azeema akram
Administrative Law Judge at Illinois Human Rights Commission
administrative law judge illinois human right commission
attorney history regulatory litigation policymaking state government . experience includes : professional licensure prosecution , administrative agency in-house counsel , legislative drafting , administrative rulemaking , legal counsel state professional board commission , adjudicating administrative hearing hearing officer . area experience : professional licensure discipline ( medical & health-related ) ; open meeting act ; legislative review , analysis , drafting ; health care law ; transportation & motor carrier law ; administrative review management ; disability advocacy . active volunteer arts/cultural education & healthcare/disability cause .
Illinois Human Rights Commission
Preside over claims of unlawful discrimination brought pursuant to the Illinois Human Rights Act.
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Administrative Law Judge
Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois (RTA)
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Serve on an independent panel of three individuals that reviews and decides appeals of the ADA Paratransit Certification Program’s decisions to deny applicants some or all of their eligibility for ADA paratransit services.
Greater Chicago Area
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Community Representative, Paratransit Certification Formal Appeals Program Eligibility Review Board
Illinois Commerce Commission
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Administrative Law Judge & Arbitrator, Transportation Division
Illinois Commerce Commission
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Chicago, Illinois
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Transportation Counsel & Special Assistant Attorney General
Illinois Commerce Commission
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Chicago, Illinois
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Legal & Policy Advisor to Commissioner Sadzi M. Oliva
Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
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Chicago, Illinois
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Assistant General Counsel
Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
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Chicago, Illinois
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Staff Attorney, Office of General Counsel
Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
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Chicago, Illinois
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711 Licensed/Senior Law Clerk, General Prosecutions Unit
DePaul University College of Law
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Chicago, Illinois
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Research Assistant, Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication
DePaul University College of Law
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Chicago, Illinois
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Teaching Assistant, Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication
Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division
Chicago, Illinois
Extern to the Honorable Judge Mark J. Lopez
DePaul University College of Law
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Chicago, Illinois
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Student Advocate, Special Education Advocacy Clinic
American Medical Association
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Chicago Headquarters
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Legal Intern, Medicine & Public Health
Children's Law Group
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Chicago, Illinois
Law Clerk
Sutters Landing
Kansas City, Missouri
Office Manager
University of Missouri, Office of Disability Services
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Columbia, Missouri
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Office Assistant & Proctor
Juris Doctor
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health Care Law
• President, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
• Health Law Transactional Team
• CALI Award for Legal Analysis, Research & Communication II and Health Policy & the Law
• Health Law Institute, Fellow
• Health Law Institute Summer Scholar
Health Law
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DePaul University College of Law
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BA
• Studied abroad at Imperial College, London, U.K.
• Vice President of Program Development, Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc.
• Intake Representative, Multicultural Greek Council
• Muslim Students Organization 
• South Asian Students Association
International Studies; Latin American Studies
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University of Missouri-Columbia
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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association
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South Asian Bar Association
Attorney Mentor
Asian American Bar Association
Member of the Law Student Services and Mentoring Committee
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International
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Global Issues Leadership Development (GILD) is a nonprofit organization created to promote global issues education through youth after-school programs and to generate behavioral change among participants. GILD partners with businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, and communities to provide educational information and hands on practice in the form of leadership training and curriculum development. In summary, we develop and foster leadership skills among youth, holistically educate participants on global human rights concerns, provide hands on service opportunities for participants and encourage youth towards globally and socially conscious behaviors.
Global Issues Leadership Development
Treasurer
MCLD advocates to make the legal system accessible to deaf and hard of hearing individuals, provides a referral system to connect attorneys to deaf and hard of hearing in need of representation, and educates the legal system on how to provide communication access.
Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf
Chair, Young Professionals Board
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
President
DePaul Health Law Institute
Fellow
DePaul Journal of Health Care Law
Editor-in-Chief
Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc.
Vice-President of Program Development
Multicultural Greek Council
Intake Representative
My Path to Law: The Power of My Hearing Loss
ABA Journal
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2018 ADA 25 Advancing Leadership Fellow Azeema Akram underscores how the Leadership Institute experience increases insight and confidence through connection.
Dance - Then Lead
July 17, 2018
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On October 17, 2014, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a law that requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to permanently revoke the licenses of health-care workers convicted of sex-related crimes or crimes relating to battery of patients.
Bradley Hiroshi Hayashi, D.C., et al. v. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 2014 IL 116023 (October 17, 2014)
DePaul Health Law Institute E-Pulse
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The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes individuals who have brought distinction to themselves and the College of Arts and Science through their accomplishments. They have truly achieved excellence in their field.
University of Missouri
2021 College of Arts & Science Distinguished Alumni Award
Awarded to graduating students who have completed 200 or more hours of legal or non-legal volunteer service during their time at DePaul law school and who best exemplify the Vincentian commitment to service and social justice.
Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative
Benjamin Hooks Distinguished Service Award
L. Edward Bryant, Jr. National Health Law Transactional Moot Court Competition.  Received high praise from the judges for thoughtful analysis and a practical approach.  Presented an implementation plan that tackled the business and regulatory challenges of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Health Law Transactional Team, Member
DePaul Health Law Institute
Summer Scholar
For active involvement in promoting the needs and interests of the Asian American community.  Received in 2013 & 2012.
DePaul Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Scholarship
Awarded for the highest grade in Health Policy & the Law, and Legal Analysis, Research, & Communication II.
DePaul University College of Law
CALI Award
From 2005-2008.
University of Missouri - Columbia
Dean's List
Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. – Beta Beta Chapter
National Principle Award for Cultural Awareness
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) recently proposed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopt a rule change that would require all companies listed on Nasdaq’s U.S. stock exchange to publicly disclose diversity statistics of their board of directors. However, disability is not included in these diversity statistics. In response, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association (DHHBA) submitted comments advocating that SEC include disability in the diversity statistics to be reported by Nasdaq-listed companies.
Comments on the SEC's Proposed Rule Change to Adopt Listing Rules Related to Board Diversity (Nasdaq Stock Market LLC)
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Continuing Legal Education Presentation: Americans with Disabilities Act - Accommodating People with Disabilities
Presentation: 2017 Residency Program Directors' Meeting
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Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexual Behavior: Comparing and Contrasting the Regulation of Doctors and Lawyers.
Co-Speaker for a Continuing Legal Education/Continuing Medical Education Program
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Deaf & Hard of Hearing Bar Association
Member of the Advocacy & Outreach and Development Committees. ​

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association (DHHBA) is a volunteer-operated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of d/Deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, and DeafBlind attorneys, judges, law school graduates, law students, and legal professionals with all communication methods and accommodation needs. We support and encourage each other, provide advice and counsel, engage in advocacy efforts, host accessible events, educate others, conduct outreach, inspire change, and come together as an organization for the advancement of d/Deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the legal profession.
Executive Board Member
Arts and Culture
Red Clay Dance Company, Inc.
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Member of the Board Development and Fundraising Circles (Committees).

Red Clay Dance Company lives to awaken “glocal” change through creating, performing and teaching dances of the African Diaspora–change that transforms cultural, and socio-economic inequities in our local and global community.
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Secretary, Board of Directors
Civil Rights and Social Action
Disability Lead
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Co-Chair, Selection Subcommittee, Program Committee
DePaul University College of Law
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Member, Diversity Council
Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc.
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Member, Civic & Community Engagement Task Force
Civil Rights and Social Action
City of Chicago
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Committee Member, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, Accessible Airport Advisory Committee
American Bar Association
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Member, Judicial Division, Best Practices for Courtroom Technology Working Group
Disability Lead
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ADA 25 Advancing Leadership's mission is to build a pipeline and network of leaders with disabilities who are deeply engaged in the civic life of the Chicago region, consistent with the promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To learn more, visit: http://www.ada25chicago.org/
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2018 Fellow
South Asian Bar Association of Chicago (SABA Chicago)
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Member, Programming Committee; Mentor, Law Student Mentoring Program
MID-AMERICA REGULATORY CONFERENCE INC
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Member, Programming Committee
Center for Disability & Elder Law
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Pro Se Adult Guardianship Help Desk Volunteer
Just The Beginning Foundation
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Volunteer Judge
DePaul University College of Law
Certificate in Health Law
University of Missouri - Columbia
Certificate in Multicultural Studies
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Chicago, IL
Jennifer Nolen, Esq.
Illinois Human Rights Commission
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Greater Chicago Area
Natalia M. Delgado
General Counsel at Illinois Commerce Commission
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Greater Chicago Area
Carlos Claudio
Deputy General Counsel
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Greater Chicago Area
Sisavanh Baker
Director of Human Rights and Ethics at Cook County Government | Civic Leadership Academy (CLA) Fellow '21
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Greater Chicago Area
Priyanka Gupta
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division at Illinois Attorney General's Office
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Greater Chicago Area
LeDeidre Turner
Current Commissioner + Experienced Trial Lawyer
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Greater Chicago Area
Judge Reva Bauch
Federal Administrative Judge (Civil Rights) at U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Fort Worth, TX
Trilby Argubright
Associate Attorney at Walsh Gallegos
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Greater Chicago Area
Gerardo J. Delgado
Energy & Water Regulation Attorney
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Greater Chicago Area
Laurie Dittman
Senior Policy Analyst - Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
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Greater Chicago Area
Frances Kao
Attorney/Independent Arbitrator
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Tucson, AZ
Stephanie Geweke
Paralegal at Law Offices of Leonard Semenea, P.S.
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Greater Chicago Area
Marlow Colvin
Vice President of Government Affairs at ComEd
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Country Club Hills, IL
Abd'al Hakim Ali
Chief Executive Officer at Hodari Worldwide Logistics, Inc.
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Greater Chicago Area
Karen Tamley
President and CEO  at Access Living
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New York, NY
Joshua A. Bruner
Vice President for External Affairs & Special Projects
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Phoenix, AZ
Jeremy Rovinsky, Esq., SHRM-SCP
Dean, Law Professor, Judge
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Tampa, FL
Erica DiAngelo
Trademark Attorney
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Pakistan
azeema akram
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The Chicago Bar Association
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South Asian Bar Association of Chicago (SABA Chicago)
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Mizzou Alumni
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Gamma Womxn Empowerment Network
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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association
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DePaul University College of Law Alumni
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Medical-Legal Professionals
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