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Federal Center
Plaza
P.O. Box 1200
Chicago, IL 60690
Officers
President
Paul E. Freehling
pfreehling@seyfarth.com
First Vice President
Scott Mendeloff
mendeloffs@howrey.com
Second Vice President
Maria Z. Vathis
mvathis@clausen.com
Secretary
James D. Wascher
jwascher@friedmanholtz.com
Treasurer
George Jackson III
Immediate Past President
Charles L. Nesbit
cnesbit124@aol.com
A Message from the Chapter President
Greetings! The Chicago Chapter covers the Northern District of Illinois and has nearly 400 members to our credit. I am proud to say that, our Board of Directors, past presidents, and members include many in the federal and state judicial system, as well as attorneys in private practice, governmental agencies and academia. If you have not already done so, I invite you to join the Federal Bar Association and the Chicago Chapter. I look forward to seeing you at our monthly luncheons.
Paul E. Freehling
Chicago Chapter President
**The Chicago Chapter is launching a
campaign to endow the Michael Francis Lefkow FBA Public Interest Fellowship
Program at the Northwestern University School of Law. The fellowship will
permit law students to accept paid summer internships across the country
and represent the poor and vulnerable.
If you would like to contribute to this effort, please make your check
payable to the "Federal Bar Foundation" and mail it to the Federal
Bar Association, P.O. Box 1200, Chicago, Illinois 60690. We urge you to
support our effort to establish a memorial to an exceptional attorney
and to recognize the extraordinary sacrifice that was forced upon his
wife, Hon. Joan Humphrey Lefkow of the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois. Read letter
from Chapter President Jack J. Carriglio regarding the fellowship program.
Newsletters
Calendar of Events
Chicago Chapter
Monthly Luncheon Series are held on the third Wednesday of
each month (at noon, unless otherwise noted). FBA members and their guests
are admitted at reduced rates. For program information and reservations,
please call Carolyn (815) 464-9068.
Recent Events
November 17, 2008
What You Should Know About Workplace Enforcement and Immigration
Sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the FBA
Time: 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Location: Loyola University School of Law, Rubloff Auditorium, 25 E. Pearson
September 8, 2008
Annual Chicago Chapter Installation Luncheon
Judge William Webster will be the speaker, Carol Marin will receive the Kate Matkov Award, and officers and directors of the Chapter for the 2008-2009 year will be installed.
Location: Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago
Cash Bar at 11:45 a.m. and lunch at 12:15 p.m.
Chapter Awards
Walter
J. Cummings Award
The Chicago
Chapter annually presents
this award to an attorney
for excellence in pro bono
service as nominated alternately
by the judges of the Seventh
Circuit and the Northern
District. The award
is given in the name of
longtime chapter board member
and judge of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit, the late Walter
J. Cummings.
Frank
J. McGarr Award
The Chicago
Chapter annually presents
this award to an attorney
for distinguished federal
government service.
The award is given in the
name of Chicago Chapter
Past President Frank J.
McGarr, retired U.S.
district court judge and
former first assistant U.S. attorney for the
Northern District of Illinois.
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit:
http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/
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