Members of Chicago’s legal community gather each year to raise funds for Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth at its Spring Awards Dinner, which honors a prominent attorney with the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Philanthropic Award. This year’s honoree is Judge Lorna E. Propes of the Circuit Court of Cook County.
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The dinner also raises a significant amount of Lend-A-Hand’s annual budget. In 2018, the Spring Awards Dinner was a lively affair that had 300 guests and raised nearly $200,000.
Highlights of the Spring Awards Dinner
  • Cocktail hour
  • Three-course seated dinner
  • Presentation of the Thomas A. Demetrio Award to an outstanding tutoring or mentoring program
  • Presentation of the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Philanthropic Award to Judge Lorna E. Propes
  • Mystery Gift Raffle, Live Auction, and Paddle Raise

Host Committee

​Franco La Marca (Chair)
Bernstein Private Wealth Management
 
Joseph Alioto
Madison Street Capital
 
Christopher Cahill
Lowis & Gellen
 
Erin E. Clifford
Clifford Law Offices
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Alison Helland
Boardman Clark
 
Kathryn Liss
DePaul University College of Law
Alexander Memmen
Memmen Law Firm
 
Brian Monico
Hale & Monico
 
Thomas Mulroy III
Salvi Schostok & Pritchard
 
Eirene Nakamura Salvi
Salvi Schostok & Pritchard
 
Timothy S. Tomasik
Tomasik Kotin Kasserman
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