JUDGE’S NIGHT

THURSDAY, JUNE 12  

The invitations have been sent, and the responses are already pouring in from Federal Court, Illinois Supreme, Appellate and Circuit Court Judges from Cook, DuPage, Lake, and Will Counties. We are expecting another sell out crowd this year especially with the night belonging to Illinois Supreme Court Justice David K. Overstreet as our Socrates Dikastes Award recipient and Hon. David Carlson receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

We would like to thank our sponsors without whom the 2025 Judge’s Night would not be possible.

Argionis & Associates LLC
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Clifford Law Offices
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Hurley, McKenna & Mertz
Johnson & Bell, LTD.
Maragos & Maragos
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Stamatis, Shonder & Muhtaris, LLP
Thompson Coburn LLP

Anderson Law Offices, P.C.
Theodore Karavidas
Barney & Karamanis LLP
Disparti Law Group
Fifth Third Bank
Karbal Cohen Economou & Dunne
Ktenas Law
Lindsay, Pickett & Postel, LLC
Winters Salzetta O’Brien & Richardson

Chapekis, Chapekis & Schmidt
McCarthy Duffy LLP
Regas & Dallas, P.C.
Syregelas & Kasmarick
Tomasik, Kasserman & Kotin

Christopoulos Dickens
Cozen O’Connor
Edward Jones – Stacey Kilias
Franczek P.C.
The Garbis Law Firm
JAMS
Kelley Drye
Law Office of Frank P. Kostouros
Order of Themis
Subrosa Investigations, LLC

SOCRATES DIKASTES AWARD

The HBA would like to congratulate our Socrates Dikastes Award recipients.
The Socrates Dikastes Award is given annually at Judge’s Night to the judge who best exemplifies the principles pertinent to the bench as identified by the great Greek philosopher, Socrates. In his words, “Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly and to decide impartially.”

Justice David K. Overstreet (2025)

Illinois Supreme Court

Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford (2024)

Illinois Supreme Court

Justice Jesse G. Reyes (2023)

Illinois Appellate Court, First District 

Justice Mary K. Rochford (2022)

Illinois Appellate Court, First District 

Judge Ruben Castillo (2019)

Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Judge Charles P. Kocoras (2018)

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Judge Timothy C. Evans (2017)

Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County

Justice Mary Jane Theis (2016)

Supreme Court Justice of the State of Illinois, First District

Judge Marjorie C. Laws (2015)

Presiding Judge of the Sixth Municipal District of Cook County

Judge James P. Flannery, Jr. (2014)

Presiding Judge of Law Division in the Circuit Court of Cook County

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The HBA would like to congratulate our award recipients for their lifetime of service on the bench.

Hon. David Carlson (2025)

Circuit Court of Will County

Hon. Anna H. Demacopoulos (Ret.) (2024)

Circuit Court of Cook County

 

Hon. Nicholas Geanopoulos (Ret.) (2022)

Circuit Court of Cook County

Hon. George Bakalis (Ret.) (2022)

18th Judicial Circuit Court DuPage County

Judge James A. Geocaris (Ret.) (2019)

Presiding Judge of the Third Municipal District of Cook County

Justice Themis N. Karnezis (2016)

Illinois Appellate Court First District

Judge Arthur C. Perivolidis (2013)

Circuit Court of Cook County