30 Female Blackstones program and reception

ISBA President Paula H. Holderman and 7th Circuit Bar Association President Julie Bauer hosted an event honoring the 30 Female Blackstones on Aug. 22 at Winston & Strawn LLP's headquarters in Chicago. The 30 Female Blackstones were a group of women lawyers who met at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago to fight for women's suffrage and advancement in previously male professions.

ISBA President Paula H. Holderman and 7th Circuit Bar Association President Julie A. Bauer

Speakers and organizers of the event included (from left): Deane B. Brown, Justice Anne M. Burke, Judge Virginia Kendall, Justice Rita Garman, 7th Circuit Bar Association President Julie A. Bauer, ISBA President Paula H. Holderman, Justice Ann Claire Williams, Dean Nina Appel, Patricia Brown Holmes, Judge Diane Wood and Stephanie Scharf

ISBA President Paula H. Holderman, CBA Past President Aurora Abella-Austriaco, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, ISBA Board member Hon. Jessica Arong O'Brien

ISBA President-elect Richard D. Felice, ISBA President Paula H. Holderman, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride, CBA Past President Aurora Abella-Austriaco and ISBA Board member Hon. Jessica Arong O'Brien

ISBA Past President John G. Locallo, ISBA Past President Irene Bahr, ISBA President-elect Richard D. Felice and ISBA 3rd Vice President Vincent F. Cornelius

ISBA Women in the Law Committee Chair Mary Petruchius, Kristina Wilson, Patricia Brown Holmes

Judge Janet Baer, Judge Diane Wood

Judge Ann Claire Williams, ISBA Board member Kenya Jenkins-Wright, Chiymelle Nunn, Doressia Hutton

Kate O'Malley, Maureen Healy, Anita Ventrelli

Appellate Court Justice John B. Simon, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride, Maritza Martinez

ISBA President Paula H. Holderman and 7th Circuit Bar Association President Julie A. Bauer

Speakers and organizers of the event included (from left): Deane B. Brown, Justice Anne M. Burke, Judge Virginia Kendall, Justice Rita Garman, 7th Circuit Bar Association President Julie A. Bauer, ISBA President Paula H. Holderman, Justice Ann Claire Williams, Dean Nina Appel, Patricia Brown Holmes, Judge Diane Wood and Stephanie Scharf

ISBA President Paula H. Holderman, CBA Past President Aurora Abella-Austriaco, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, ISBA Board member Hon. Jessica Arong O'Brien

ISBA President-elect Richard D. Felice, ISBA President Paula H. Holderman, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride, CBA Past President Aurora Abella-Austriaco and ISBA Board member Hon. Jessica Arong O'Brien

ISBA Past President John G. Locallo, ISBA Past President Irene Bahr, ISBA President-elect Richard D. Felice and ISBA 3rd Vice President Vincent F. Cornelius

ISBA Women in the Law Committee Chair Mary Petruchius, Kristina Wilson, Patricia Brown Holmes

Judge Janet Baer, Judge Diane Wood

Judge Ann Claire Williams, ISBA Board member Kenya Jenkins-Wright, Chiymelle Nunn, Doressia Hutton

Kate O'Malley, Maureen Healy, Anita Ventrelli

Appellate Court Justice John B. Simon, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride, Maritza Martinez

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Chris Bonjean