Dominican University presents Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightoot in Ethics and Leadership Lecture
Dominican University
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Oct 24, 2016 12:00 AM
River Forest, IL – Dominican University’s Brennan School of Business will present Lori E. Lightfoot, president of the Chicago Police Board, in its 12th Annual Ethics and Leadership Lecture. The program will be held on Monday, November 14 at 6 p.m. at the Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m., prior to the lecture.
Lightfoot has been committed to public service and social justice her entire career. In 2015, following the release of video of black teenager Laquan McDonald being fatally shot by Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, Lightfoot was appointed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to chair the Task Force on Police Accountability. The task force was charged with recommending reforms for improving independent oversight of police misconduct. She previously headed Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Office of Professional Standards of the Chicago Police Department, where she managed civilian investigations involving police shootings, allegations of excessive force and other allegations of misconduct by Chicago police officers.
A partner at Mayer Brown LLP, Lightfoot regularly advises clients on a wide range of complex criminal legal issues involving federal, state and local grand jury investigations. She also has extensive experience in every facet of commercial litigation and serves as a member of Mayer Brown’s White Collar Defense and Compliance practice and co-leads the firm’s Committee on Diversity & Inclusion.
Lightfoot previously served as chief of staff and general counsel for Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications, where she oversaw the City’s 9-1-1 emergency and nonemergency call systems, emergency response operations and homeland security initiatives. She also was appointed by former Mayor Daley to serve as Interim First Deputy Procurement Officer soon after several companies that had been certified as Minority Business Enterprises or Women Business Enterprises were found to be fronts created to benefit from the City’s set-aside program.
Lightfoot served as a civil litigator and as assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois between 1996 and 2002. She graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan. She is a Fellow of the American bar Association.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Brennan School of Business at business.dom.edu or call (708) 524-6810
.
Lightfoot has been committed to public service and social justice her entire career. In 2015, following the release of video of black teenager Laquan McDonald being fatally shot by Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, Lightfoot was appointed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to chair the Task Force on Police Accountability. The task force was charged with recommending reforms for improving independent oversight of police misconduct. She previously headed Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Office of Professional Standards of the Chicago Police Department, where she managed civilian investigations involving police shootings, allegations of excessive force and other allegations of misconduct by Chicago police officers.
A partner at Mayer Brown LLP, Lightfoot regularly advises clients on a wide range of complex criminal legal issues involving federal, state and local grand jury investigations. She also has extensive experience in every facet of commercial litigation and serves as a member of Mayer Brown’s White Collar Defense and Compliance practice and co-leads the firm’s Committee on Diversity & Inclusion.
Lightfoot previously served as chief of staff and general counsel for Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications, where she oversaw the City’s 9-1-1 emergency and nonemergency call systems, emergency response operations and homeland security initiatives. She also was appointed by former Mayor Daley to serve as Interim First Deputy Procurement Officer soon after several companies that had been certified as Minority Business Enterprises or Women Business Enterprises were found to be fronts created to benefit from the City’s set-aside program.
Lightfoot served as a civil litigator and as assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois between 1996 and 2002. She graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan. She is a Fellow of the American bar Association.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Brennan School of Business at business.dom.edu or call (708) 524-6810
.