Yesterday the Union League Club of Chicago honored Judge Abner Mikva with its Distinguished Public Service Award. Judge Mikva is currently the senior director of the University of Chicago Law School’s Mandel Legal Aid Clinic. Chicago personal injury attorney Robert Kreisman was in attendance as he had served as a…
The American Association of Justice (AAJ) is a national trial bar for plaintiff attorneys that fights to protect the rights of people who have been injured as the result of negligence or misconduct. Its members handle a wide range of cases, including personal injury, medical malpractice, and product liability. As…
On Thursday, April 22, 2010, the Public Affairs Committee of The Union League Club of Chicago will be hosting a screening of The Response, a 30-minute film documenting the U.S. military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Response takes the audience inside the military tribunals to provide an insider’s view…
On February 24, 2010, the Public Affairs Committee of the Union League Club of Chicago welcomed the Honorable Edward M. Burke, the dean of the Chicago City Council. Mr. Burke has served as Alderman of Chicago’s 14th Ward for more than four decades. He is a recognized expert of the…
Morris Dees, the co-founder and lawyer of the Southern Poverty Law Center, was honored at the Union League Club of Chicago by the Decalogue Society of Lawyers. The event held on March 2, 2010 at the Union League Club of Chicago was attended by Cook County judges, elected officials and…
The Union League Club of Chicago’s Civic & Arts Foundation hosted the 2010 jazz improvisation competition at Buddy Guy’s Legends on February 17, 2010. From high school kids to semi-professionals beginning to make a splash on the Chicago jazz scene, the breadth of talent exhibited at Buddy Guy’s Legends was…
Last week a group of Chicago law organizations presented a forum on the experiences of pro bono legal counsel working with the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The forum was organized and sponsored by the Chicago Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society, the John Marshall Law School Student Chapter…
Yesterday the Union League Club of Chicago’s Public Affairs Committee, through its external relations subcommittee chair, Chicago attorney Robert Kreisman, hosted the Cook County Assessor Forum Candidate in conjunction with the Henry George School of Social Science. The candidates included Raymond Figueroa, Democrat; Robert Shaw, Democrat; Robert Grota, Green; and…
This past Friday, the Union League Club of Chicago’s Public Affairs Committee presented the Cook County Board Presidential Candidate Forum. The forum was attended by candidates from all parties and was made possible by the Club’s Chicago Area Public Affairs Group and its External Relations subcommittee chair Chicago attorney Robert…
Kreisman Law Offices is proud to announce that its founder, Chicago attorney Robert Kreisman, has been included in the 2010 Illinois Super Lawyers list. According to the publishers of Illinois Super Lawyers 2010, there is a three-step process for deciding whether or not a candidate makes the cut. First, candidates…