Stanley Adelman, Chicago, Litigation

Stan has handled pro bono matters throughout his over 40 years of practice. He won the Seeds of Justice Award in 2007 from the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest for his work on the Federal case seeking changes in the Nebraska foster care system, and is currently representing one of the defendants in the much publicized Jena 6 case in Jena, Louisiana. He helped develop the Chicago office's signature Juvenile Justice Project and both provided direct representation of juveniles in the Cook County Juvenile Courts and worked on the policy study analyzing problems relating to the relationship between the juvenile justice system and the school system. In 2008, he was honored as a Firmwide Pro Bono Partner of the Year.