Romanucci & Blandin Law Firm Participates in Operation PUSH/Rev. Jesse Jackson News Conference
CHICAGO, October 8, 2009 – Stephan Blandin, a partner in the Chicago personal injury law firm of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, participated in a news conference this morning at Operation PUSH headquarters at the invitation of Rev. Jesse Jackson, to discuss ways that lawyers can mentor students in the wake of the fatal beating of a teenager at Fenger High School by the boy’s peers.
Yesterday, President Obama sent Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago to meet with Mayor Daley, local leaders, and Fenger students.
During a press conference at City Hall, officials announced a $500,000 grant to help make Fenger and the schools that feed into it safer. Daley, Holder and Duncan had breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel off Michigan Avenue with religious and community leaders to discuss youth violence.
Romanucci & Blandin has a program in place to support and encourage more youths to consider a career in law. Visit www.lawfirmbound.com.
