IWIL Monthly Luncheon
Speaker: Justice Lisa Holder White will share “From the cottonfield to the Courthouse”
Thursday, February 20, 2025
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Illini Country Club in Springfield

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About our Speaker:

Justice Lisa Holder White of the Supreme Court of Illinois is a Decatur, Illinois, native, the daughter of Marvin and Corinne Holder. Judge White earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law in Urbana-Champaign in 1993.

Her first legal position was as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Macon County. Later she worked as an Assistant Public Defender. After gaining experience in the criminal justice system, Justice White enjoyed a thriving practice at the Decatur law firm then known as Brinkoetter & White. She was chosen as an Associate Judge in 2001, becoming the first Black Judge in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. In 2008, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed her Circuit Judge to fill a retirement vacancy and in 2010, she was elected to the position. Again selected to fill a vacancy, Justice White was sworn in as the first Black member of the Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District on January 14, 2013. In 2014, she was elected to a full term on the appellate court. On July 7, 2022, Justice White was sworn in as a Justice on the Illinois Supreme Court, the first Black woman to hold this position.

A committed leader in the legal profession, Justice White is a member of the Decatur Bar Association, the Sangamon County Bar Association, and the Central Illinois Women’s Bar Association. She currently serves on the University of Illinois College of Law Leadership Project, and as co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Leadership Council. In her role as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, she is the court’s liaison to the Illinois Judicial College, the Appellate Court Administrative Committee, the Supreme Court Committee on Illinois Evidence, and the Judicial Mentor Committee.

Justice White is a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, where she serves on the Culinary Committee and enjoys singing in the choir. She and James, her husband of thirty-six years, are the proud parents of Brett and Myah.

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Our luncheons are open to all IWIL members and their guests. Registration is $25 for members and guests through February 14; $30 on or after February 15. Registration will close on February 17.

*IWIL is unable to provide refunds.  If you cannot attend an event for which you have registered, we encourage you to send someone in your place. Simply have your guest indicate at the check-in table that she is your substitute.  We appreciate your understanding.