a project of the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)

This team is tasked with assessing the pro bono capacity in the State of Illinois and working with PBI Participants to ensure that there is a sufficient variety of pro bono legal opportunities. For example, PBI is actively working with Illinois Legal Aid Online to increase the use of IllinoisProBono.org by attorneys providing pro bono services. PBI will take primary responsibility for gathering, editing and maintaining content on the site. This team will include individuals from IllinoisProBono.org user groups, including attorneys from law firms, corporate legal departments and legal aid agencies and law schools. The team will provide feedback on the content of the site as well as recommendations to increase the site’s usefulness and statewide impact and will assist in the development of special user group sites within IllinoisProBono.org for law firm attorneys, corporate legal department attorneys, government attorneys, retired attorneys, law students and paralegals.  

Team Members:

Lisa Colpoys, Illinois Legal Aid Online

David T. Erie, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Anne Geraghty, DLA Piper

Sean Ginty, Office of Executive Inspector General for Agencies of the Illinois Governor

Tracey Holtshirley, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Grace Lim, Legal Aid Bureau of Metropolitan Family Services

Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services

Carla Stern, United States Department of Justice

Sarah Padgitt, Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Michelle Mohr Vodenik, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Lois Wood, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc.