Michael Pope Honored By Northwestern University School Of Law

Michael A. Pope, a partner in McDermott Will & Emery's Chicago Trial Department, was honored recently by Northwestern University School of Law with its Alumni Public Service Award, sponsored by the Student Funded Public Interest Fellowship Program. Mike was selected for his outstanding contributions to public service and the legal community over the course of his career.

Mike started and still sits on the Board of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, which receives funds from the state of Illinois and has made grants of more than $10 million to pro bono legal service providers and mediation centers throughout the state. Previously, he served for two years as president of the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois and was the first president of the Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services, a nationally recognized program which coordinates all the legal service providers in Cook County.

He also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, and was President of Lawyers for Civil Justice, a national organization of corporate counsel and defense trial lawyers who work for improvements in the civil justice system. Mike also served as President of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and of the International Association of Defense Counsel. He is a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers.