Firm News

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VAB Sponsors and Attends the BWLA Spring Fundraiser Luncheon

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VAB was proud to celebrate the "Enduring Legacy" of leadership in Chicago at the BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHICAGO INC Spring Fundraiser Luncheon. It was an honor to see nearly $50K in scholarships awarded to six incredible law students—congratulations to the next generation of legal talent!

We were especially proud to cheer on friend of the firm and Chief Legal Officer of Nobel Schools Gina B. Lawrence as she accepted the 2026 Enduring Legacy Award.

Representing hashtag#VABLaw were Scholarship Fund Board Member Deborah Imafidon, BWLA Member Hilary Allen, and Reena Sikdar. We are proud to continue our support of this essential organization and its mission.

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Lydia Bueschel Elected to Serve as Vice-Chair of NAMWOLF Board of Directors

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Big news! Lydia Bueschel has been elected Vice-Chair of the National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) Board!

From her first NAMWOLF meeting in 2017 to this well-deserved leadership role today, Lydia has been passionate about this organization and its mission. We couldn’t be prouder!

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VAB Supports 2026 Project Law Track

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VAB is proud to support the 2026 Project Law Track!

This March, we joined the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & Northwest Indiana to help inspire girls to pursue careers in law. A huge shoutout to our own Erica Byrd for co-chairing the event and Amy Sorenson for volunteering!

Seeing the talent and passion in these future lawyers was the highlight of our weekend.

Our local ABC News affiliate did a great job reporting on the event. Check that out here: https://lnkd.in/gzEJ7NAx

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VAB Attends and Presents at the 2026 NAMWOLF Spring Meeting

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That’s a wrap on another engaging National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) Meeting!

Team VAB was out in full force, with Lydia Bueschel, Hilary Allen, Lance Willoughby-Hudson, Jennifer Novoselsky, and Sandy Morris all in Nashville to represent the firm.

Thank you to The Emerging Leaders Initiative, which asked Lydia to share her expertise on their panel discussing the vital skills of giving and receiving feedback.

To everyone who made this meeting so meaningful, THANK YOU. We’re already looking forward to the Annual Meeting in our very own Chicago!

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VAB Supports Black Futures

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This month VAB Law is proud to highlight the work our team members are doing in the community to support Black women embarking on bright futures:

Our very own Deborah Imafidon is a dedicated member of the BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND Board and recently co-chaired their gala, which provides vital financial support to aspiring Black women law students.

We also want to celebrate LaWanda May, MSHR’s commitment to Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., where she is a member (pictured here with her daughter, Nia, who is a youth affiliate of the Sorority). LaWanda has been dedicated to their mission of enhancing the quality of life within the community through service and education for 26 years!

Happy Black History Month and here's to Black Futures!

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Congratulations to Team Members Named as 2025 Leading Lawyers!

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Way to go team! VABLaw's Susan Valentine, Lydia Bueschel, Erica Byrd, Sandy Morris, Reena Sikdar and Jennifer Novoselsky were all selected this year Leading Lawyers for the year 2025 by leadinglawyers.com. Leading Lawyers are recommended by their peers to be among the TOP LAWYERS in a given practice area. Less than 5% of all lawyers licensed in each state have received this distinction. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/eKnfWErM

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VAB Celebrates Our 2026 Super Lawyers

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A VABulous round of applause to Susan Valentine, Aurora Austriaco, Lydia Bueschel, Sandy Morris, Erica Byrd and Jennifer Novoselsky for being included on the "Illinois Super Lawyers" list and to Reena Sikdar, Deborah Imafidon and Preslav Mantchev for their inclusion on the "Illinois Rising Stars" list!

VAB Sends Thanks and Best Wishes to Summer Intern Noah Jackson

A big thank you to Noah Jackson for serving as our summer intern in 2025! Noah wrapped up his work with VAB on Friday and returns this week to Howard University for his Senior year, majoring in journalism with a minor in economics. Noah performed wonderful work for VAB on a number of substantive research and writing assignments, firm presentations, and administrative projects. We wish you the best this year and beyond, Noah – any law school would be lucky to have you enter as a first year student in fall 2026!

Welcome Partner Jennifer Novoselsky

We are thrilled to announce that this powerhouse will be joining our team! Jennifer Novoselsky joins VABLaw as a Partner. Jen is an experienced litigator who handles commercial, financial, and securities litigation and arbitrations.

Jen defends financial institutions and public and private corporations in a variety of commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts, including claims for securities fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, business torts, and violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act. Jen also has extensive experience representing broker-dealer firms in FINRA arbitrations, serving as lead counsel in more than 50 proceedings in the past 5 years. She handles industry and customer disputes, including those involving claims for fraud, unsuitability, churning, unauthorized trading, breach of fiduciary duty, negligent supervision, and Form U-5 expungements with claims for defamation and/or tortious interference.

Welcome Hillary Allen

VAB Law is pleased to welcome our new Associate Hilary Allen! Before joining VAB, Hilary worked as an Associate on Complex Commercial Litigation matters at Honigman LLP. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as Co-President of the Reproductive Rights and Justice Society, and on the Deans’ Advisory Committee for the Black Law Students Association. Hilary worked for the Pediatric Advocacy Clinic and the Community Enterprise Clinic while in law school.

VAB is thrilled to have you on our team, Hilary!

VAB Law is pleased to welcome our new Chief Operating Officer, LaWanda May, MSHR! LaWanda brings deep experience in managing and operating businesses and serving in human resource roles.

As VAB Law’s new COO, LaWanda will oversee the firm’s daily operations and work closely with our shareholders as we grow the firm.


We are thrilled to have you on our team, LaWanda!

 
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