Illinois Bar Foundation Gala 2011

The Illinois Bar Foundation held its annual Gala on Friday, Oct. 14 at the Four Seasons in Chicago. Newton Minow was honored with the 2011 IBF Distinguished Award for Excellence.

IBF Distinguished Award for Excellence recipient Newton Minow

IBF Distinguished Award for Excellence recipient Newton Minow

IBF Distinguished Award for Excellence recipient Newton Minow

Gala Co-Chair Chuck Douglas, Gala Co-Chair Rudy Schade, Board Gala Chair Perry Browder, Board Gala Chair Shawn Kasserman

Board Gala Chair Shawn Kasserman, Cook County Judge Elizabeth Budzinski, ISBA Board member Karen Enright and Gala Co-Chair Rudy Schade

Newton Minow received the 2011 IBF Distinguished Award of Excellence from Abner Mikva

IBF President George Mahoney

ISBA President John G. Locallo

Al Pope, IJA President M. Carol Pope, Karen O'Brien and Chief Judge James Holderman

ISBA 3rd Vice President Richard D. Felice accepts the raffle prize from IBF Board member Peter Flowers as M.C. Lester Munson (center) looks on

Janet Hassakis, Gala Raffle Co-Chair and ISBA Board member Lisa Nyuli, and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier and his wife, Mary

Newton Minow and Judge William Bauer

ISBA Board member Russell Scott, a Gala guest and IBF Treasurer Jim Lestikow

IBF staff

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Chris Bonjean