Nancy J. Katz is a retired judge from the Cook County Circuit Court, having served until 2017. She was the court's first openly lesbian judge.[1]
Biography
Katz graduated from Northeastern Illinois University in 1977 and from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1983.[2]
Katz began her activism in the 1970s, volunteering with the Lesbian Feminist Center in Chicago and Women in Crisis Can Act (WICCA).[2]
Katz has contributed to family law and LGBT rights and held positions on boards including the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago and Cook County Hospital's Women and Children with AIDS Project.[1]
In 2017, she received the Community Leadership Award from the Illinois State Bar Association.[1] She was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2000.[1] After her judicial service, Katz affiliated with the JAMS Foundation, focusing on family-law mediation and arbitration.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Judge Nancy Katz reflects on career". Windy City Times. October 4, 2017.
- ^ a b "NANCY J. KATZ – Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame".
1990–1999 |
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1991 | - Ortez Alderson
- Jon-Henri Damski
- James W. Flint
- Gay Chicago
- Renee C. Hanover
- Howard Brown Health Center
- Judith S. Johns
- Carol A. Johnson
- William B. Kelley
- Marie J. Kuda
- Chuck Renslow
- Adrienne J. Smith
- Max C. Smith
- Richard B. Turner
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1992 | |
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1994 | - Robert J. Adams
- Tracy Baim
- George S. Buse
- James A. Bussen
- Lori Cannon
- John Chester
- Chicago House and Social Service Agency
- Samuel F. Davis Jr.
- Adrienne J. Goodman
- Earnest E. Hite Jr.
- Bruce Koff
- Ellis B. Levin
- Lionheart Gay Theatre Company
- Open Hand Chicago
- Gregory A. Sprague
- Elizabeth E. Tocci
- Steven F. Wakefield
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1995 | |
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1996 | |
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1997 | - Toni Armstrong Jr.
- Miguel Ayala
- Roger Chaffin
- James C. Darby
- Dignity Chicago
- Ida Greathouse
- John Hammell
- Rick Karlin
- Corinne J. Kawecki
- Larry McKeon
- David G. Ostrow
- Mary Ann Smith
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2000–2009 |
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2001 | |
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2002 | - Affinity Community Services
- Evette Cardona
- C. C. Carter
- Jim Gates (Chicago businessman)
- Louis I. Lang
- Mattachine Midwest
- NAMES Project Chicago Chapter
- Charles Edward Nelson II
- Mona Noriega
- Christina Smith
- Lauren Sugerman
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2003 | - Angel Abcede
- About Face Theatre
- AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
- Buddies' Restaurant and Bar
- Tania Callaway
- Armand R. Cerbone
- Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays
- R. Sue Connolly
- Bon Foster
- The Graham Family
- Tonda L. Hughes
- Patricia M. Logue
- John Pennycuff
- Laurence E. Spang
- Sheron Denise Webb
- Albert N. Williams
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2010–2019 |
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2010 | |
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2011 | - Paul Adams
- Greg Cameron
- Antonia Flores
- Grant Lynn Ford
- Robert Garofalo
- Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church
- Ted Grady
- Marcia Hill
- Tony Jackson
- Jenner & Block LLP
- Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles
- The Night Ministry
- Brett Shingledecker
- Jon Simmons
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2012 | - Lois L. Bates
- Chi-Town Squares
- Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus
- St. Sukie de la Croix
- Sanford E. Gaylord
- William W. Greaves
- Keith R. Green
- Mark Ishaug
- David Orr
- Proud to Run, Chicago
- Bill Pry
- Chuck Rodocker
- Heather C. Sawyer
- Laura S. Washington
- Honey West
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2013 | |
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2014 | |
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2015 | - Jean Albright
- Fred Eychaner
- Emmanuel Garcia
- Stanley Jencyzk
- Lesbian and Gay Police Association
- Gay Officers Action League
- Phoenix Matthews
- Gail Morse
- Michael O'Connor
- Jan Schakowsky
- Barbara Smith
- Camilla B. Taylor
- Lauren Verdich
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2016 | |
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2017 | |
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