The Illinois Bar Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Illinois State Bar Association, will hold its 16th annual black-tie Gala fundraiser on Friday evening, October 16, 2015, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel, 120 E. Delaware Place, Chicago. During the event, ISBA Past President Todd A. Smith, founding partner of the personal injury law firm of Power Rogers & Smith, will receive the foundation’s 2015 Distinguished Award for Excellence.

Included in the ticket price of $500 per person is a reception, dinner and dancing to the Ken Arlen Orchestra. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call (312) 726-6072 or visit www.illinoisbarfoundation.org/#!2015gala/c2en.

Gala Co-Chairs

• Leonard Amari (Amari & Locallo)
• John Cooney (Cooney & Conway)
• Kevin Conway (Cooney & Conway)

Gala Board Co-Chairs

• Shawn S. Kasserman, (Tomasik, Kotin, Kasserman)
• Mark L. Karno (Mark L. Karno & Associates)