Thank you for supporting the
Equal Access to Justice Award Luncheon!

On October 8th, 2025, nearly 200 guests joined us to celebrate the work of the Legal Aid Society. With your support, we were able to raise more than $428,000 and counting!

We’d also like to thank those who entered for a chance to win NBA Mexico City tickets in the Luncheon’s raffle, which raised more than $8,000. Congratulations to our raffle winner, LAS Board member Angela Frye!

We would like to thank MFS Governing Board member Byron Spruell for donating the NBA Mexico City tickets.

We were happy to honor ADM and Regina Bynote Jones, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, with the William H. Avery Award, and Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd with the Steven R. Gilford Pro Bono Award!

Watch the recap video below!

Hear from LAS staff about the impact that inspires them to work toward equal access to justice for all, regardless of ability to pay for quality legal representation:

“It’s huge to us because we know the faces behind those victories,” shares Catherine Longkumer, Managing Attorney of our Individual Rights and Social Justice Practice Group. “To have those moments where we can call up a client and say, your t-visa has been approved, your judgment status has been approved, we’re able to reunite you with your family, you’re going to get to see your kids again? That is what keeps us going and doing this work.”

To support this work and LAS’s transformational impact, make a contribution or get involved today.

ABOUT THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
LAS provides quality legal representation to victims of human trafficking and other crimes, including domestic violence, abused and exploited seniors or disabled adults, homeowners in foreclosure, tenants faced with unlawful eviction and victims of financial exploitation and consumer fraud. Today LAS impacts more than 15,000 people each year.
Visit www.laschicago.org to learn more