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  • July 8, 2013 | ISBA News
    2 Minutes with the President: Paula H. Holderman highlights her plans for the upcoming year

    ISBA President Paula H. Holderman is proud to announce that her primary focus this year is to ensure that the ISBA provides optimal services and programs to its current members while simultaneously attracting new ones. She has appointed a New Lawyer Task Force to identify challenges facing lawyers entering the profession and to determine what ISBA can do to help. Watch below as President Holderman discusses her other plans for the 2013-2014 bar year.

  • June 26, 2013 | People | ISBA News
    ISBA President Holderman named "100 Women of Influence"


    Five women lawyers will be featured in the “100 Women of Influence” special section in the July issue of Today’s Chicago Woman magazine. They are: Anita Alvarez, State’s Attorney, Cook County; Laurel Bellows, Managing Principal, The Bellows Law Group P.C.; President, American Bar Association; Paula H. Holderman, Chief Attorney Development Officer, Winston & Strawn LLP; President, Illinois State Bar Association; Susan Levy, Managing Partner, Jenner & Block; and Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, State of Illinois. The special “100 Women of Influence” feature is a list of the most accomplished women in their respective fields.

  • June 22, 2013 | ISBA News | Events
    Paula H. Holderman sworn-in as 137th ISBA President

    Paula H. Holderman, chief attorney development officer at Winston & Strawn, LLP, in Chicago, was sworn-in as the 137th president of the Illinois State Bar Association on June 21 at the Annual Meeting in Lake Geneva, Wis.

    During her term as president, Holderman will place special emphasis on four major projects, with an overall focus on enhancing member services and new member recruitment. She has formed a New Lawyer Task Force, to be chaired by two young lawyers, Marron Mahoney and Brian Monico, who, with a committee, will develop recommendations for the ISBA to help young lawyers succeed in the profession.

    Holderman will also concentrate on member services and marketing the tangible benefits of ISBA membership. Currently, the ISBA offers 15 hours of free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits each year to members, as well as Fastcase (online research) and E-Clips (case digests and legal news) as essential tools of the practice. ISBA membership also provides access to affordable malpractice insurance through the ISBA Mutual Insurance Company. “We will show the legal community that ISBA membership is not only relevant but the one membership that an Illinois lawyer needs,” she stated.

  • May 29, 2013 | People | ISBA News
    Holderman receives philanthropic award

    ISBA President-elect Paula H. Holderman receives the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Philanthropic Award from Chicago student Esperanza Gaytan at the Lawyers Lend-A-Hand’s Youth Spring Awards Dinner on May 15 at the Four Seasons Hotel.

    Holderman’s husband, James F. Holderman, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Chicago, also received the award. Gaytan has been involved in the ISBA-sponsored Law & Leadership Institute.

  • May 2, 2013 | ISBA News
    U.S. Marshal receives Law Enforcement Award from ISBA

    Darryl K. McPherson, a United States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois, today received the 2013 Law Enforcement Award from the Illinois State Bar Association at a ceremony held at the E.M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn, in Chicago. ISBA President-elect Paula H. Holderman presented the award.

    The ISBA’s Law Enforcement Award was created to recognize sworn law enforcement officers for conduct that promotes justice and to distinguish those individuals whose service to the public brings honor and respect to the entire criminal justice system. It is given sparingly to recognize those who truly excel in the field of law enforcement.

    During his time at the helm of the U.S. Marshals Service for the Northern District of Illinois, Marshal McPherson has made a significant contribution to preventing and minimizing the impact of crime. He has also led the Marshals Service in getting involved in numerous community and charitable events that shed a favorable light on law enforcement.