Honoring: Ellen Domph, Deborah Tuerkheimer, Louis Fogel, and the Goodman Theatre

Family Innocence Benefit

Sunday, September 21, 20144:00–7:30 p.m.MidAmerica Club, Aon Center200 E. Randolph St, 80th FloorChicago, IL 60601

Louis Fogel, Community and Professional Service Recognition

It isn't every day that the Family Defense Center

honors a person who holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry

as well as a law degree and who spends most of his

professional attention on intellectual property litigation.

Before describing how a patent litigator like Louis

Fogel came to deserve the Family Defense Center's

special recognition, however, it is worth giving Louis

some credit for his educational achievements and

accomplishments in his "day job:'

Louis grew up in Minneapolis, and stayed in Minnesota

for college, receiving a B.A. in Chemistry, with Honors,

from Hamline University in 1994. He earned a Master

of Science Degree in Chemistry, in 1997, from the

University of Wisconsin and went on to get his Ph.D.

in Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 2000.

Louis stayed at the University of Chicago to earn a

second graduate degree, a Juris Doctor degree, from the

University of Chicago Law School in 2003.

After completing law school, Louis began his legal

career in intellectual property litigation at Sidley Austin,

then joined Ropes &Gray's Chicago office in January

of 2010. In April of 2014, Louis became a partner at

Jenner &Block. In all of these positions with leading

Chicago law firms, Louis has seen patent cases through

all stages of litigation, in technology areas including

pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer electronics

and biochemistry. In 2013, Louis received the "Rising

Star" award by the Illinois Super Lawyers, which is

awarded based on peer recognition.

The Family Defense Center is not the only organization

that Louis finds time to support, despite his busy

litigation schedule and family life. Louis is a Board

Member of the Illinois Chess Association and the Beth

Emet Synagogue in Evanston, and he recently joined

the board of the Newberry Hillel at the University of

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Chicago. Louis also takes time to serve as a volunteer

coach with his sons' sports teams, including two

basketball teams, a baseball team and a soccer team, all

in the past year alone.

Louis is married to Tamar Karsh-Fogel, and they are

parents to three boys, Alex (age 12), Jonah (age 10)

and Zachary (age 5). It was through Tamar's work as

an associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman in 2001 that

Louis was introduced to Diane Redleaf and the FDC's

first board president, Briggitte ("B.B:') Carlson, who

was one of the three incorporators of the FDC in 2005.

Why Louis Fogel Is Receiving the Professional and

Community Service Award From The Family Defense

Center

When the Family Defense Center began its pro bono

program in 2008, Louis Fogel was one of the first

attorneys who offered to help seek opportunities in

Chicago law firms, opening the doors to his then-firm

Sidley Austin. He convinced the leadership of the firm

to consider our less-than-popular accused parent

clients as worthy of the firm's resources. Through this

effort, he led the way to the involvement of several very

active Sidley lawyers in our program. Scott Kramer

was one of those enthusiastic Sidley Austin pro bono

attorneys, as was Erin Kelly. Scott soon became

a board member, and Erin led a team that won a

domestic violence mother's case for the FDC, which

was later featured in Litigation Magazine. As Scott has

commented about Louis's role in enlisting him to pro

Bono service with the FDC:

Taking on a pro bono case for the Family DefenseCenter was one of the pinnacle moments ofmy formative years as an associate as SidleyAustin LLP. Without the tireless efforts of LouisFogel, l never would have received this amazingopportunity. Due to Louis'dedication to the FamilyDefense Center's mission, he was able to bringthese deeply personal and life changing cases toa private law firm with the resources and skillsto truly make a difference in the lives of affectedfamilies in the Chicagoland area and beyond.

The FDC approached Louis about joining the board,

and Louis began his service in 2009. When he left

Sidley Austin in 2010 and became a senior associate

at Ropes and Gray, Louis quickly enlisted his peers at

his new law firm to provide pro bono representation

for FDC clients and provide other support (including

providing meeting space for the agency's 2010 annual

meeting). Shortly after the inception of the pro

Bono program, Louis helped to open doors. That

role wasn't limited to the firms Louis worked at: as

a true advocate for the FDC and its clients, Louis

spread the word about the excellent work of the FDC

to colleagues, friends and neighbors. Louis took his

role both seriously and in good humor, and despite

a killer litigation schedule, he never stopped actively

advocating for the FDC.

Once a member of the board, Louis soon became

Treasurer (when Michael O'Connor assumed the role

of President of the Board), in 2009. Louis' attention

Louis and his sons seeing the sights in Chicago

to the fiscal and programmatic well-being of the FDC

was unparalleled. In late 2012, when Helene Snyder

replaced Michael O'Connor as FDC Board President

and Michael returned to the post of Treasurer, Louis

didn't miss a beat: he promptly agreed to serve with

Jenner &Block Partner Michael Brody as co-chair

of the very important Program Committee of the

FDC. In that capacity, he guides the board's review

of the FDC's policies and practices regarding case

acceptance, sliding scale fees, legal ethics, staffing and

technological infrastructure.

Louis' role as an ambassador for the FDC extended

to taking on pro bono cases himself, including several

very challenging cases. In fact, Louis became known

as a lawyer the FDC could turn to in cases that were

hard to place with the pro bono network of law firms.

True to form, Louis accepted these assignments

graciously and worked hard for these clients despite

the difficulties the cases presented. He has even

represented one of these FDC clients more than once.

In 2010, Louis represented a grandmother, Kathie

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Louis and his wife Tamar

F., whose was indicated for environmental neglect

due to poverty. Kathie was caring for her three

special needs grandchildren as their guardian and she

could not maintain employment outside the home

due to the near-constant medical appointments the

children needed. Despite the fact that Kathie was a

loving grandmother, the DCFS investigator indicated

Kathie after visiting her home following a hotline

call, claiming the home lacked heat; she had delayed

making electric bill payments; she faced foreclosure;

and her home was in a state of disarray. DCFS urged

Kathie to walk away from her home—advice that, if

followed, would have made the family both homeless

and destitute. The FDC helped Kathie access utility

services for low-income people and connected her

with Louis through the Center's pro bono program.

Louis then represented her at an Administrative

Hearing. With Louis' excellent representation, the

Administrative Law Judge concluded that Kathie's

home did not present a risk to the children and

praised the loving care Kathie had given them. Louis'

successful representation eliminated the indicated

finding and enabled Kathie to continue to care for the

children.

This was not the only time that Louis stepped forward

to help Kathie and her children, however. Kathie'shome was ruined by a heavy flood in 2011. Kathie putup blocks to prevent the children from accessing the

damaged parts of the home as well as the parts that

were under reconstruction. After being informed by

the Streamwood Police Department that her home

was uninhabitable, Kathie moved her grandchildren

to a safe home in Texas with family, and then vacatedthe premises herself. They only returned after the

successful upgrade of their home to meet the safety

code requirements. Despite her best efforts, DCFS

still indicated Kathie for Allegation #77—InadequateShelter.

Louis represented Kathie at the Administrative

Hearing, where he argued that Kathie had done

everything in her power to provide adequate shelter

for her grandchildren. Despite this evidence, the

Administrative Law Judge ruled that Kathie's home

had been a fire hazard at the time she had lived there

with the children, and therefore, her home presented a

significant risk of harm towards them. Unfortunately,

the evidentiary findings the judge made were difficult

to overcome despite Louis' best efforts, and the

indicated finding was sustained.

A second FDC client whom Louis represented proved

even more challenging, because a legal argument the

Center thought could be made in the case proved to be

unavailable after further research. In this case, Louis

tried to protect a mother who had been indicated for

letting her boyfriend, who had a criminal history,

have contact with her children by picking them up

from school. The Circuit Court of Cook County had

previously been notified of the relationship between

Louis' client and her boyfriend, and our client reported

her belief that the previous court proceedings had

"cleared" her boyfriend to have short-term contacts

with her children. Unfortunately, we were unable

to prove this clearance, and a finding was sustainedagainst the client even though her children were not

harmed by the boyfriend.

The third client that Louis helped was more

successful, and involved one of the FDC's

clients, Amanda T., who had been featuredin our program video in 2013. After the'

Center successfully reunited Amanda with

her son after a long ordeal, Amanda had a

second encounter with DCFS investigators

when her 10-year-old son was left home

alone due to a misunderstanding between

Amanda and her father as to her father's

babysitting responsibilities. Louis coordinated

representation by the Ropes &Gray team of

Meredith Dykstra and David Nordsieck, who

were able to persuade the judge that Amanda

had not been responsible for inadequate

supervision due to this misunderstanding.

Because of Louis' help, Amanda was able toput this frightening encounter with DCFS behind her.

The Fogel family

Louis' multifaceted service to the FDC and to its client community and his commitment to justice for families in

the child welfare system, including clients who face a deck stacked against them, is unparalleled. Louis completeshis work with humility, grace, and patience. As an all-around fine human being, Louis would no doubt deservean award just for being a pleasure to work with. But, as a person who has given stellar service to the FDC board,its pro Bono program, its program committee and its clients, Louis richly deserves the Family Defense Center's2014 Community and Professional Service Award. ~

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FAMILY DEFENSE CENTER BOARDHelene Snyder, PresidentMichael A. O’Connor, TreasurerMichael W. Weaver, SecretaryKathleen Barry*William BinderPatricia Jones Blessman*Michael T. BrodyLouis FogelColleen GarlingtonMichael Koenigsberger*Jonni Miklos*Deborah Pergament*Cynthia Stewart*Karen Teigiser

CHAMPION BOARDProf. Annette Appell*Brigitte Schmidt Bell*Prof. Susan BrooksJoan ColenAnn Courter*Norman Hirsch*David J. Lansner*Lawrence LansnerElizabeth LarsenJames LatturnerJoy LeibmanElizabeth Lewis*Meg McDonald*Christine M. Naper*Edward OttoDr. Eugene PergamentVera Pless*Andrew and Lynne RedleafDr. Paul and Rhoda RedleafAdele SaafDeborah SpectorProf. Michael WaldElizabeth Warner*Denotes Benefit Host Committee member

BENEFIT CO-CHAIRSDaniel Edelman and Fran KravitzMary and Tom Broderick

HONORARY CO-CHAIRSProf. Dorothy RobertsDr. Christopher SullivanCarolyn KubitschekKarl DennisProf. Anita Weinberg

BENEFIT HOST COMMITTEEMolly ArmourPatrick Blegen and Jodi GarveyProf. Douglas BairdZachary BravosMary Case GaskillKent DeanKeith FindleyEd FoxScott FrankelDr. Steven GabaeffBob GalhotraCindy GiacchettiAmanda GrahamJohn GuentherCharlene HyraKate JudsonSue LuttnerLouis MilotEnrico MirabelliMary MortenStacey PlattJames ShapiroRob WardenMichelle and David WeidnerSusan Wishnick and Allen Steinberg

THE FAMILY DEFENSE CENTERExecutive Director: Diane L. Redleaf70 E. Lake St, Suite 1100Chicago, IL 60601t: 312-251-9800f: 312-251-9801www.familydefensecenter.org