The Illinois State Bar Association will present several awards recognizing individuals for their commitment and service to the profession and their communities during a ceremony held July 11 at Maggiano's Little Italy Chicago:

The awards include:

• Austin Fleming Newsletter Editors Award: Samuel Levine
• Civics Education Award: Sarah Taylor, Hon. Robert Wilbrandt, Michael Alkaraki
• Community Leadership Award: Hon. Mary C. Marubio
• Diversity Leadership Award: Mario Sullivan
• Roz Kaplan Government Service Award: Zeophus Williams
• Elmer Gertz Award for Human Rights: Keith Harley
• ISBA Newsletter Service Awards: Sandra Blake, Curtis Ford, Jennifer Bunker, Kathryn Eisenhart, Melissa Maye, James Nyeste, David Doyle, William Price, John Nisivaco, John Phipps, Hon. Edna Turkington-Viktoria
• John C. McAndrews Pro Bono Service Award: Robert Berliner, Bozeman Neighbour Patton & Noe, LLP, McDermott Will & Emery, DuPage County Bar Association
• Joseph R. Bartylak Memorial Legal Services Award: Linda Rothnagel
• Law Student Division Public Service Award: Ashley Kennedy
• Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest: Greg R. Jones, Daniel Katzman, Jake Crabbs
• Legal Education Award: DePaul University College of Law Asylum & Immigration Clinic
• Matthew Maloney Tradition of Excellence Award: Alice Sackett
• Richard H. Teas Legislative Support Award: Cindy Buys
• Young Lawyer of the Year: Miranda Soucie, Stephanie Tang

Ceremony information and registration details.

The ISBA will present additional awards at the organization’s 143rd Annual Meeting at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. 

ISBA Board of Governors Award recipients include: Barbara Crowder, Sharon Eiseman, Lisa Nyuli, and Richard Zuckerman.