News and Events
VAB shareholder Aurora Austriaco was named one of the “Top 20 Global Women of Excellence” by Illinois’s 7th Congressional District Multi Ethnic Advisory Task Force. A gala was held on International Women’s Day 2020 to honor the awards winners.
March 8, 2020
VAB shareholders Aurora Austriaco and Lydia Bueschel participated in “Advancing Women in the Law Summit,” a daylong summit hosted by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois.(“NAMWOLF”).
March 3, 2020
From left to right: Jayne Rizzo Reardon, Aurora Austriaco, Chief 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diane P. Wood and Judge Virginia M. Kendall, Mary L. Smith, Chief District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Judges Sara Darrow and Nancy Rosenstengel, Corinne C. Heggie, Kenya Jenkins-Wright, and ABA President Judy Perry Martinez.
Firm shareholder Lydia Bueschel has been elevated to the Board of Directors for the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (“NAMWOLF”).
February 4, 2020
Susan Valentine, Vice President of BEDS Plus Care Board of Directors, attends January 27, 2020 Soup and Bread event along with Illinois State Bar Association President (and volunteer lawyer for BEDS) David Sosin. Also pictured: BEDS Executive Director, Tina Rounds (far right) and Janet Sosin (far left).
January 27, 2020
Firm shareholder Aurora Austriaco spoke at the Illinois State Bar Association’s ISBA Leadership Academy “Continuing Professional Development Day” session on January 25 at the ISBA’s Chicago Office.
January 26, 2020
VAB Holiday Party 2019
December 2019
NAMWOLF Annual Meeting & Law Firm Expo
VAB participated in the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firm’s Law Firm Expo at its Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.
September 23, 2019
Asian American Lunar New Year Gala
Aurora Austriaco is Chair of the Asian American Lunar New Year Gala, the largest Asian American gathering in the Midwest.
February 23, 2019
Aurora austriaco was a keynote speaker at
Women in Leadership Dinner at SIU (Southern Illinois University Law School)
December 11, 2018
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and the Philippine Consulate of Chicago
“What is Success? Filipinas Who Found It?”
August 23, 2018
VAB shareholder, Aurora Austriaco participated as a panelist on the program “What is Success? Filipinas Who Found It?” hosted by the Philippine
Chamber of Commerce and the Philippine Consulate of Chicago on August 23, 2018. Other panelists included author Terry Samala de Guzman,
Johanna Mirpiru-National Cooking Personality and owner of Mommacuisine, Leslie Mendoza Temple- Medical Director of the Northshore University Health System’s Integrative Medicine Program and Clarita Santos-Director of Community Health Initiatives at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois.
