Joel Daly a broadcast pioneer

Chicago attorney Joel T. Daly, a television journalist for four decades, received an inaugural Illinois Broadcast Pioneer Award during the annual meeting of the Illinois Broadcasters Association on June 17 in Springfield.

A former member of the ISBA Committee on Cable Television Programming, Daly joined ABC channel 7 in 1967. He received five Chicago Emmy awards for commentary and for “highlighting the genuine humanity and humor in the day’s happenings.”

A member of the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame, he is of counsel to Joseph, Lichtenstein & Levinson and information officer for the U.S. District Court.

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Kimball R. Anderson of Winston & Strawn, a Laureate of the ISBA Academy of Illinois Lawyers, and Karen Gatsis Anderson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago on June 23.

Adela Carlin of the foundation’s northwest office received the third Jerold S. Solovy Equal Justice Award during the annual Campaign for Justice luncheon in Chicago.

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Kevin P. Durkin of the Clifford Law Offices, past president of the Chicago Bar Association, received an Accipiter Award from the Fenwick Bar Association last month.

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Judge Valerie Boettle Ceckowski of the 19th Circuit, a past president of the Lake County Bar Association, will be honored for community contributions on Thursday, Aug. 7, during a Gurnee Days testimonial dinner.

She also was honored in April by the United Way of Lake County Women’s Leadership Council, and has been recognized as a Southern Illinois University Education Department Alumna of the Year.

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Priscilla Ruth MacDougall of Madison, Wis., a member of the Illinois bar since 1970, was honored June 9 during a program titled “A Salute to Feminist Lawyers.” She previously received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Journalists Association.

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Chicago attorney Katherine K. Combs, senior vice president and deputy general counsel of the Exelon Corp. received a Highest Leaf Award from the Women’s Venture Fund on June 25 during a dinner in New York City.

Combs is one of seven women honored as trailblazing women business executives for outstanding leadership. Her responsibilities include SEC reporting and compliance, counseling on securities laws and regulations, and managing shareholder services.

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Elizabeth L. Corey of the Chicago office of Foley & Lardner and Bruce Keyes of the Milwaukee office are among project participants who received a Community Impact Award for excellence in brownfield redevelopment programs.

The project for which they were honored May 6 during a Phoenix Awards ceremony in Detroit involved the South Campus Development at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Corey and Keyes managed environ-mental issues and the relationship between UIC and commercial developers, and led negotiations with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency on innovative cleanup efforts.

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Chicago attorney Mary A. Dempsey, commissioner of the Chicago Public Library, has been elected chair of the DePaul University Board of Trustees. A board member for 10 years, she is a 1982 graduate of the university’s College of Law.

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Henry F. Marquard of Muscatine has been elected chair of the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission. A member of the Illinois bar since 1979, he is corporate counsel at Stanley Consultants and an adjunct professor in the St. Ambrose University MBA program.

Simmons firm assists veterans

The East Alton firm of SimmonsCooper, which received an ISBA John C. McAndrews Pro Bono Service Award on June 27, has helped more than 100 homeless St. Louis-area veterans of military service.

The firm’s formal pro bono program works closely with Chief Judge Ann E. Callis of the 3rd Circuit to identify the most-needed legal services, and to train participating attorneys who represent eligible clients.

“Often an unpaid ticket turns into an arrest warrant which makes it impossible for a veteran to get a job,” said Gloria E. Colon, a retired Army master sergeant and one of the firm’s attorneys who attended the ISBA award ceremony.

“If we can get the ticket and warrant resolved, the vet may be a step closer to getting a job and being back on his feet,” she added.

John D. Simmons, who also attended the award ceremony, said the firm’s pro bono work “is especially rewarding on a very personal level. It fuels our passion to help others improve the quality of their lives.”

SimmonsCooper also has secured more than $13 million in compensation for workers who contracted cancer through exposure to thorium while working on nuclear weapons in Madison.