Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI): Cultivating a lifelong commitment to public interest law: Annual Awards Luncheon

Annual Awards Luncheon • Annual Pro Bono Reception • Intern & Fellow • Alumni • Pro Bono Initiative

Save the date! PILI's 35th Anniversary Annual Awards Luncheon will be held on November 29, 2012.

Sponsorship opportunities are available - contact PILI Executive Director Michael Bergmann by e-mail or at 312-832-5129 for more information. In celebration of our 35th Anniversary, we are offering two new sponsorship levels in addition to our regular sponsorship levels:

$25,000 - 35th Anniversary Sponsor

$10,000 - Premier Sponsor

$7,500 - Leader Sponsor

$5,000 - Benefactor Sponsor

$2,500 - Patron Sponsor

Each year PILI’s Annual Awards Luncheon gathers more than 450 members of the legal community to celebrate the best aspects of the profession. It is a forum to recognize those performing remarkable public interest and pro bono work. The Luncheon features several awards to acknowledge those whose work epitomizes the ideal of access to justice for all, including a Distinguished Service Award, a Pro Bono Initiative Award, and two PILI Alumni Awards. View the Event Invitation (pdf) Learn more about PILI's Annual Awards Luncheon: Past Annual Awards Luncheons Past Award Recipients

2011 Award Recipients: Distinguished Service Award: Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, Illinois Supreme Court PILI Alumni Awards: Kathleen Clark, Executive Director at Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (1997 Intern) Justin Heather, Partner at Korey Cotter Heather & Richardson, LLC (2001 Fellow) Pro Bono Initiative Award: Mayer Brown LLP

pictured, top: Kathy Clark, Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient, with presenter Jennifer Nijman, PILI Board of Directors

middle: PILI Board Vice President Lee Ann Russo with Marc Kadish, Mayer Brown LLP, accepting the Pro Bono Initiative Award

bottom left: PILI Board Member Daniel Lange with other guest from Katten Muchin Rosenmann LLP

bottom right: PILI Board Secretary Dick O'Malley presents a Distinguished PILI Alumni Award to Justin Heather

View the full gallery online at Angela Garbot Photography (link will open in a new window).

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Sponsorship of PILI's Annual Awards Luncheon directly supports the work of PILI to achieve its mission of cultivating a lifelong commitment to public interest law among law students and lawyers. PILI inspires attorneys to take up careers in the public interest law sector, and inspires private lawyers to pursue careers that focus on serving the poor and underrepresented through pro bono work. The Annual Awards Luncheon is PILI's largest annual fundraiser and its success is important to the success of the organization and PILI's many programs.

PILI is grateful to the following sponsors for their confirmed support of this event:

LEADERS: $7,500

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Foley & Lardner LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Mayer Brown LLP

Sidley Austin LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP

BENEFACTORS: $5,000
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

Exelon Corporation

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Perkins Coie LLP

Schiff Hardin LLP

PATRONS: $2,500

Accenture LLP

Allstate Insurance Company

Aon Corporation

Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP

Capstone Advisory Group LLC

Chapman and Cutler LLP

Cohen Law Group

Deere & Company

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP

Francis Beidler Foundation

Franczek Radelet P.C.

Goldberg Kohn Ltd.

Jenner & Block LLP
Jones Day

JPMorgan Chase

LexisNexis

Locke Lord LLP

Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

McDonald's Corporation

McGuireWoods LLP

Northern Trust

Reed Smith LLP

Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

SNR Denton US LLP

United Air Lines

Vedder Price P.C.

Special thanks to TrialGraphix for their generosity in creating and producing the event posters; Greene and Letts for underwriting the production of the event program; Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione for generously donating postage for the event invitations; and Foley & Lardner LLP for their in-kind donation of office space.

Please contact Shana Heller-Ogden at 312-832-5130 or by e-mail for additional information

about PILI's Annual Awards Luncheon and sponsorship opportunies.

Click here for information on past PILI Annual Awards Luncheons

including pictures and lists of award recipients and event sponsors.