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2015 Vanguard Awards Honor Diversity Champions
T
he Chicago Bar Association was
proud to co-host the 2015 Van-
guard Awards Luncheon on April
2 at the Standard Club with several local
bar associations. The Vanguard Awards
honor “the institutions and lawyers who
have made the law and the legal profes-
sion more accessible to and reflective of
the community at large.”
The Vanguard Awards began with a
reception for the honorees at 11:30 a.m.,
followed by the luncheon in the Grand
Ballroom and the presentation of the
awards.
The luncheon honored lawyers, judges
and institutions that have made the law
and the legal profession more accessible
to and reflective of the community we
serve. Judge
Sharon Johnson Coleman
of the United States District Court,
Northern District of Illinois, was the
Association’s 2015 honoree.
Other 2015 honorees included:
Jim
Bennett,
Midwest Regional Director,
Lambda Legal, Lesbian and Gay Bar
Association of Chicago;
Virginia Marti-
nez,
Illinois Latino Family Commission,
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois;
Anne Shaw,
Shaw Legal Services, Asian
American Bar Association of Chicago; Jus-
tice
JohnO. Steele,
Ret., Illinois Appellate
Court, Cook County Bar Association; and
Hon.
Mary Jane Theis,
Illinois Supreme
Court, Puerto Rican Bar Association.
By David M. Beam
Publications Director
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APRIL/MAY 2015