The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) honored the 1962 Class of Distinguished Counsellors at a luncheon at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers on Wednesday, December 12. The lawyers were celebrating 50 years of service to the Illinois bar.

Moline attorney Martin Katz spoke on behalf of the 151 members of the class. For a list of those honored and the cities where they reside, click here.

The 32,000-member ISBA (isba.org), with offices in Springfield and Chicago, provides professional services to Illinois lawyers, and education and services to the public through a website (illinoislawyerfinder.com), a cable television program (“Illinois Law”), consumer brochures, and distribution of legal information.