Friday, September 15, 2023

Winners of the 2023 Justice John Paul Stevens Awards announced; awards luncheon set for October 2

The Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Foundation have announced the winners of this year's Justice John Paul Stevens Awards.

The award is meant to celebrate Illinois attorneys "who have demonstrated extraordinary integrity and service to the community throughout their careers," according to the CBA. This year's winners are:
  • Dan L. Boho,
    Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

  • Patricia Brown Holmes,
    Managing Partner, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP

  • Daniel M. Kotin,
    Founding Shareholder, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman

  • Professor Ann Lousin,
    University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

  • Mary Smith,
    President, American Bar Association

  • Barry C. Taylor,
    Vice President for Civil Rights and Systemic Litigation, Equip for Equality
These awards will be conferred at the 2023 Justice John Paul Stevens Award Luncheon on Monday, October 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., at the Union League Club of Chicago. Tickets for the luncheon are $75 apiece; tables of 10 may be purchased for $750. Tickets may be obtained at this page of the CBA website.

There will be an Awards Program book distributed at the luncheon. Ads congratulating one or more award recipients are available, but the deadline for purchase is this coming Monday, September 18. Ads cost $500 each for a full-page (4.25" width by 7.5" height) and must be submitted in a high-resolution .pdf format. For questions about advertising, contact Michele Spondarek at mspodarek@chicagobar.org.

A list of past Stevens Awards winners is available in this post.

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