
Partner of Corboy & Demetrio, P.C.;
Thomas Anthony Durkin; Fellow of the
American College of Trial Lawyers, Dis-
tinguished Practitioner in Residence at
Loyola University Chicago School of Law,
and Senior Research Fellow at the Center
on National Security at the Fordham
University Law School in New York City;
J. Timothy Eaton; Partner at Taft, Stet-
tinius & Hollister LLP; Josie M. Gough;
Clinical Assistant Professor and Director
of Experiential Learning at Loyola Uni-
versity Chicago School of Law; Joan M.
Hall; Retired Attorney and Founder and
Former Board President of YoungWomen’s
Leadership Charter School; Eileen M.
Letts; Co-Managing Partner of Greene and
Letts; Joseph L. Stone; Founding Director
of the Loyola University of Chicago Law
School Randy & Melvin Berlin Professor
of Business Law Clinic.
About the Stevens Award
The Stevens Award is named for Chicago
native, The Honorable John Paul Stevens,
retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate
Justice who served from 1975-2010. The
Stevens Award is the highest award pre-
sented by The Chicago Bar Association
and honors attorneys and judges who have
demonstrated exceptional commitment to
their communities, legal field, and public
service throughout their careers.
Collins
Crowe
Demetrio
Durkin
Eaton
Gough
Hall
Letts
Stone
CBA Committee Directory
This issue of the
CBA Record
includes our
annual Committee Directory, which provides
contact information and standard meeting
dates. The weekly CBA Ebulletin (check your
inbox each Thursday) will include information
on speakers, topics andMCLE credit availability.
Attend anymeeting that interests you (or watch
via webcast), and receive free MCLE credit at
meetings that qualify. To join a committee, call
312/554-2134 or sign-up at www.chicagobar.
org. New members are always welcome. You
and your firmwill benefit from the knowledge,
experience and business contacts you will gain.
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SEPTEMBER 2016