Our Community
In addition to being renowned for our achievements in the courtroom, we are also renowned for - and proud of - our philanthropic contributions to the community, which have been recognized by a number of organizations.
The firm actively promotes and contributes to charities and nonprofit organizations. It has also established and funded scholarships, fellowships and endowments at local and national mentoring programs, high schools, and universities, including all six Chicago law schools. Our partners, associates and staff "give back" by serving on Boards, raising funds, tutoring, and lending a hand wherever needed for a variety of charities and nonprofit organizations, including Misericordia, Center for Disability & Elder Law, Access Living, Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, and Catholic Charities. In 2006, we established a pro bono department, which helps the indigent and elderly with legal matters that affect their day-to-day quality of life.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Corboy & Demetrio worked with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to create a C&D Virtual Food Drive to help the thousands of Cook County residents who have been hit hardest.
Our CFO, Marcy Twardak, has hosted annual holiday shopping fundraisers for Misericordia for more than 15 years. Also, Marcy created a “First Sunday of the Month Club,” organizing 175 of her closest family, friends, and Corboy & Demetrio co-workers, who volunteer to staff Misericordia’s popular Greenhouse Inn Sunday brunches. In 2022, in recognition of her service, Misericordia presented Marcy with the Sister Rosemary Service Medallion.
Partner Conrad Nowak and Associate Attorney Collin Gill currently coach a seventh grade mock trial team at St. Nicholas School, as part of a Big Shoulders Fund program,
Read more about our community work:
Corboy & Demetrio's Legacy of Helping At-risk Youth in Chicago
2018 Thomas Demetrio Award of Excellence Granted to AMACHI Mentoring Program
Danny Keysar Safety Notification Act Passed
Attorney Gibbs Elected to Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Advisory Board
Misericordia’s Candy Days Supported by Corboy & Demetrio Volunteers
Corboy & Demetrio Supports KID Award Night
Governor Quinn Appoints Attorney Kirschner to Illinois Carnival-Amusement Safety Board
Attorney Michelle Kohut Elected President of Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
Medical Malpractice Attorney Susan Schwartz Appointed to Women’s Bar Foundation Board of Directors;
Michelle Kohut Elected President of Women Everywhere - Partners in Service Project, Inc.;
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin Appoints Philip Harnett Corboy, Jr. to Screening Committee;
Philip Harnett Corboy, Jr. Appointed to the Equal Justice Illinois Campaign Blue-Ribbon Committee;
Philip Harnett Corboy, Jr. Installed as President of Illinois Trial Lawyers Association;
Michael K. Demetrio Appointed Illinois Chair of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
For more information visit the Corboy & Demetrio Charitable Giving and Community site.
