Light Up the Loop
A Special Thank You to the generous sponsors of CDEL’s 2020 Winter Awards Benefit. Many thanks and congratulations to this year’s award recipients.
Honorees
Kirkland & Ellis LLP | CDEL Partner Of The Year Award
Jennifer Burgess | Seyfarth Shaw LLP
CDEL Volunteer Of The Year Award
Consumer Fairness Act of 2019 Coalition*
CDEL Impact Award
Coalition Led By:
Hon. Barbara Flynn Currie | Retired Majority Leader
Illinois House of Representatives
Hon. Will Guzzardi | 39th House District
Illinois House of Representatives
Hon. Iris Martinez | 20th Senate District
Illinois Senate
Coalition Members: Jody Blaylock - Heartland Alliance • Jeffrey D. Colman - Jenner & Block LLP • Hon. Thomas Donnelly - Circuit Court of Cook County • Bob Glaves - Chicago Bar Foundation • Vaishalee Yeldandi - Jenner & Block LLP • Kevin Herrera - National Immigration Law Center • Matthew Hulstein - CVLS • Ashlee Highland - CARPLS • Steven Pflaum - Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP • Caroline Simon - Chicago Legal Clinic • Heather Wier Vaught - Heather Wier Vaught P.C.
CDEL Provides Direct Representation in Many Areas, Including:
Landlord-Tenant
Mortgage Issues
Adult Guardianship
Collections
Property Tax and Title Issues
Consumer Fraud
Dissolution of Marriage
Estate Planning: Powers of Attorney; Simple Wills; Transfer on Death Instruments
Eviction
In 2019 alone, CDEL and its volunteers closed 2,714 cases and we:
Conducted 78 Senior Center Initiative presentations to senior groups, provided 35 CLE Seminars, held 82 Workshops, and helped 1,109 seniors with Advanced Directives.
Scheduled 372 SLAC appointments through our Senior Legal Assistance Clinics.
Saw 743 people at the Adult Guardianship Help Desk, with CDEL volunteers assisting 678 pro se litigants with adult guardianship legal process and providing 65 people with information and referrals to other agencies or programs for further assistance.
Launched three new, community based programs, including the Housing Preservation Project, Proud to Thrive and the Mobile Adult Guardianship Help Desk.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
PLATINUM
Baker McKenzie LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
GOLD
Epiq
Law Bulletin Media
Locke Lord LLP
Perkins Coie
Philip H. Corboy Foundation
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
United Airlines
Walgreens
SILVER
CIBC Bank USA
Corboy & Demetrio, P.C.
Faegre Drinker
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Sulzer, Shopiro & Patel, Ltd
BRONZE
Aon
AT&T Inc.
BakerHostetler
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Cornerstone Research
Exelon
Federal Signal Corporation
Greater Illinois Title Company
Jones Day
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Lancer Financial Group, LLC
Latham & Watkins LLP
LexisNexis
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
McDonalds Corporation
Miller, Cooper & Co. LTD
Paul Hastings LLP
Peck Ritchey, LLC
Reed Smith LLC
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
Salesforce, Inc.
Scharf Banks Marmor LLC
Tarpey Wix LLC
Troutman Sanders LLP
Veritext Legal Solutions
Zurich North America
Honorary Co-Chairs
Jesse Ruiz | Deputy Governor
Office of Governor JB Pritzker
President, Chicago Bar Association
Regine Corrado | Baker McKenzie LLP
Managing Partner, Chicago Office
Richard Sevcik | Perkins Coie LLP
Managing Partner, Chicago Office
Winter Awards Benefit Chair
Theresa Jaffe | Theresa Jaffe Consulting