Sterling at the Chicago Bar Association Golf Outing

On Friday, October 9, Sterling Lawyers sponsored the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois (HLAI) annual gala in Chicago, Illinois, alongside other firms and organizations. As a firm that prides itself on workplace diversity, we are honored to support HLAI in celebrating Hispanic legal talent. Members of our team belong to the association themselves and stay actively involved.

HLAI has been part of Illinois’s legal community for a long time. It formed in 1995 when the Latin American Bar Association and the Mexican American Lawyers Association merged, and the groups behind it have served Hispanic attorneys in Illinois since 1970. Today it works on professionalism, legal education, civil rights, and networking for Hispanic attorneys and communities across the state.

Reyna Herrera and Cynthia Toscano are active HLAI members, and Cynthia has signed up as a mentor in the mentor-mentee program. At the gala, they were joined by Executive Partner Katie VanDeusen, Alexandra Isroff, and Nina Kelly.

The 2026 HLAI & HLAI Charities Annual Black Tie Gala took place at The Geraghty in Chicago. The evening included an installation ceremony and an awards dinner, and ran from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m.

Thank you to HLAI for putting it together.

To see what HLAI has coming up, visit hlai.org/events.