Bill Choslovsky and Scott Mendel, attorneys who championed choice in Illinois to receive prestigious award
VOR, a national organization who participated as Amicus Curiae in Ligas v. Hamos, offers its congratulations
For Immediate Release, November 8, 2013
Elk Grove Village - Under any circumstance, acts of generosity deserve recognition, especially when it is not sought.
On November 15, Bill Choslovsky and Scott Mendel, two Chicago attorneys who were motived by doing right and not by recognition, will get the honor they deserve.
Both will be receiving the Sister Rosemary Connelly Service Medallion at the annual Misericordia Heart of Mercy Ball for their pro bono legal representation of Misericordia in Ligas v. Hamos, a class action lawsuit that threatened to close private facility homes of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) across Illinois.
