Delivery of Legal Services

The mission of the Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services is: to encourage and support the most effective means to deliver legal services, including: making legal services easier to access, more affordable and more readily available to low-and-moderate-income individuals; developing and sponsoring programming and resources for the profession and the public; maintaining liaison relationships with other ISBA and external entities; and increasing pro bono participation and innovation.

Visit the committee's Pro Bono page for Pro Bono Spotlight articles & Pro Bono opportunities.

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Read the Delivery of Legal Services' long range plan

ISBA Disaster Legal Services Manual is our resource for Illinoisans and their lawyers.

Pro Bono Net launches  http://www.femaappeals.org for those who have been turned down by FEMA.  Site users answer can create appeal letters and request their FEMA file.

2018 Legal Service Committee

Committee Roster

  • John E. Brennock, Diaz Anselmo & Assoc., LLC, Naperville, Chair
  • Kimberly Marie Thielbar, Prairie State Legal Services, West Chicago, Vice-Chair
  • Lori K. Hansen, Champaign County Circuit Court, Urbana, Secretary/CLE Coordinator
  • Clarissa P. Gaff, Land of Lincoln Legal Legal Aid Inc, East St. Louis, Ex-Officio
  • Abigail Grace Causer, Public Interest Law Initiative, Champaign, Member
  • Sandra Crawford, Law Crawford PC, Park Ridge, Member
  • Hon. Rivanda Doss, Homewood, Member
  • Richard C. Gleason, II, ARDC, Chicago, Member
  • David T. Holtermann, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, Chicago, Member
  • Mohini Lal, Prairie State Legal Services, West Chicago, Member
  • Hon. Lori R. Lefstein, Ret., Rock Island, Member
  • Brigette M. Lobacz, Morton, Member
  • Nicole Massey, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Champaign, Member
  • Daniel Quarfoot, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, Chicago, Member
  • Teresa Leann Ross, Illinois Legal Aid Online, Chicago, Member
  • Andrew William Sharp, Administer Justice, Elgin, Member
  • Bryan Paul Thompson, Chicago Consumer Law Center PC, Lake Barrington, Member
  • Wendy H. Vaughn, Northern Illinois Univ College of Law, Rockford, Member
  • Marisa P. Wiesman, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, Elmhurst, Member
  • Megan McGlothlin Wood, Prairie State Legal Services, Bloomington, Member
  • Leslie A. Wood, Glen Carbon, Member
  • Susan L. Zielke, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Champaign, Member
  • Michael A. Zuckerman, JAMS, Chicago, Member
  • Michael G. Bergmann, Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI), Chicago, Board Liaison
  • Tajuana Beasley, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, Staff Liaison
  • Stacey M. Jonas, Illinois Bar Foundation - Illinois Justice Corps, Chicago, Liaison to IBF
  • Stacey Hacker Meehan, Illinois Bar Foundation, Chicago, Liaison to IBF