The Illinois State Bar Association’s Diversity Leadership Council (DLC) welcomed six new Fellows at its meeting on Friday, Sept. 21. Four of the new Fellows were on hand for the meeting including (top photo, from left) Mehpara Suleman, Special Assistant Attorney General for the Illinois Department of Revenue, Chicago; Prof. Kim D. Chanbonpin, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago;  DLC Chair Ebony Huddleston, Farrell Hamilton & Julian PC in Godfrey; Junko Minami, Assistant Attorney General for the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago; Veronica Armouti, Sandberg Pheonix & von Gontard, Edwardsville; (back, from left) DLC Ex-officio William T. Eveland, Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago; DLC Secretary John Moore, John W Moore PC, Chicago; and DLC Vice-Chair Sandra Blake of Life Span, Des Plaines. Two new Fellows not on hand for the meeting were Carla Allen of the Allen Law Firm in St. Louis and Joslyn Anthony of Belleville.

Members of the ISBA’s Diversity Leadership Council on hand to welcome the new Fellows included (front, from left): Scott D. Pollock, Chicago; Blake, Huddleston, Mary F. Petruchius, Sycamore, and Eveland; (back, from left): Michael J. Maslanka, Chicago; Rachel N. Toft, Chicago; Angela Donohoo, Troy; Anthony E. Rothert, Edwardsville; Moore; Daniel R. Saeedi, Chicago and Thomas N. Bruno, Urbana.