Vanguard Awards Luncheon set for May 2

The Chicago Bar Association will host the 2023 Vanguard Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, May 2, at the Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson.

The luncheon will begin at noon, following an 11:30 a.m. reception.

Tickets for the event are $75 each; tables of 10 may be reserved for $750. Click here to be taken to the CBA website page where tickets may be obtained.

In alphabetical order, this year's honorees are:

• Steven M. Elrod
  The Decalogue Society of Lawyers


• Hon. Ramón M. Escapa (posthumously)
  Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois


• Alexander Z. Fiedotjew (posthumously)
  Advocates Society


• Sandra A. Frantzen
  Arab American Bar Association of Illinois


• Hon. Jasmine V. Hernandez Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago


• Marisel Hernandez
  HLAI - Serving the Hispanic Lawyers of Illinois


• Nathalina A. Hudson
  Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc.


• Rachel Huan Kao
  Chinese American Bar Association


• Hon. Freddrenna M. Lyle
  Cook County Bar Association


• Samera Syeda Ludwig
  Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago


• Hon. Mary Cay Marubio
  LAGBAC, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association


• Dina M. Ninfo
  Women’s Bar Association of Illinois


• Binal J. Patel
  South Asian Bar Association of Chicago


• Hon. Nichole C. Patton
  The Chicago Bar Association