Seventeenth Annual

Awards for Excellence

in Pro Bono and Public Interest Service

James Benton Parsons Memorial Courtroom

Everett McKinley Dirksen

United States Courthouse

Chicago, Illinois

May 25, 2016

Awards for Excellence in Pro Bono Service

Jeffrey I. Cummings

Presenter: Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox

The Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic of the University of Chicago Law

School, Craig B. Futterman, and Judith P. Miller

Presenter: Judge Thomas M. Durkin

Awards for Excellence in Pro Bono Service (continued)

Phillip A. Brigham, Joseph M. Callaghan, Sean M. Hamann, and

Marc R. Kadish

Presenter: Judge Edmond E. Chang

Sohil M. Shah

Presenter: Judge Edmond E. Chang

Larry R. Rogers, Jr.

Presenter: Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman

Courtney R. Baron and David J. Chizewer

Presenter: Judge Gary Feinerman

Awards for Excellence in Pro Bono Service (continued)

Andrew Y. Acker, Angelo F. DelMarto, and Michael K.

Durkin

Presenter: Judge Joan B. Gottschall

Hillary August, Jordan C. Blumenthal, and

Matthew R. Devine

Presenter: Judge Matthew F. Kennelly

Awards for Excellence in Pro Bono Service (continued)

Michael A. Zuckerman

Presenter: Judge Amy St. Eve

Margaret C. Firnstein

Presenter: Judge Amy St. Eve

Tal C. Chaiken, James P. Gaughan, Jr., and Eli J. Litoff

Presenter: Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston

Awards for Excellence in Pro Bono Service (continued)

Emily Newhouse Dillingham, Daniel M. Meyers,

Eric H. Sussman, and Zaldwaynaka Scott

Presenter: Chief Judge Rubén Castillo

Jason A. Frye

Presenter: Judge Donald R. Cassling

Shaun B. Hawkinson, Hersh H. Mehta, Krista M. Pikus, Kaitlin P. Sheehan, Jeffrey E. Stone, Krista L. Vink Venegas, and

Michael W. Weaver

Presenter: Judge Virginia M. Kendall

Abiman Rajadurai

Presenter: Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

Awards for Excellence in Pro Bono Service (continued)

Awards for Excellence in Public Interest Service

John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center and Clinic

Presenter: Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown

William B. Bruce, Jr., Rachel R. Goldberg, Veena K. Gursahani, Steven J. Horowitz,

and Richard F. O'Malley

Presenter: Chief Judge Rubén Castillo