2007 Annual Meeting
Lowell Sachnoff and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
Clyde Murphy, Judd Miner and Bob Lehrer
Ron Miller, Dave Jolivette, Barry Sullivan and Clyde Murphy
Dawn Clark Netsch, Lowell Sachnoff and Tom Sullivan
Paul Greenwalt and Mary Kay Martire
Marc Kaddish and Clyde Murphy
Lowell Sachnoff and Marianne Raimondi
Mary Kay Martire and Kelly Welsh
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2007
For further information, contact:
Clyde E. Murphy
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee
(312) 630-9744
THOMAS P. SULLIVAN TO ADDRESS CHICAGO BAR
Lowell E. Sachnoff to Receive the Edwin A. Rothschild Award for Lifetime Achievement in Civil Rights
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw to be Recognized for Its Pro Bono Contributions at the July 11, 2007 Annual Meeting of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.
Northern Trust to be Honored with a Corporate Leadership Award
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee Chair, Mary Kay Martire, Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP to Preside
DLA Piper US Associate Honored as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2007
Thomas P. Sullivan will give the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee on Wednesday, July 11, 2007, which begins at 11:30 am, and will be held at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Sullivan, a partner at Jenner & Block, is known for his significant contributions to the public interest, and for his advocacy on behalf of prisoners in custody at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
Lowell E. Sachnoff will receive the Edwin A. Rothschild Award for Lifetime Achievement in Civil Rights in recognition of the significant contributions to civil rights and social justice he has made throughout his career. Mr. Sachnoff is a founder and former chairman of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee.
The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee will recognize Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw for the lead role played by the firm in developing a program to provide free self-help legal assistance to pro se plaintiffs in federal civil rights cases.
Kelly R. Welsh, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Northern Trust, will accept the Corporate Leadership Award. Northern Trust is being honored for its history of focused community lending, strategic philanthropy, and diversity both in the workplace and in supplier contracts.
Marianne Raimondi of DLA Piper US LLP will be honored as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2007 in recognition of her contribution to the Choose to Own program. Ms. Raimondi’s clients, low-income first-time homebuyers, benefitted from her careful preparation and respectful attitude.
The annual meeting is sponsored Blackman Kallick Bartelstein LLP. Additional support is being provided by Huron Consulting Group and AlixPartners LLP.
To purchase ticket(s) to the annual meeting ($120.00/person), call (312) 630-9744.
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee, a cooperative, pro bono effort of Chicago’s leading law firms, is Chicago’s partnership for equal justice. Annually, over 20,000 hours of donated professional legal services, with a value of $3.5 million, are directed to civil rights issues through the Committee. For further information, visit the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee website at www.clccrul.org.
The 38th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Lawyers'
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.
The Palmer House Hilton Hotel
Grand Ballroom
17 East Monroe Street, Chicago
11:30am - reception
12:00pm - luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Thomas P. Sullivan
Awards
Edwin A. Rothschild Award for Lifetime Achievement in Civil Rights: Lowell E. Sachnoff
2007 Corporate Leadership Award: Northern Trust
2007 Pro Bono Award: Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, LLP
Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2007: Marianne Raimondi, DLA Piper US LLP
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The annual meeting is sponsored Blackman Kallick.
Additional support is being provided by Huron Consulting Group and AlixPartners LLP.
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Keynote Speaker Thomas P. Sullivan
A partner at Jenner & Block, Thomas P. Sullivan specializes in trials and appeals of civil and criminal cases, internal investigations, arbitration and mediation. Mr. Sullivan is an author and speaker on subjects relating to trials and appeals of civil and criminal cases, criminal justice reform, and police investigatory procedures. Mr. Sullivan is well-known for his significant contributions to the public interest.
Mr. Sullivan has won numerous awards for his advocacy for the poor, minorities and disenfranchised groups. Following the 1968 Democratic Convention, he represented defense attorneys and protesters. With Albert Jenner, Jr., he battled the U.S. House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee. In one of the first mortgage lending cases brought by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee, Sullivan represented the Contract Buyers League, a group of hundreds of African American homebuyers who were refused conventional mortgage financing. From 1977 to 1981, he served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, where he spearheaded the Operation Greylord probe. Returning to Jenner & Block, he fought overcrowding in Cook County Jail, conducted corruption investigations for Mayor Harold Washington, and reviewed the practices of the Highland Park Police Department. Mr. Sullivan’s deep commitment to fair housing resulted in being named independent monitor of the Chicago Housing Relocation Project in 2002 and 2003. He was Co-Chair of the Illinois Governor’s Commission on Capital Punishment from 2000 to 2002, and continues to be a member of the Steering Committee for the ABA’s Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project. He is Chair of both the Illinois Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee and the Northwestern University Law School Center on Wrongful Convictions Advisory Board.
Mr. Sullivan, with a number of partners, has represented several prisoners in custody at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. He has been an outspoken advocate on behalf of the prisoners at Guantanamo, addressing the fundamental unfairness of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal process generally, and the lack of access to habeas corpus review specifically. In September 2006, Sullivan testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, expressing his grave concerns about the Military Commissions Act, which stripped detainees’ ability to file habeas petitions.
A graduate of Loyola University School of Law, Mr. Sullivan served in the U.S. Army in Korea before beginning his practice of law in 1954. He was the 30th attorney to enter Jenner & Block, and has now surpassed his 50th anniversary there.