Advisory Board

The Center on Wrongful Convictions Advisory Board is made up of Chicago-area leaders in the legal profession who support and facilitate the work of the Center by serving as ambassadors for the Center, securing private support, and providing collaborative and pro bono assistance to the Center’s legal work.  We are extremely grateful to our active and engaged Advisory Board members for their time, their vision, and their dedication to improving the criminal justice system and assisting the wrongfully convicted.

Advisory Board Members:

Floyd Abramson - Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP

Sean Berkowitz - Latham & Watkins LLP

Jeanne Bishop - Office of the Cook County Public Defender

Stuart J. Chanen  - Chanen & Olstein

Gary M. Elden - Shook, Hardy & Bacon

James I. Kaplan - Quarles & Brady LLP

John G. Levi - Sidley Austin LLP

Terri L. Mascherin - Jenner & Block

Charles H.R. Peters - Schiff Hardin LLP

Luis Pinedo – Rivers Casino

Jonathan Quinn - Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

John R. Schmidt - Mayer Brown

Jeffrey Singer - Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney

Jeffrey E. Stone - McDermott Will & Emery

Andrew W. Vail - Jenner & Block