She is a Fellow of the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. She is the Co-chair of the Education Committee for the IJA and serves on the United Supreme Court Jurisprudence Committee where she has presented for various seminars. She has served as the President and a Founding member of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago. She has also served as the President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and the John Marshall Alumni Association. She is a Lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She currently serves as the First Black President of the Illinois Judges Foundation. Her memberships include Justinian Society of Lawyers, Cook County Bar Association, Illinois Judicial Council where she serves on the Scholarship Committee, and the Illinois State Bar Association where she serves on the Assembly, Bench and Bar Committee, and Secretary of the Racial and Ethnic Minorities Committee and presented for various seminars. She is a Topic Editor for the Illinois Judicial Benchbook on Evidence. Her community memberships are NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Chicago Westside Chapter, NCNW (National Council of Negro Women) Chicago Midwest Chapter as Second Vice President, and TLOD (top Ladies of Distinction) Chicago West Loop Chapter as Treasurer. She has received various awards, moderated and presented on various topics. She is married with three children and four grandchildren. |