Advisory Board
Kevin Durkin, Board President, Partner, Clifford Law Offices
Ruth Ann Schmitt, Board Vice President, Executive Director, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
Aurora N. Abella-Austriaco, Of Counsel, Peck Bloom Austriaco & Koenig
Cecilia Abundis, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Illinois Attorney General
Katie Aune, Director, Alumni Relations, DePaul University College of Law
Karina Ayala-Bermejo, Managing Deputy Commissioner, Department of Human Resources, City of Chicago
Michael G. Bergmann, Director, Pro Bono Initiative
Jack L. Block, Deputy Director for Special Projects, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
Noelle Brennan, Noelle Brennan & Associates
Julie Elena Brown, Senior Staff Counsel, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
Edwin Burnette, Public Defender, Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender
Hon. Bernetta Bush
Karyn L. Bass Ehler, Associate, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick and Dym
Christopher W. Carmichael, Associate, Holland & Knight
Leonard L. Cavise, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Public Interest Law, DePaul University College of Law
Kevin Fortwendel, Assistant Dean of Alumni Relations and Development, DePaul University College of Law
Miriam Geraghty, Kinoy Taren & Geraghty
Barbara A. "Barb" Gimbel, Partner Holland & Knight
Jenny Grobelski, Student, DePaul University College of Law
Edward Grossman, Executive Director, Chicago Legal Clinic
Brian F. Havel, Associate Dean for Centers, Institutes, and Programs, DePaul University College of Law
Paula Kim, Associate, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Sarah La Voi, Corporate Counsel, Hyatt Corporation
Susan Lewers, Illinois Bar Foundation
Roslyn C. Lieb
Grace Lim, Pro Bono Coordinator, Legal Aid Bureau
Shaye Loughlin, Assistant Director, Center for Public Interest Law, DePaul University College of Law
Virginia Martinez, Legislative Staff Attorney, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Philip J. Mohr, Deputy Director, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Terry Norton
John Sciaccotta, Shareholder, Shefsky & Froelich
Sallie Smylie, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Edward ("Ted") Tuerk, Partner, McDermott Will and Emery
Katherine E. Walz, Senior Attorney, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Glen Weissenberger, Dean, DePaul University College of Law
