Cook County Bar Association to host 101th Annual Awards and Installation Banquet

CHICAGO - May 14, 2015 - PRLog -- (CHICAGO)  -- The Cook County Bar Association (http://#www.cookcountybar.org) (CCBA) will host its 101^th Annual Awards and Installation Banquet on Friday, June 12, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago beginning at 5:30 p.m.  The event themed “Lawyers for Justice: Advocates for Change will also feature the installation of Arlene Y. Coleman, Esq, Managing Member at Coleman & Brown, LLC aspresident of CCBA.

Serving as Honorary Chairs for the event are Judge Arnette Hubbard and Attorney Anne L. Fredd.  One of the highlights of the evening will be a video presentation Cook County Bar Association: The First Century.  The Kenwood Jazz Band will provide the musical entertainment.

“This has been an exciting year for the Cook County Bar Association and we are pleased to share our accomplishments as we prepare to transition to our new leadership,” said Celestia Mays, current president of the CCBA. “As the oldest association of African American lawyers and judges in the country, CCCBA members are among the pioneers of the legal profession and represent a long and storied history of championing issues of importance to not just African Americans but all Americans.”

Today, the CCBA continues to serve as a community advocate, having recently partnered with Operation PUSH on the forum, “Know Your Rights:  Surviving Police Encounters in the Age of Eric Garner,” to call attention to the rash of violent encounters between the police and the public over the past several years. “I look forward to working with the CCBA Board, its members and the community to continue to produce relevant programming that reflects the legal realities we face today,” said Coleman.  “These times offer both challenges and opportunities and the CCBA will be ready to face both.”

Historically, the CCBA has engaged in a variety of programs to advance the legal profession and its members and celebrated its centennial in 2014.  Among its most important contributions was the development of an organized system for the fair and impartial evaluations of judicial candidates that led to the joint alliance with other minority bar associations.

Sponsors for the Awards and Installation Banquet include James D. Montgomery and Associates, Ltd., Schiff Hardin LLP and Powers Rogers & Smith.  Cost for tickets to the event are $125 for individuals, sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more details visit www.cookcountybar.org or contact Cordelia Brown at cbrown@cookcountybar.org.  You may also visit the CCBA on Facebook.

About the Cook County Bar Association

The CCBA was founded in 1914 and is the oldest association of African American lawyers and judges in the nation. Since its inception 100 years ago, the CCBA has been actively engaged in community service and outreach. Members of the CCBA recognize their special responsibility to make a difference and provide direct pro bono legal services to those in need.

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