Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Vanguard Awards presentation set for April 22

The 2025 Vanguard Awards Luncheon will take place on Tuesday, April 22 at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd. Luncheon will be served at noon, following a reception that begins at 11:30 a.m.

The Vanguard Awards honor individuals and institutions who have made the law and legal profession more accessible to and reflective of the community at large.

This year's sponsoring bar groups and their respective honorees are:
  • Advocates Society – L. Steven Rakowski
  • Arab American Bar Association of Illinois – Nura Yanaki
  • Asian American Bar Association - Theodore Yi
  • Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. – Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
  • Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago – Judge Thomas More Donnelly
  • Chicago Bar Association – Ray J. Koenig III
  • Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago - Alan K. Tse
  • Cook County Bar Association – Larry Rogers, Jr.
  • Decalogue Society of Lawyers – Howard H. Ankin
  • Filipino American Lawyers Association - Judge Aileen Bhandari
  • Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois – Homero Tristan
  • Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois – Thomas G. Massouras
  • Justinian Society of Lawyers - Frank A. Sommario
  • LAGBAC -Chicago's LGBTQ+ Bar Association - Judge Linda J. Pauel
  • Muslim Bar Association of Chicago - Leena Odeh
  • Puerto Rican Bar Association – Hilda Frontany
  • South Asian Bar Association of Chicago – Amrith Kaur Aakre
  • Women's Bar Association of Illinois - Judge Mary Colleen Roberts (ret.)
Tickets for the luncheon are $75 each ($750 for a table of 10), and are available at this page of the CBA website. Questions about the event may be directed to Michele Spodarek at mspodarek@chicagobar.org.

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