Monday, April 19, 2021

Virtual Vanguard Awards Event on April 28

This year's Vanguard Awards ceremony will be held virtually on April 28, starting at noon. To sign up for the event, click here.

The Vanguard Awards honor the lawyers, judges and institutions that have made the law and the legal profession more accessible to and reflective of our community. In alphabetical order, the 2021 recipients of the Award are:

Hon. Tommy Brewer
The Chicago Bar Association

Hon. Gloria Chévere
Puerto Rican Bar Association

Hon. Michael J. Chmiel
Advocates Society

Hon. Megan Goldish
Decalogue Society of Lawyers

Hon. Sophia Hall
LAGBAC, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association

Maggie Hickey
Women’s Bar Association of Illinois

Hon. LaShonda A. Hunt
Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc.

Hon. Toi Hutchinson
Cook County Bar Association

John K. Kim
Asian American Bar Association

Vivian R. Khalaf
Arab American Bar Association of Illinois

Mary Carmen Madrid-Crost (posthumously)
Filipino American Lawyers Association

Juan Morado, Jr.
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois

Tejas Shah
South Asian Bar Association of Chicago

Virginia Yang
Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago

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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousThursday, April 22, 2021 5:32:00 PM

    Toi Hutchinson? Really? Pritzker's puppet who is there to tell Black and Brown people that they can't sell marijuana like rich people (who, coincidentally, are mostly White)? Well of course the CCBA nominated HER for a Vanguard Award. What a bunch of tools.

    Mumia Abu-Jamal

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