IBF JusticeCorps program receives Liberty Bell Award

The Illinois Bar Foundation's JusticeCorps Program received a 2016 Liberty Bell Award on April 20 during a Lake County Bar Association meeting at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. The organization Liberty Bell Award was presented to JusticeCorps by the Judges of the 19th Judicial Circuit in memory of the late Judge Thomas R. Smoker. The individual Liberty Bell Award was awarded posthumously to Lorinne "Lori" Cunningham, who passed away in January.

From left: Cook County Circuit Court Judge Leonard Murray, Norma Gomez, Lake County JusticeCorps Fellow, Judge Patricia Golden (Ret.), Chair of the Illinois JusticeCorps Steering Committee and Lake County Chief Judge Jorge Ortiz

From left: Cook County Circuit Court Judge Leonard Murray, Norma Gomez, Lake County JusticeCorps Fellow, Judge Patricia Golden (Ret.), Chair of the Illinois JusticeCorps Steering Committee and Lake County Chief Judge Jorge Ortiz

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Chris Bonjean