The mission of the Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services is: to encourage and support the most effective means to deliver legal services, including: making legal services easier to access, more affordable and more readily available to low-and-moderate-income individuals; developing and sponsoring programming and resources for the profession and the public; maintaining liaison relationships with other ISBA and external entities; and increasing pro bono participation and innovation.
Visit the committee's Pro Bono page for Pro Bono Spotlight articles & Pro Bono opportunities.
Read the Delivery of Legal Services' long range plan
ISBA Disaster Legal Services Manual is our resource for Illinoisans and their lawyers.
Pro Bono Net launches http://www.femaappeals.org for those who have been turned down by FEMA. Site users answer can create appeal letters and request their FEMA file.
Committee Roster
- John E. Brennock, Diaz Anselmo & Assoc., LLC, Naperville, Chair
- Kimberly Marie Thielbar, Prairie State Legal Services, West Chicago, Vice-Chair
- Lori K. Hansen, Champaign County Circuit Court, Urbana, Secretary
- Clarissa P. Gaff, Land of Lincoln Legal Legal Aid Inc, East St. Louis, Ex-Officio
- Abigail Grace Causer, Public Interest Law Initiative, Champaign, Member
- Sandra Crawford, Law Crawford PC, Park Ridge, Member
- Hon. Rivanda Doss, Homewood, Member
- Richard C. Gleason, II, ARDC, Chicago, Member
- David T. Holtermann, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, Chicago, Member
- Mohini Lal, Prairie State Legal Services, West Chicago, Member
- Hon. Lori R. Lefstein, Ret., Rock Island, Member
- Brigette M. Lobacz, Morton, Member
- Nicole Massey, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Champaign, Member
- Judith H. Miller, Administer Justice, Elgin, Member
- Daniel Quarfoot, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, Chicago, Member
- Teresa Leann Ross, Illinois Legal Aid Online, Chicago, Member
- Andrew William Sharp, Administer Justice, Elgin, Member
- Bryan Paul Thompson, Chicago Consumer Law Center PC, Lake Barrington, Member
- Wendy H. Vaughn, Northern Illinois Univ College of Law, Rockford, Member
- Marisa P. Wiesman, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, Elmhurst, Member
- Megan McGlothlin Wood, Prairie State Legal Services, Bloomington, Member
- Leslie A. Wood, Glen Carbon, Member
- Susan L. Zielke, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Champaign, Member
- Michael A. Zuckerman, JAMS, Chicago, Member
- Michael G. Bergmann, Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI), Chicago, Board Liaison
- Tajuana Beasley, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, Staff Liaison
- Stacey M. Jonas, Illinois Bar Foundation - Illinois Justice Corps, Chicago, Liaison to IBF
- Stacey Hacker Meehan, Illinois Bar Foundation, Chicago, Liaison to IBF