The Illinois State Bar Association (“ISBA”) honored the recipients of the Board of Governors Award this week, including Webber & Thies Shareholder Daniel Thies. The award recognizes attorneys for exemplary service to the profession or the ISBA and nonlawyers for especially meritorious deeds or service that significantly advances the administration of justice or the goals of the profession or the ISBA. Daniel Thies and Lois Wood received the award for their work as co-chairs of the Rural Practice Initiative (“RPI”). The RPI has successfully connected law students and young attorneys with law firms in rural areas throughout the state, and has gained funding to continue this program into the next year and beyond.
Daniel Thies Now Serving as Chair of the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation Board
Shareholder Daniel Thies is now the third Webber & Thies attorney to serve as Chair of the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF) Leadership Operating Board. Since 1988, the Foundation has invested in educators and students by supporting creativity,...