Charitable giving and community service has been at the core of Corboy & Demetrio, a plaintiff’s personal injury law firm, since the firm began over 50 years ago. We believe that “giving back” and helping others are fundamental responsibilities and obligations for all of us. The firm’s time, treasure and talents are shared by supporting a wide range of charities and community and legal organizations. Each group we support serves others in our community who are in need of information, services, legal advice, and/or financial assistance.
To view more extensive information about the contributions Corboy & Demetrio has made to charities and community and legal organizations, visit the Community section on our website.
Three PSA Videos Released to Educate Public about Danger of Soccer Goals
Corboy & Demetrio is proud to announce the launch of Make Soccer Safe Campaign to educate the public about the danger of unsecured movable soccer goals. To launch the campaign, the firm has released three Public Service Announcement(PSA) videos in partnership with the non-profit organization, Anchored for Safety, which promotes soccer goal safety.
Anchored for Safety was founded by clients Jayson and Michelle Tran in 2004 after their six-year-old son Zachary died when an unsecured soccer goal fell on him. The Trans, like most parents, were unaware of the danger of movable soccer goals left unsecured. The Illinois family created Anchoredforsafety.org to help warn the public about the danger and the lack of legislation regulating the anchoring of movable soccer goals. The Tran family also set out to change the law, which it did in August of 2011, when the Illinois Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act, known as “Zach’s Law” was signed into law. Anchored for Safety and Corboy & Demetrio hope the the PSA videos educate the public about the little-known law.
Anchored for Safety operates the website, anchoredforsafety.org, which provides educational material for coaches and soccer clubs, as well as for parents and children. The site tracks news covereage of the issue as well as provides updates on soccer goal safety legislation and recent statistics about deaths and injuries.
Contact: Anchored for Safety, 1758 N. Stanwich Rd., Vernon Hills, IL 60061;
The attorneys and staff at Corboy & Demetrio are committed to serving the community and their efforts are exceptional. Following is a sample of the generosity and commitment of individual attorneys and staff at the firm who provide or have provided support for various organizations and programs:
Member of the bipartisan Screening Committee for Federal District Court Judges, U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals
Member of the Equal Justice Illinois Campaign Blue-Ribbon Committee
Board member of Kids In Danger
Board member of the Spinal Cord Injury Association
Advisory Board member of the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation
Volunteer at a shelter for pregnant teens
Member of the Executive Committee of Fenwick High School Board of Trustees
Member of Boston College Parents’ Leadership Council
Volunteer at Misericordia’s Annual Family Fest
Board of Advisors for Catholic Charities of Chicago
President of Sacred Heart of Winnetka School Board
President of the Board of Women Everywhere – Partners in Service Project, Inc.
Board member of the American Cancer Society
Member of the Illinois Carnival-Amusement Safety Board
Board member of the Cancer Care Foundation
Board member of the Ovarian Cancer Symptom Awareness
Board member of the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago
Board member of the Mundelein College Alumni Association
Board member of the Mercy Home Leaders Council
Board member of the William Gary Forbeck Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Coach of traveling softball team
Volunteer at Misericordia’s Sunday Brunch
Volunteer at church’s food pantry
Coordinator of the collection of hundreds of Christmas gifts donated by the attorneys and staff for the children and families served by the Youth Outreach Services
Fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation by taking part in a 104 mile bicycle ride in the desert
President of the Working Women’s History Project
Volunteer for assisting the elderly with shopping, doctor’s appointments and errands
Fundraiser for the Respiratory Lung Association by participating in the “Hustle Up the Hancock”
Fundraiser for Mercy Home for Boys & Girls
To view more extensive information about the contributions Corboy & Demetrio has made to charities and community and legal organizations, visit the Community section on our website.
Corboy & Demetrio is proud of its support of legal organizations, law schools and pro bono activities. Following is a sample of the support we give and have given over the past several years:
Annual trial advocacy scholarships for 10 law school students
Annual scholarship for a police officer attending law school
Annual scholarship at all 6 Chicago law schools
Annual tutoring/mentoring award through Lawyers Lend A Hand to Youth Program
Established Lawyer’s Assistance Program patient-aid fund to provide treatment at Hazelden
Pro bono legal work for a youth group
Pro bono legal work for legal foundation
Pro bono legal work for two legal aid clinics
Pro bono legal work for young men and women at a group residential program
Major sponsor of organization serving the legal needs of the disabled and elderly
Major sponsor of Chicago Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association programs
Board member of the Center for Disability and Elder Law
Board member and President of the Board of Directors for the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
Board member of the Illinois Bar Foundation
President of Law Alumni Board of Governors of Loyola University Chicago
Board member of the Women’s Bar Foundation
Board member of the Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services
Board member and Financial Secretary of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
President of the Young Professionals Board for the Center for Disability & Elder Law
Board member of the IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law Alumni Board, Young Alumni Committee
President of the IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law Alumni Board of Directors
Board member of the Lawyers Lend A Hand to Youth Program
Chair of Chicago Bar Association’s Pro Bono Week
Volunteer at legal assistance office in New Orleans after Katrina
Nonprofit and charitable organizations provide a valuable service to our community. Their efforts – working to stop the cycle of drugs and crime, serving children and adults with mental and physical disabilities or troubled young men and women, supporting families of police officers killed in the line of duty, educating parents on the danger of unsecured soccer goals – benefit each and every one of us. Corboy & Demetrio is proud to provide the community with our support. Following is a small sample of the organizations to which we have made a substantial contribution:
