Rosalyn Flores, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Rosalyn is a corporate partner and knowledge manager of Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity Practice Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and has been at Kirkland & Ellis LLP since 2014. Right after graduating law school, Rosalyn was Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Fellow for the Center for Disability & Elder Law.
On why Rosalyn was excited to join CDEL's Board, she said: "I was first introduced to CDEL through my Public Interest Law Initiative Graduate Fellowship, during which I had the chance to assist with a variety of legal services, including end of life planning, housing and collections defense work. As a practicing attorney, I’ve continued to be impressed by CDEL’s exceptional pro bono model that makes it easy and rewarding for attorney volunteers to get involved and provide critical legal services to vulnerable populations. I am excited to continue my relationship with CDEL in my new capacity as a Board member, and look forward to furthering its important mission of serving low-income seniors and people with disabilities in our communities.”
Helen Lucaitis, Corboy & Demetrio
As Communications Director and now Chief Marketing Officer at Corboy & Demetrio, Helen has guided Corboy & Demetrio’s strategic marketing and media relations efforts including highlighting the firm’s high-profile cases. She has been at Corboy & Demetrio since 2014. Helen has also served as publicity chair for CDEL’s Annual “Light Up the Loop” Winter Awards Benefit for many years.
Helen had this to say on why she was excited to join CDEL's board: “I am thrilled to join CDEL’s board because as a special needs mom, I have seen up close the struggle for services and need for legal representation of young adults with disabilities. The poverty rate of disabled adults is 26 percent, making services that CDEL provides crucial.”
Todd Patterson, United Airlines, Inc.
As Managing Counsel for the Commercial and Strategic Transactions Group at United Airlines, Inc. He has been at United Airlines since 1999. Todd has been active in United’s pro bono partnership with CDEL for many years having volunteered at Powers of Attorney workshops.
Todd had this to say on why he was excited to join CDEL's board: "I am so excited to join CDEL’s Governing Board and help make a difference in the tremendous work that CDEL’s staff and hundreds of volunteer attorneys do every day for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. In Chicago and Cook County, we have hundreds of thousands of seniors and people with disabilities who live below the poverty level, and I am honored to join the talented CDEL Board to support CDEL’s work in providing access to our legal system for those marginalized by poverty, disability and age. I am thrilled to support CDEL’s long standing partnership with Chicago’s legal community to provide high quality pro bono legal services to these underserved and underrepresented groups."
We are so excited to have Rosalyn, Helen, and Todd join CDEL's Board of Directors. You can read more about them by going to CDEL's website below.
