Each year the CBF partners with The Chicago Bar Association to recognize outstanding contributions to access to justice in the Chicago area with their prestigious Pro Bono and Public Service Awards. These six awards, along with the Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship, are presented each year at one of the signature events in the Chicago legal community, the Annual Pro Bono and Public Service Awards Luncheon.  

The 2007 Luncheon, attended by almost 700 members of Chicago's legal community, raised more than $300,000 to support the important work of the CBF.  To learn more about the 2007 recipients, click on the award names to the left. 

The Recipients of the 2007 CBF/CBA Pro Bono and Public Service Awards

The Thomas H. Morsch Award Public Service Award 

Ann Hilton Fisher, AIDS Legal Council of Chicago

The Exelon Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award 

Randall S. Rapp, Woods Equipment Company

The Edward J. Lewis II Pro Bono Award 

Ellen E. Douglass, Law Offices of Ellen E. Douglass

The Richard J. Phelan Public Service Award 

James L. Dunn, City of Chicago Department of Law

The Leonard J. Schrager Award of Excellence 

Ralph Ruebner, The John Marshall Law School

The Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award 

Justin Lee Heather, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship 

Miguel C. Keberlein Gutierrez, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago