1st District Admission Ceremony photo gallery

ISBA Secretary Mark Wojcik, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis and Illinois Appellate Justice Thomas R. Appleton

Illinois Appellate Justice Thomas R. Appleton presents the motion to admit the class.

New admittee Emily Adams with her family and Justices Theis and Burke

New admittee August Appleton and his father, Illinois Appellate Justice Thomas R. Appleton - who presented the motion for admission on behalf of the class

428 new lawyers were admitted at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago

New admittee Colette Willer with her family and the justices.

New admittee Lauren Davalle with her family and the justices.

New admittee James Stathopolous with his family and the justices.

New admittee Shauna Martin with her family and the justices.

New admittee Shauna Martin with her father, ISBA member Jeffrey Martin and the justices.

New admittee Kathryn Fox with her family and the justices.

New admittee David Bonner with his family and the justices.

New admittee Katya Manaka with her familty and the justices.

ISBA Immediate Past President John O'Brien with Levin and Perconi partner Jeffrey Martin and Gay and Lesbian Bar Association of Chicago President John Litchfield

This way to the admission ceremony.

New admittee Agnes Prindiville and family with the justices.

New admittee Michele Rajfer (rear, center) and family with the justices.

New admittee Connor Bidwill (rear, center) and his family with the justices.

New admittees (and couple) Christopher Crevier and Natalie Lange of Chicago with President O'Brien

Hispanic Lawyers Association President Leo Lastre, Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald, Chicago Bar Association President Anita Alvarez, ISBA President John O'Brien and Women's Bar Association of Illinois President Patrice Ball-Reed

Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald with ISBA President O'Brien

President O'Brien speaks with CBA President Alvarez as Leo Lastre and Puerto Rican Bar Association President Enrique Abraham look on.

The ISBA table at the admission ceremony

ISBA Secretary Mark Wojcik, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis and Illinois Appellate Justice Thomas R. Appleton

ISBA Secretary Mark Wojcik, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis and Illinois Appellate Justice Thomas R. Appleton

ISBA Secretary Mark Wojcik with other bar association leaders

Illinois Appellate Justice Thomas R. Appleton presents the motion to admit the class.

Supreme Court Justices Anne Burke and Mary Jane Theis presided over the ceremony.

New admittee Emily Adams with her family and Justices Theis and Burke

Representatives from local bar associations with Supreme Court Justices Anne Burke and Mary Jane Theis

New admittee August Appleton and his father, Illinois Appellate Justice Thomas R. Appleton - who presented the motion for admission on behalf of the class

New admittee Mike Welsh-Phillips with his family and Justices Burke and Theis

428 new lawyers were admitted at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago

New admittee Conor LeFevour with a guest and the judges.

New admittee Colette Willer with her family and the justices.

New admittee Jessica Kull with her father, Judge Geary Kull, with the justices.

New admittee Lauren Davalle with her family and the justices.

New admittee Leonardo Morales with his family and the justices.

New admittee James Stathopolous with his family and the justices.

The Supreme Court justices with representatives from the Gay and Lesbian Bar Association of Chicago, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and the Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois.

New admittee Shauna Martin with her family and the justices.

New admittee Lena Lee with her father

New admittee Shauna Martin with her father, ISBA member Jeffrey Martin and the justices.

White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett with her daughter, new admittee Laura Jarrett and friend Anthony Balkissoon pose with Justices Anne Burke, Charles Freeman and Mary Jane Theis.

New admittee Kathryn Fox with her family and the justices.

New admittee Michael Pellegrino with his father, ISBA member Richard Pellegrino, his mother and the justices.

New admittee David Bonner with his family and the justices.

New admittee Kevin Sterk with his family and the justices.

New admittee Katya Manaka with her familty and the justices.

New admittee Michelle Olson with her family and the justices.

ISBA Immediate Past President John O'Brien with Levin and Perconi partner Jeffrey Martin and Gay and Lesbian Bar Association of Chicago President John Litchfield

New admittee Christopher Iaria of Wheaton with his parents Joe and Marybeth with President O'Brien.

This way to the admission ceremony.

The 500 new admittees and their families inside the Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place West.

New admittee Agnes Prindiville and family with the justices.

ISBA President John O'Brien delivers his remarks to the new admittees.

New admittee Michele Rajfer (rear, center) and family with the justices.

Keynote speaker Randolph N. Stone

New admittee Connor Bidwill (rear, center) and his family with the justices.

ISBA President John O'Brien with 81-year-old new admittee Agnes Prindiville

New admittees (and couple) Christopher Crevier and Natalie Lange of Chicago with President O'Brien

Illinois Supreme Court Justices Charles Freeman, Thomas Fitzgerald, Anne Burke and (rear) Justinian Society President Christina Mungai, WBAI President Patrice Ball-Reed, Cook County Bar Association President Marian E. Perkins and ISBA President John O'Brien

Hispanic Lawyers Association President Leo Lastre, Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald, Chicago Bar Association President Anita Alvarez, ISBA President John O'Brien and Women's Bar Association of Illinois President Patrice Ball-Reed

New admittee David Froylan and family with the justices.

Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald with ISBA President O'Brien

Representatives from local bar associations with the justices.

President O'Brien speaks with CBA President Alvarez as Leo Lastre and Puerto Rican Bar Association President Enrique Abraham look on.

New admittee Colleen DeRosa and family with the justices.

The ISBA table at the admission ceremony

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Chris Bonjean